PAOLI, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A popular wildlife park in Paoli, Indiana, has been fined 8 thousand dollars after a federal inspection found several violations. One of those violations was the improper euthanization of a llama.
According to a complaint filed by the United States Department of Agriculture, it happened at the Wilstem Wildlife Park in February of 2020.
Investigators say the park euthanized a llama by dropping it in a hole and crushing its skull with an excavator bucket.
Other violations include the inappropriate use of a tranquilizer gun to subdue an animal which caused the animal to run into a fence post and break its neck. And improper housing of some animals.
The wildlife park issued a statement saying proper protocols were not followed and they are devastated about how the situation was handled.
