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The Camel Farm Maintain an Enclosure Housing Goats in 15672 South Ave received a repeat citation for failing to The Camel Farm maintain an enclosure housing goats in 15672 South Ave. 1 E., Yuma, Arizona good repair. It had fencing with metal edges that were bent inward, sharp points protruding into the enclosure, and a gap The Camel Farm, operated by Terrill Al- large enough for an animal’s leg or head to Saihati, has failed to meet minimum become stuck. The facility was also cited for standards for the care of animals used in failing to maintain the perimeter fence in exhibition as established in the federal good repair and at a sufficient height of 8 Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The U.S. feet to function as a secondary containment Department of Agriculture (USDA) has system for the animals in the facility. A repeatedly cited The Camel Farm for section of the perimeter fence had a numerous infractions, including failing measured height of 5 feet, 4 inches. to provide animals (including sick, wounded, and lame ones) with adequate October 9, 2019: The USDA issued The veterinary care, failing to maintain Camel Farm a repeat citation for failing to enclosures in good repair, failing to have a method to remove pools of standing provide animals with drinking water, water around the water receptacles in failing to have an adequate number of enclosures housing a zebra, a donkey, employees to supervise contact between camels, and goats. The animals were the public and animals, failing to unable to drink from the receptacles without maintain clean and sanitary water standing in the water and mud. The facility receptacles, failing to have a program of was also issued a repeat sanitation citation veterinary care, and failing to maintain because it failed to have a safe and complete records. Over a period of four effective program to control flies in an months, the facility failed to provide a enclosure housing a coatimundi. Flies were coatimundi—who had a protruding and swarming the coatimundi’s food and feeding extremely swollen eye that was platform and could potentially transmit approximately the size of a golf ball— bacteria, viruses, and parasites that could with adequate veterinary care. In 2014, have a negative impact on the health and the USDA assessed The Camel Farm a well-being of the animal. penalty of $4,464 for multiple violations of the AWA. May 7, 2019: The USDA issued The Camel Farm a repeat citation for failing to provide January 28, 2020: The USDA issued The animals with adequate veterinary care. A Camel Farm a repeat citation for failing to female goat had prominent swelling on the provide a 15-year-old sheep with adequate right side of her head, near the corner of her veterinary care. She appeared to have loss mouth, that was approximately three inches of vision, indicated because she bumped in diameter. She was leaning her head into various objects during the inspection, toward the right side and consistently and and displayed other abnormal types of vigorously shook her head throughout the behavior, including head twitching, an inspection. The facility representative occasional circling gait, and irregular eye noticed the swelling several days prior to movement. The facility representative stated the inspection but didn't contact the that he had noticed the apparent blindness attending veterinarian or provide any approximately three days prior. The sheep treatment. The inspection report noted that was isolated in a barn but had not received swelling on the face could be a sign of an any veterinary care. The facility also infection, injury, or disease and that the The Camel Farm shaking and leaning of the head likely injury to the sheep. The facility also indicated that the goat was experiencing received a repeat citation for failing to keep pain or discomfort. a barn clean that housed eleven goats. The barn had an accumulation of cobwebs October 16, 2018: The USDA cited The present in the corners and on the feeders, Camel Farm for failing to maintain a which could harbor pests and affect the perimeter fence with an effective height of 8 health of the animals. feet to function as a secondary containment system for the animals in the facility. There April 10, 2018: The USDA cited The Camel were two large piles of animal waste and Farm for repeatedly failing to provide dirt along the bottom of the fence, reducing animals with adequate veterinary care, the effective height of the fence to 5 feet or including the following: Zo, a camel with a less in those areas. large growth on his chest (which he’s had since at least May 2017) that had numerous May 30, 2018: The USDA cited The Camel flies crawling on it; eight goats, two sheep, Farm for repeatedly failing to provide a and one zebu with overgrown hooves; a fennec fox named Foxy with adequate coatimundi who was observed not to be veterinary care. She had had hair loss and bearing weight on his right rear leg (as red, inflamed skin on the knuckles of all four during the February 20, 2018, inspection but of her feet. She also had a large patch of still had not been evaluated by a hair loss on her right flank, and a facility veterinarian); a fennec fox who had representative stated that Foxy had been excessively long nails and hair loss with red scratching and biting that area. Her and inflamed skin on the knuckles of all four condition had progressively worsened, and feet; a goat who hadn’t been able to bear she had not been seen by a veterinarian weight on his right front leg since March 9, with knowledge of fennec foxes. The Camel 2017, and hadn’t been treated for it (he was Farm was also issued repeat citations for later euthanized on April 13, 2018); a sheep failing to maintain structures in good repair, who was observed to be excessively thin including the following: an enclosure with protruding hip bones, spine, and ribs housing goats that had wire fencing in and had multiple patches of hair loss along disrepair, with the lower metal edges bent her back and sides, along with lameness in upward and sharp points protruding toward her right front leg (she was later euthanized the animals, posing a risk of injury; an on April 13, 2018); and a sheep who was enclosure housing sheep with broken metal approximately 2 months old and having fencing with sharp points, broken wood trouble walking and standing. The owner boards with jagged edges, and gaps large claimed that the young sheep had been enough for the animals’ horns, heads, or stepped on by an adult sheep and was legs to become stuck; an enclosure housing circling, stumbling, and having trouble goats that had rusted metal with sharp getting up and standing. The young sheep edges and many areas of jagged, splintered was ultimately euthanized because of a pieces of wood exposed underneath; two possible spinal injury. different enclosures housings camels that had fencing in disrepair with sharp metal The facility was also issued repeat citations points protruding into the enclosures; and for using medications without first consulting an enclosure housing sheep that had a the attending veterinarian for proper portion of the fence bowing out, creating a dosages and treatment plans, failing to gap large enough for animals’ legs, horns, provide two pigs and a goat with access to or heads to become stuck, posing a risk of drinking water, and failing to alert the The Camel Farm attending veterinarian that a hybrid ibex who feet. According to the inspector, the skin was being treated for an eye infection had appeared to have gotten redder and more developed a dark red mass above his eye inflamed since the last inspection. On since the veterinarian had last seen him. February 11, 2018, the attending veterinarian had recommended medication The facility received additional repeat for this issue, but by the time of this more citations for failing to have an effective recent inspection, the animal still had not program to control the many flies around the received any. The facility was also issued a animals on the premises and failing to repeat citation for failing to maintain correct, maintain structures in good repair, including up-to-date records of the animals on hand. the following: portions of a chain-link fence The numbers of goats and sheep on the that had a gap and sharp points in an premises didn’t match the numbers listed on enclosure housing goats; a ceiling that had the records provided during the inspection. several broken wires and sharp points that were protruding into the enclosure housing February 6, 2018: The USDA cited The a coatimundi; a broken wood board with Camel Farm for repeatedly failing to provide jagged and splintered edges hanging down the following animals with adequate into an enclosure housing sheep and goats; veterinary care: a sheep who was observed broken metal fencing with sharp points, to be excessively thin with protruding hip broken wood boards with jagged edges, and bones, spine, and ribs as well as multiple gaps large enough for the animals’ horns, patches of hair loss along her back and heads, or limbs to become stuck in an sides and overgrown hooves on her right enclosure housing sheep; an enclosure front foot; Zo, a camel with a large growth housing goats that had rusted metal with on his chest that was irregular in shape and sharp edges and many areas of jagged, had numerous flies crawling on it (he has splintered pieces of wood exposed had this issue since at least May 2017); a underneath; and an enclosure housing a goat who was nonweight-bearing on his camel that had wood fencing with sharp right front leg; a goat with overgrown points protruding into the enclosure.
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