In Re Wildlife Wonderland, Inc.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Vermont Environmental Board denying a land use permit to Wildlife Wonderland, Inc. for the construction and commercial operation of a game farm in the town of Mount Holly, Vermont. The applicant Wildlife, owner of six hundred and twenty-seven acres in the towns of Mount Holly and Weston, sought and was granted a permit by the District Environmental Commission, which found in its favor upon criteria (1) through (10) of 10 V.S.A. § 6086, as amended.

The proposal, for which the applicant obtained District Commission land use approval, is a wild animal farm…