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A handful of demonstrators were on scene at the American West Heritage Center on Thursday to protest Baby Animal Days and Yellowstone Bear World after the event garnered attention from the Utah Animal Rights Coalition and PETA.
Heritage Center management seemed to give a sigh of relief when the protests, and the event, went off without a hitch after receiving three weeksâ worth of email correspondence â nearly 60,000 emails by PETAâs count â from all over the United States.
âAt first, it was a little bit unnerving for our staff,â said Mic Bowen, the executive director of the Heritage Center, explaining many of the staff members are volunteers, âbut after a while we realized ⦠itâs OK, this is just kind of the nature of these kinds of campaigns.â
Animal rights activists have launched an email campaign and are planning a live demonstration against the use of bear cubs at this yearâs Baby Animal Days event put on by the American West Heritage Center.
The cubs, raised and handled by workers at Yellowstone Bear World in Rexburg, Idaho, have been featured at Baby Animal Days in the past, but this year the exhibit drew the attention of the international animal-rights organization PETA, which posted an âaction alertâ on its website inviting members and visitors to send objection letters to the Heritage Center and the event sponsor, Young Automotive Group.
Big Budah at Baby Animal Days in Wellsville
Big Budah is at American West Heritage Center for Baby Animal Days.
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WELLSVILLE, Utah â It is Baby Animal Days at the American West Heritage Center in Wellsville.
The annual event comes as farm animals are being born, but you can also see exotic animals there.
It runs April 1-3, then again April 7-10. Exotic animals from
Yellowstone Bear World s bear cubs will be there for the second week only.
Daily admission is limited so you re advised to
Big Budah visited on Opening Day and checked out some of the exotic animals and helped feed some baby goats.
Applications for matching grants for out of area marketing and new event development are now available at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, 199 North Main St. The deadline is March