{"id":93684,"date":"2025-02-17T13:32:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/update-mt-hope-exotic-animal-auction-stopped-for-now\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T13:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T13:32:17","slug":"update-mt-hope-exotic-animal-auction-stopped-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=93684","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Mt. 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That\u2019s because it was home to the notoriously cruel <strong>Mt. Hope Auction\u2019s Mid-Ohio Alternative Animal and Bird Sale, <\/strong>where<strong> <\/strong>scofflaw sellers passed off sick, injured, and neglected animals to the highest bidder. <strong>Now, the Mt. Hope Auction is currently without a federal license, thanks in no small part to PETA\u2019s reports to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352-602x616.jpeg\" alt=\"A black fox laying in tiny crate, on top of dirty straw.\" class=\"wp-image-1046156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352-602x616.jpeg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352-293x300.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352-768x786.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352-150x153.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/mthope-mar22-blackfox-rotated-e1668722555352.jpeg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Keep reading to find out where the Mt. Hope Auction stands now and how we got here.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Citing damning evidence gathered by PETA, two government agencies challenged Mt. Hope\u2019s exotic-animal auction in federal lawsuits.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>PETA documented or received documentation of numerous instances of cruelty, neglect, and suffering at the Mt. <em>Horror <\/em>hellhole for two years.In August 2022, we requested a USDA inspection into the auction after a concerned attendee saw <strong>a rabbit with an apparent ear mite infestation in need of veterinary attention<\/strong><strong>; <\/strong><strong>animals confined to cramped cages; animals without any access to water; visibly distressed animals on the auction block<\/strong><strong>; <\/strong><strong>intensely crowded conditions that can cause stress and immunosuppression;<\/strong> and more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-602x398.png\" alt=\"emaciated nilgai in a wooden pen and straw bedding\" class=\"wp-image-1075158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-602x398.png 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-1536x1015.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated-150x99.png 150w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nilgai-emaciated.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The USDA has conducted 11 inspections of the Mt. Hope Auction, each of which has resulted in multiple citations.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In less than two years, USDA inspectors have cited the Mt. Hope Auction for 69 alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Just <em>some<\/em> of the violations included <strong>denying veterinary care to sick and emaciated animals, including <\/strong><strong>failing to notice a ram who had been left for dead; failing to handle animals safely; and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"a dead ram laying on their side on a bed of straw.\" class=\"wp-image-1056673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/mt-hope-dead-ram.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A ram lay dead on the floor at the Mt. Hope Auction, and no staff noticed him until an inspector pointed him out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the September and November 2023 Mid-Ohio Alternative Animal and Bird and Animal Sale, USDA officials <strong>saw underweight sheep with diarrhea caked on their hindquarters, an underweight alpaca who was lethargic and unresponsive, numerous birds with severe feather loss, and more<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about what PETA Foundation staff found at the September 2023 Mt. Hope Auction <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/photos-animals-suffer-at-mt-hope-auction\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-602x452.jpg\" alt=\"senegal parrot with feather loss at mt hope auction in ohio \" class=\"wp-image-1147554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-602x452.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ent-senegal-parrots-feather-loss-mt-hope-po-cmp-ftc-1-scaled.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meanwhile, PETA kept the pressure on federal officials and sponsors to take action.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>PETA continued to alert the USDA to Mt. Hope\u2019s extremely cruel conditions for animals. In September 2024, the USDA and the Department of Justice filed federal lawsuits against the auction, citing evidence from PETA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Justice officials said the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cThe company\u2019s \u2018business as usual\u2019 approach\u2014risking injury, illness, and harm to the animals at its auctions\u2014will not continue.\u201d \u2013 Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim of the Justice Department\u2019s Environment and Natural Resources Division.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cTheir complete disregard for the laws regarding animal welfare and treatment placed both these animals and the public at large in danger.\u201d \u2013 Rebecca Lutzko, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOther violations reported in court documents include Asian antelopes and cattle that were so emaciated that their ribs, scapula, pelvic bones, and individual vertebrae were visible\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>These cases have now been settled, barring Mt. Hope Auction from holding exotic-animal auctions for now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>So, what does this mean for the future of Mt. Hope Auction?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If the Mt. Hope Auction applies for a new license within the next three years, it will be placed on two-year probation. If it receives repeat citations for certain Animal Welfare Act violations, its license will be permanently revoked. <strong>Preventing Mt. Hope Auction from operating its seedy animal-selling scheme deals a big blow to callous roadside zoos and the cruel exotic pet trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What YOU Can Do<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mt. Hope Auction\u2019s vile operation is on hold for now, but you can still take action to end other auctions.<\/p>\n<p>Our fellow animals have feelings, relationships, and unique personalities\u2014they do not want to be bought and sold like merchandise at auctions, put on display at crummy roadside zoos, or exploited in any other way. <strong><em>Never<\/em> attend exotic animal auctions, visit roadside zoos, or support the pet trade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1147550\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareShare on Facebook PostShare on X ShareShare on LinkedIn 4 min read PETA once called Mount Hope, Ohio, the worst town in the U.S. for animals. That\u2019s because it was home to the notoriously cruel Mt. 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