Brown's Oakridge Zoo, Illinois, United States

1Anonymous A 5:00 PM May 14, 2013

Very very sad...
First and foremost, this IS NOT a zoo. This is someone's terrible attempt to save animals and make money in the process. This "zoo" is actually someone's property, with their delapidated house in the middle of the mess of nonstop back to back cages that are entirely too small. There are full grown tigers, head to toe in matted mud covered hair, in a cage the size of a small dog run. They can not walk past three feet before having to turn around and walk the other way. Back and forth, that is all they have all day. None of the water bowls were filled while the poor animals kept walking up to hit them, hoping the owners would fill them. The head speaker stated on her "tour" that they have to hose down the tigers every thirty minutes in order to properly take care of them. Odd thing was, we were there two hours, and only watched her do it for less than 30 seconds on just one tiger to demonstrate on the tour. What looked as though it may have started with good intentions, has resulted in yet another terrible "zoo" mistreating many animals just to make money. The head "leader" was rude, hateful, and spouted incorrect facts to the small audience the entire "tour" of their terribly maintained property. Hopefully, someone sees what we had the unfortunate time of seeing, and places these poor animals in proper habitats so they can actually enjoy what lives they have left before the leader does as she states and "keeps" them all. Very very sad.

1CcCc1234 5:00 PM Aug 24, 2013

Sickening..
This "zoo" is completely sickening! The animals look suicidal and are kept in very poor conditions. The owners are very rude and came off very racist to a group of foreigners who were taking a tour and even went as far as telling them to speak English and stop speaking their "gibberish". The whole trip was depressing. We don't recommend anyone wasting their time on such a disgusting place.