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- Group demands probe into zoo elephant's death
- Petal the elephant died June 9 at the Philadelphia Zoo. At 52, she the was oldest African elephant living in an American zoo. But an animal-rights group believes it might have been more than old age that killed her - a claim dismissed by federal officials. In Defense of Animals,...
- Research articles 2008-06-19
- Group asks feds to look into elephant care
- An animal rights group is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's allegedly abusive treatment of the Vallejo amusement park's elephants. In Defense of Animals has filed a complaint with the USDA charging that Six Flags has violated the federal Animal Welfare...
- Research articles 2007-07-09
- New homes for elephants spur debate
- The fate of a dozen elephants in Illinois has become part of the debate over whether wild animals in captivity are being cared for properly -- and even whether they can be -- far from their natural habitat. Elephants owned by Hawthorn Corp., which rents elephants and lions to...
- Research articles 2005-06-03
- Animal deaths highlight lack of oversight at zoos
- The death of a zoo animal rarely makes national headlines. And when it does, the animal is mourned by zoo officials and visitors as if it were an elderly friend. It's when a zoo has a series of deaths in a short period, as has happened at Chicago's...
- Research articles 2005-05-22
- Animal rights group hounds Ringling Bros.
- OAKLAND -- A Redwood City animal rights group is prodding the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that staff of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey abused an elephant while the circus toured in Oakland in August. The USDA has not confirmed that the circus is...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Animal rights group urges investigation
- By Laura Casey OAKLAND -- A Redwood City animal rights group is prodding the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate claims that staff of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey abused an elephant while the circus toured in Oakland last August. The USDA has...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Letters
- Mays' follies So Doug Mays thinks we won't need to raise taxes because the economy will improve so much in 2005 that the school funding crisis will just fade away. He made that statement after the Kansas Supreme Court ruling and before the opening...
- Research articles 2005-01-13
- Groups protest treatment of circus animals
- Animal rights groups continue to urge a boycott of the Carson & Barnes Circus, currently performing at the Utah State Fairpark, but the circus maintains it has not been involved in any animal cruelty. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been calling for a boycott of...
- Research articles 2004-08-01
- Maine's Game Wardens Cite Circus' Elephant Handler.
- By Katherine Cassidy, Bangor Daily News, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 9--EASTPORT, Maine -- Game wardens issued a citation Monday evening to the elephant handler working for a circus traveling through Maine for having failed to obtain an importation permit for...
- Research articles 2004-06-09
- Six counties in 60 seconds.(News)
- Elephant taken from farm: Federal agriculture officials seized an Asian elephant from a circus training farm in McHenry County, saying the animal's health was in danger. The 57-year-old elephant, Delhi, was taken to Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. It arrived Sunday morning with severe...
- Research articles 2003-11-26
- Animal Rights Groups Accuse Virginia-Based Circus of Mistreatment.
- By Rich McKay and Sean Mussenden, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 25--Kenny the elephant, too weak to stand or eat, died in Jacksonville, bleeding from an infection after performing his third Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey show...
- Research articles 2003-09-25
- McHenry County, Ill., Circus Site Fights Charges of Animal Abuse.
- By Jeff Long, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 6--As one federal agency pursues animal abuse charges that could shut down a McHenry County circus training site, another plans to issue permits for the company to send 11 tigers on tour around...
- Research articles 2003-06-06
- [ The Topeka Zoo has faced a tangled web of woes... ]
- The Topeka Zoo has faced a tangled web of woes, leaving the city to wonder if getting accreditation is worth the trouble It's a out Topeka Zoo elephant handler Dawn Engelhaupt tossed fruit into the open mouth of Tembo, an African elephant, during training at the...
- Research articles 2002-01-20
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