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Snakesunlimited1
at Sat May 15 16:27:40 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Snakesunlimited1 ]
I searched out all the news stories on this that I could last night and only one had the positive comments in it. Even the negative comments made by some of the on site interviewees seem to have some positive comments that almost all the stations left out. In a normal "raid" like this in Milwaukee the local animal shelters would call Terry as one of their contacts to house animals. They had to have an address for him as part of their contact info... did they just not notice he was in the city limits of Milwaukee?? Did Terry provide an alternative address?? Who knows... It is also fair to point out that as far as I know he owned the building and had been there many many years prior to the exotic animal ban being enacted by the city of Milwaukee. On the flip side it would have been up to him to get a grandfather clause added for him and his business.
At least one report admits that the animal were in overall good shape and care but some were not. At this point it is fair to point out again that he did reptile rescue, so some of these "unhealthy" animals may have been rescues. Another thing the same report mentioned was that the officials lost control of one of the crocodiles and it was "free roaming" for a little while while they regrouped, other reports talk about free roaming crocs...
Some mention of floors covered in feces were made but if he had walk in cages for the large crocs then the floor would be part of the cage and he may have had a house down procedure much like many zoos do. I personally know nothing about Terry other than he was near me at an educational show and all of his animals there appeared completely healthy and in good shape. I do feel bad for him and his dogs (which were shot and killed) for sure. Hopefully this will all get worked out favorably in the end.
Jason
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- Story from Milwaukee WI - EricWI, Thu May 13 18:52:00 2010
- RE: Story from Milwaukee WI - jscrick, Thu May 13 20:11:49 2010
- RE: Story from Milwaukee WI - EricWI, Thu May 13 21:03:10 2010
- RE: Story from Milwaukee WI - TOM_CRUTCHFIELD, Fri May 14 07:25:12 2010
- WI Press: Police arrest for maltreatment - W von Papineäu, Fri May 14 11:30:08 2010
- RE: they should be rich - Calparsoni, Fri May 14 12:14:28 2010
 RE: Story from Milwaukee WI - Snakesunlimited1, Sat May 15 16:27:40 2010- WI Press: Frozen gator Found In home - W von Papineäu, Tue May 18 09:13:16 2010
- WI Press: Crocodiles, turtle to Racine - W von Papineäu, Wed May 19 06:43:49 2010
- WI Press: Terry Cullen speaks out - W von Papineäu, Wed May 19 10:06:44 2010
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