Something stinks at Turpentine Creek
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, March 1998:
EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas––“Turpentine
Creek should be called Death Row,” says Los Angeles
animal care consultant Kathi Travers.
Formerly in charge of wildlife rescue for the
American SPCA, and later employed in a similar role with
the World Society for the Protection of Animals, Travers
visited Turpentine Creek twice in mid-to-late 1996, in part
to verify that improvements pledged after the sanctuary
formed links to DePaul University in Chicago were actually
made. Each time Travers left in tears––and called ANIMAL
PEOPLE before the shock wore off.
“It was the worst so-called sanctuary I’ve ever
seen,” Travers reaffirmed on February 9, 1998. She
hasn’t been back, but––like ANIMAL PEOPLE– – h a s
heard often from others who have visited more recently.