Fair Shuts Down Illegal Wild-Animal Exhibit Run by Chronic Animal Welfare Violator

After PETA contacted fair management and tipped off local media, the Western Idaho Fair closed an apparently unlawful otter exhibit run by Karen and Gregg Woody. The Woodys hadn’t had the federal license legally required to exhibit animals since two months prior to that, yet they’ve continued to conduct regulated activity. In addition to operating this exploitative act that travels around the country, Gregg Woody is a notorious exotic-animal wholesaler with a documented history of sending dozens of bears to slaughter. Since 2010, he has been Yellowstone Bear World’s go-to middleperson, with the roadside zoo dooming more than 100 bears to uncertain fates in his hands. Join us in calling on Yellowstone Bear World to stop breeding bears into such a heartless, scofflaw industry.