TOWN OF FARMINGTON, Wis. — The Shalom Wildlife Zoo in Washington County is facing a legal battle with some of its neighbors, and the community is fired up.

TMJ4 News received dozens of emails, messages and social media tags about the issue.

According to legal documents the zoo posted on Facebook , they are accused of violating a conditional use permit, among other ordinances.

"It's very beautiful," Lori Schmitz said. "They shouldn't even try to shut it down." She and her husband visited the zoo on Tuesday after seeing the post about the legal battle on Facebook.

In the post, Shalom owner David Fechter wrote that the zoo is "under attack" by people who want to "shut them down."

"People were very quick to take the zoo's side without the full story," neighbor Matthew Werry said. "Nobod

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