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Friday, May 6, 2011

Circus in Redding passes inspection; officer checks welfare of animal menagerie


Photo by Andreas Fuhrmann
Capt. Lee Anne Smith of Redding Animal Regulation talks to Gustavo Parra and Barbara Byrd of Carson and Barnes Circus on Thursday at the Redding Rodeo Grounds. Smith was checking on the circus' animals. Parra is the superintendent, and Byrd is a co-owner. They are from Hugo, Okla.
By Dylan Darling
Record Searchlight May 5, 2011
When the Carson and Barnes Circus rolled into Redding on Thursday morning, the city's top animal regulation officer was there to inspect its animals.
"I love the shade," Capt. Lee Anne Smith of Redding Animal Regulation said as she looked over a trio of 30-year-old Asian elephants under a big tent.
While the elephants are the animal stars of the show, the traveling circus also features camels, zebras, ponies and a pygmy hippo among its menagerie. During her inspection Smith checked over all the animals.
She said the circus passed and she was glad to see that the animals weren't tied http://www.redding.com/news/2011/may/05/carson-and-barnes-circus-inspection-passed/

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