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happyMLE t1_je9aysc wrote

I used to take my kids there each year as a mini fun town but with animals. They have an area where you can feed the deer and the butterfly house is wonderful. After COVID they changed the price structure so that you can't get an all day ride bracelet, you have to buy tickets for each ride individually. I don't like that so we stopped going.

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DEW kingdom seems more like a Joe Exotic type place than York's. That said, now we go to DEW or Gray instead of York's and Smiling Hill Farm for the interactive animals. (We always went to Smiling Hill Farm before, too.) DEW and Gray do not have the same variety of animals as York's.

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WalkerBRiley t1_je9l4ha wrote

DEW works as an animal rescue and sanctuary whereas York's works as a zoo and amusement park.

I'll take DEW over York any day of the week.

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They_said_Maine t1_je9rrpu wrote

Though DEW Haven markets themselves as an animal rescue sanctuary, they actively breed exotic animals and buy/sell animals from other similar facilities to display. They have been investigated and cited for the illegal importation of exotic animals into the state and for the mistreatment and poor conditions at their facility.

From a moral standpoint, neither Dew Haven nor York's Wild Kingdom should be in possession of the animals they currently display.

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