A sloth bite at a Saginaw Township pet store was his latest ordeal. First, there were the sexual assault convictions and a lawsuit against a rival business.
The owner of the Reston Zoo, who was named in an animal cruelty complaint last week at the Florida zoo that he also owns, has a long history of controversy. The most recent Department of Agriculture complaint is against Mogensen and his daughter Meghan, the former Reston Zoo director. Meghan Mogensen was convicted in Fairfax County on
President Biden has signed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law, which bans the practice of cub-petting and the private ownership of dangerous big cats.