But is it really awful? How accurate is the newspaper story? They cite frozen animals in the freezer as something bad. That sounds like snake food to me and they did have a ball python.
Rabbits, guinea pigs, domestic mice and rats - all of those are really small animals and it would be entirely possible to have hundreds of them in a small space and still have enough room for each one. They were showing the guinea pigs, so one would suppose they had proper care and nutrition or they'd not be in condition to show.
What kinds of cross species diseases are they supposed to be afflicting their children with? The newspaper cites possible diseases from the animals as child abuse?
This sort of thing may be "awful", but mostly from the standpoint of ignorant 'do gooders' causing havoc. I don't know anything other than what was written in the newspaper article, but newspaper articles are written to sell newspapers, not necessarily for precise accuracy. I also wouldn't be surprised to find out they were turned in by another show person who was mad or jealous of them. Animal control doesn't just descend upon folks without a complaint filed and many folks filing complaints do so for personal reasons that have nothing to do with animal welfare.
