[FEL-L] Greenwich wildlife zoo to lose animals

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Greenwich wildlife zoo to lose animals 
Greenwich wildlife zoo owner pleads guilty to charge related to 2006 tiger 
slashing at fair 
By CHRISTEN GOWAN, Staff writer 
First published: Wednesday, November 21, 2007  
BALLSTON SPA -- The Ashville Game Farm is expected to lose its large exotic 
animals -- such as lions, tigers and leopards -- by the middle of next year and 
may also be banned from owning bears, according to Saratoga County District 
Attorney James Murphy.  
The game farm's owner, Jeffrey Ash of Greenwich, has pleaded guilty to a 
charge stemming from a 2006 incident in which a 4-year-old was scratched by one of 
his tigers. Part of the plea deal requires Ash to sell the large animals 
within six months of his sentencing, scheduled for January.
 
According to the game farm's Web site, the facility owns 14 such animals. The 
game farm also houses other wildlife, such as monkeys and goats. 
In 2006, a Ballston Spa boy was scratched by Calcutta, Ash's 400-pound royal 
white Bengal tiger, at the Saratoga County Fair. The animal reached out of the 
cage and swiped the child on the forehead while he posed for a picture with a 
baby kangaroo. The boy sustained minor injuries.  
Fair officials discovered Ash's insurance documents had been forged.  
Ash, 54, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal possession of a forged 
instrument, a class A misdemeanor, Murphy said. He also pleaded guilty to 
violating his environmental conservation permit, Murphy said. Ash is expected to get 
three years probation.  
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