Special Memories Zoo owner Dona Wheeler and former zookeeper Gretchen Crowe have agreed to pay Animal Legal Defense Fund $130,000.

Gretchen Crowe and Dona Wheeler of Special Memories Zoo have agreed to pay a settlement to Animal Legal Defense Fund.

USDA Inspector Jessica Rivera is no longer conducting inspections after repeated complaints from Roadside Zoo News.

Dona Wheeler and Gretchen Crowe of Special Memories Zoo are on the hook for legal fees, an appeals court has ruled.

Special Memories Zoo is closed but now an appeals court will decide if Dona Wheeler and Gretchen Crowe must pay more than $70,000 in fees.

On the anniversary of a fire that killed 35 animals at Special Memories Zoo the debate over whether the zoo must pay legal fees continues.

Dr. Thomas Young of High Cliff Veterinary Services has been reprimanded for unprofessional conduct during a Veterinary Board investigation.

50 animals have disappeared from DeYoung Zoo in Wallace, MI, in the past 14 months including two lions from Special Memories Zoo.

A judge has declined to make Special Memories Zoo owner Dona Wheeler and zookeeper Gretchen Crowe pay more than $70,000 in legal fees.

A dozen animals from Special Memories Zoo have disappeared from DeYoung Zoo. Some of the animals are endangered species.

Newly obtained documents reveal the last known location of the animals that remained at Wisconsin’s Special Memories Zoo.

Jordan Patch of Animal Adventure Park purchased animals from Special Memories Zoo the day after a barn fire killed 35 animals at the zoo.

I hate that so many animals at Special Memories Zoo were hurt because of Dona and Gene Wheeler and Gretchen Crowe.

Every day she stood among their corpses and played on her phone, duping me into believing she was caring for them while they slowly decayed.

These animals disappeared one year ago from Wisconsin’s (now closed) Special Memories Zoo. Some of the animals went to DeYoung Zoo.

Within an hour of Gretchen exiting the house with the dog and then returning inside, the barn was on fire. More than 35 animals died.

Last week lawyers for the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a Reply Brief in Support of Motion in the case against Wisconsin’s now-closed...

Lawyers for Special Memories Zoo are arguing against paying legal fees to the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

The lawsuit alleged some animals at the roadside zoo were starved or frozen to death, and other animals' food was infested with maggots.

More than 18 animals were found decaying on the property, and Dr. Young of High Cliff Veterinary Service covered for the animal neglect.