A Blog designed for discussion of topics related to, but not limited to, Circus, Zoos, Animal Training, and Animal Welfare/Husbandry. Sometimes opening up the dialog is the best starting point of all. And if for nothing else when people who agree and don't agree, get together and start discussing it, it will open up a lot of peoples minds. Debate and discussion even amongst themselves opens a window where there wasn't one before.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
An Elephant Never Forgets
You might recall the outrageous lawsuit filed against Feld Entertainment Inc., better known as the group that runs Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. After almost a decade, a judge ruled, and the Court of Appeals confirmed, that animal rights groups and a former elephant trainer did not have standing to sue the circus on claims that it abused Asian elephants.
The circus didn't take this one sitting down. Feld sued the activists for what is alleged to be a massive racketeering scheme perpetrated by the Humane Society of the United States and its allies. From the Blog of Legal Times we learn that Feld has cleared another hurdle in getting justice. The then-plaintiffs-now-defendants filed a motion to dismiss in D.C. District Court and a judge heard their case last June. On Monday, the court determined that most of the allegations against the activists can move forward.
Read more on the ruling at ConsumerFreedom.com.
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