HORSHAM, PA. For advancing the Cause of Caged Animals, Amanda Hall has received the 2014 Bimbo Bakery Animal Rights Award. Ms. Hall demonstrated extreme bravery by climbing a three foot fence and entering Wally the Giraffe's pen at the Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin. After Amanda frantically tried to find a way to set Wally free, the giraffe bent over, gave Amanda a lick and then kicked her in the face. Amanda received a $686 fine for "harassment of a zoo animal".
In an off-the-record portion of a interview granted to Capital Times (here), Ms. Hall said: "I don't get it. I've jumped over fences before at plenty of places like Wet T-Shirt Contests, Mud Wrestling and Mechanical Bull Riding and I've had guys kick me in the face before. Usually the guys get arrested but the cops just let Wally walk. Cops are like being so unfair. And now I've got stitches I can't cover with makeup. Bummer."
Afterward, Amanda went to Zoo Director Ronda Schwetz's office to ask if she could be entered in the 2015 Merbership T-shirt Contest but was denied. At that point, the Bimbo Bakery felt it was necessary to step in.
