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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Circus denies USDA charges of poor animal care

By Lorena Anderson - landerson@thesunnews.com

Thursday, Sep. 01, 2011

Cole Bros. Circus, which is coming to Myrtle Beach next week, says its show will go on despite animal-welfare charges filed by the United States Department of Agriculture.
“We deny the allegations. Our attorney is working on this, and we feel confident that the charges will be dropped,” said Renee Storey, vice president of administration for the circus, which is based in DeLand, Fla. “It changes nothing about the way we operate.”
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent out a press release this week saying that after it lodged complaints against the circus last year regarding the treatment of two elephants, the USDA filed charges that include failing to provide proper veterinary care for underweight elephants and improper animal sales.

Blog Editor's note--

It goes on to state that Cole Bros doesn't even own the animals!

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