Overview
- An inspection conducted October 13–15 verified 302 specimens and led to a total, temporary closure that bars public access.
- Profepa documented inadequate diets, chronic overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, substandard enclosures, missing veterinary records, and quarantine biosecurity lapses.
- Authorities carried out a precautionary seizure of 95 animals, including a tigrillo, 14 spider monkeys, an African lioness, 23 collared peccaries, 33 white‑tailed deer, and gray foxes, birds, and reptiles.
- The animals remain on site under Profepa custody while the municipality is legally obligated to provide food and care under federal oversight.
- The Tizimín government downplayed the findings as infrastructure issues, even as the action followed years of complaints from animal-welfare groups.