London Free Press says local London Zoo unfit

Friday July 7 the London Free Press published an article saying that actvivists call animal conditions 'deplorable'.

Animal rights activists have zeroed in on the living conditions for a kangaroo at a private London zoo, branding it one of Canada's worst zoos and calling for it to be improved.

But the owner of the Lickety-Split Ranch and Zoo, Shirley McElroy, said anyone concerned about the living conditions of the red kangaroo Tyson should "come down and see for themselves" if the marsupial is being mistreated.

This makes me think of the expression that I have heard "everyone is entitled to my opinion". Have you attended a circus lately and been bombarded by protestors and pickets? Perhaps it's an example of the very same thing.

The owners of the Lickety-Split Ranch and Zoo should be applauded for their efforts. They are a privately run zoo - and based on location, size and admission prices do you really think they are in it for the money? As someone who has visited this zoo and never seen any problems I am surprised that the WSPA wants to see the zoo closed.

It has a warm, family atmosphere. It doesn't drip with commercialization like what you see at the other larger zoos that we have visited.