Tell North Carolina Wildlife Commission: Revoke Jambbas Ranch Tours License
- by: Reynard Loki
- recipient: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
More than seven months ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) charged Jambbas Ranch Tours in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with nearly a dozen violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Despite this, the dismal menagerie is still in business, holding captive deer, elk, bison, alligators and other animals in squalid conditions.
"The repeat violations cited by the USDA include animals suffering from untreated wounds and diseases and animals kept in cramped, filthy cages and enclosures with nothing to drink but putrid water in rusty containers," according to PETA. One USDA inspector even discovered a dead goat, and a recent visitor to Jambbas saw a dead rabbit’s body lying in a rusty cage. James Bass, the menagerie’s operator, has even admitted to multiple violations of North Carolina’s cruelty-to-animals laws."
Jambbas is known to many animal rights activists for holding Ben the bear (pictured) for many years in a dismal concrete pen. Thanks to efforts by PETA and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Ben was freed. But many confined animals continue to suffer at Jambbas Ranch Tours.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is required by law to take into consideration the care that the animals are receiving before renewing Jambbas’ licenses and permits. State law also requires the NCWRC to refuse to renew licenses and permits if it has reason to believe that the applicant is not qualified to hold wildlife or if doing so would “be contrary to the best interests of the conservation of wildlife resources.”
Urge the NCWRC to revoke Jambbas’ captive wildlife licenses and endangered species permit.
Gordon S. Myers
Executive Director
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
1751 Varsity Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606
Dear Mr. Myers:
More than seven months ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) charged Jambbas Ranch Tours in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with nearly a dozen violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. Despite this, the dismal menagerie is still in business, holding captive deer, elk, bison, alligators and other animals in squalid conditions.
According to PETA, "The repeat violations cited by the USDA include animals suffering from untreated wounds and diseases and animals kept in cramped, filthy cages and enclosures with nothing to drink but putrid water in rusty containers. One USDA inspector even discovered a dead goat, and a recent visitor to Jambbas saw a dead rabbit’s body lying in a rusty cage. James Bass, the menagerie's operator, has even admitted to multiple violations of North Carolina’s cruelty-to-animals laws."
Jambbas is known to many animal rights activists for holding Ben the bear (pictured) for many years in a dismal concrete pen. Thanks to efforts by PETA and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), Ben was freed. But many confined animals continue to suffer at Jambbas Ranch Tours.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is required by law to take into consideration the care that the animals are receiving before renewing Jambbas’ licenses and permits. State law also requires the NCWRC to refuse to renew licenses and permits if it has reason to believe that the applicant is not qualified to hold wildlife or if doing so would "be contrary to the best interests of the conservation of wildlife resources."
Please revoke Jambbas’ licenses and help shut down this miserable and cruel place for animals.
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