Beth is the true animal lover of Chicago. Born in Michigan to outdoorsy parents, her family moved across from the Lincoln Park Zoo when she was a young girl, and she would go there all the time, eventually working there in her 20's on their traveling bus. After studying animal behavior in college, and starting her own catering business Park West Catering, eventually she got into the traveling zoo business herself, with her friends always asking her to bring her many pets by to birthday parties and other events. Still very active in the exotic animal space, today Beth brings her creatures by to festivals, libraries, schools, special-ed classes, and nursing homes all over Chicago. As a wife to local BBQ pitmaster, Willie Wagner, she also helps run the restaurant and live music space, Honky Tonq BBQ, in Pilsen and is very active in the community, ho ...