Lions, guns and meth: Inside the takedown of an Oregon roadside zoo

Lions, guns and meth: Inside the takedown of an Oregon roadside zoo

Late at night, Amanda Zamora often heard a lion’s roar cut through the coastal breeze.The sound came from West Coast Game Park Safari, down the street. The roadside zoo billed itself as “America’s largest wild animal petting park.”As an animal lover, Zamora thought it was cool and eventually took a job at the zoo’s gift shop.“My whole life revolves around animals,” Zamora said. “I was so stoked for this.”But her excitement soon faded. Cages were…