Branson West Animal Park Shut Down
By Doug Magditch
Story Created: Nov 20, 2009 at 5:41 PM CST
Story Updated: Nov 20, 2009 at 5:41 PM CST
(Branson West, Mo.) -- The Interactive Zoo and Aquarium, formerly known as Predator World, was shut down today.
The Southern Stone County Fire Department says it found multiple safety and electric code violations.
The business will have to resolve all of the problems before re-opening.
A spokesman for the fire department says he expects it will be weeks before that happens.
The investigation started when the Stone County Sheriff's Department went to the business today to take inventory of its exotic animals.
"It's time to come in and see what animals were here, make a catalog of them, so if a natural disaster were to set some of these animals free we'd know what we were up against," says Stone Co. Sheriff Richard Hill.
Hill says the owner of the business has failed to register some of his animals and could be facing charges soon.
