citation_inspection: 11072

The majority of the premise is filled with various debris, old equipment, boards, trash, buckets, tires and fence. Several other buildings on the property are also filled with old equipment and debris and trash. Tall weeds are located throughout the facility. These areas provide ample hiding areas for rodents and other pests and numerous rodent holes were located throughout the facility. All this material must be removed to help control pests. The sink in the butcher area is dirty and filled with dirty utensils and cleaning supplies. The chain saw used for butchering is covered in meat and bone material from food processing. These things must be cleaned in order to ensure that processed meat does not become contaminated. Contaminated meat fed to the animals can make them ill and lead to unnecessary suffering. The sink in the warm room area, the window above the sink and the area under the sink is very dirty. The condition of this area makes it impossible to keep food items clean as they are processed for the animals. These areas need to be cleaned to ensure food processed for animals is not contaminated. The pools located in the grizzly bear, Asian black bear, American black bear and bobcat enclosures are very dirty. They contain large amounts of green water and algae. These pools must be drained and cleaned. Stagnate water in these pools can become breeding grounds for mosquitos which are vectors for several diseases which can make the animals ill.