DC folks,
The Thursday, February 5, Washington Post has an article by David Betancourt covering the first day of the Ringling trial. It is headed "Arguments Begin On Elephant Care. Circus Defends Use of Devices."
It opens:
"The elephant has become synonymous with the circus, so much so that in a D.C. courtroom yesterday, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey attorney asked U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to consider this question: 'Can it really be called a circus without elephants?'
"Ringling's parent company, Feld Entertainment, had been taken to court to answer assertions that the joy many feel when they see circus elephants comes at a steep price. Several animal rights groups claim that the company abuses the animals by using what they refer to as chains and bull hooks to control the elephants, leaving permanent scars and bleeding."
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Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Date: Wed Feb 4 21:24:28 2009
