article_snippet: Jeffrey and Debra Gillium Debra Gillium failed to apply for a permit on time to keep the caged animal on Jeffrey and Debra Gillium property outside of Akron and now The Ohio Department of Agriculture Agriculture say Jeffrey and Debra Gillium are going to confiscate Archie.
article_snippet: The Gillium's have launched a change.org petition to drum up support and to date have garnered more than 5,500 signatures.
article_snippet: the Ohio state authorities also claim The Gillium's have failed to ever properly register Archie and have the 41-year-old bear microchipped.
article_snippet: Owner: Jeffrey Gillium squats near Archie's cage where Jeffrey Gillium toothless black bear is caged on Jeffrey Gillium Ohio farm .
article_snippet: Jeffrey Gillium has been campaigning for the past 18 months to keep Archie from being confiscated from Jeffrey Gillium .
article_snippet: One of the thousands who have signed up to support the old bear protest the Ohio Department of Agriculture .
article_snippet: Jeffrey Gillium's have filed a civil complaint and claimed Jeffrey Gillium were not notified about the new rules which came into place when a suicidal owner released dozens of tigers and lions from a suicidal owner in 2011.
highlights_snippet: New permit laws came into effect after suicidal exotic animal owner released lions and tigers from suicidal exotic animal owner Ohio farm in 2011 .