点评:Pymatuning Deer Park is a family-owned and operated Animal Park located at the southernmost point of Pymatuning Lake in Jamestown, PA. Established in 1953, it was more like a small zoo than a park where you could buy food to feed the animals.
One of the highlights was feeding the Parakeets in the Budgie Barn. We had to buy popsicle sticks with bird seeds stuck on them and then walk into the cage where we were swarmed. Some people did not have any birds landing on them, but I had a dozen at a time. One particular parakeet was more interested in nibbling on me rather than the bird seed though. No matter what I did to shoo it away, it kept coming back.
We also saw a short show under a pavilion where they introduced us to some exotic animals and another show where we saw a pig race. We ate our packed lunch in their snack bar area with their permission.
We learned later that PETA won a lawsuit against Deer Park just last February that forced the park to give up some birds, lemurs, a bear, and three big cats. The animal rights agencies claimed that animals protected under the Endangered Species Act have endured mistreatment at the park. The animals were moved into the custody of The Wild Animal Sanctuary. PETA still has other ongoing suits against the park including accusations of mistreatment of animals that had died recently in their care.
翻译:Pymatuning Deer Park 是一家家族经营的动物园,位于宾夕法尼亚州詹姆斯敦 Pymatuning 湖的最南端。它成立于 1953 年,更像是一个小型动物园,而不是一个可以购买食物喂养动物的公园。
亮点之一是在 Budgie Barn 喂长尾小鹦鹉。我们只好去买冰棍棒,上面粘着鸟籽,然后走进蜂拥而至的笼子里。有些人没有鸟儿落在他们身上,但我一次有十几只。不过,一只特别的长尾小鹦鹉对啃我而不是鸟种子更感兴趣。不管我做什么把它赶走,它总是回来。
我们还在展馆下看了一场简短的表演,他们向我们介绍了一些奇异的动物,还有另一场表演,我们看到了一场猪赛跑。我们在他们的许可下在他们的小吃店区吃了外带午餐。
我们后来了解到,去年 2 月,PETA 赢得了一场针对鹿园的诉讼,迫使该公园放弃了一些鸟类、狐猴、一只熊和三只大型猫科动物。动物权利机构声称,受《濒危物种法》保护的动物在公园里遭受了虐待。这些动物被转移到野生动物保护区看管。 PETA 仍在对公园提起其他诉讼,包括虐待最近在他们照料下死亡的动物的指控。