Thursday, March 16, 2006

Ringling-Barnum Circus/ Indian snake handler

10 comments:

Bob Cline said...

Good Morning gang,
Henry Edgar was trying to forward the news article to you this morning but can't get it to go through. PETA lost their lawsuit against Ringling yesterday for their case saying that Ringling infiltrated their organization. Ringling was cleared of all charges. Checkout the search engines. I found it in several accounts.
Bob

Anonymous said...

Good Morning Bob. I want to say Good Morning HAL so bad I can taste it. 2010 remember? The peta thing was the first e-mail on my puter[as Gary calls it].

B.E.Trumble said...

Here's the story. With the verdict in the SHAC case in NJ two weeks ago, and now this is appears that Animal Liberation is having a harder time selling their misinformation campaign.

PETA Lawsuit Against Circus Boss Dismissed


By BRIAN WESTLEY Associated Press Writer
© 2006 The Associated Press

FAIRFAX, Va. — A $1.8 million lawsuit accusing a circus boss of a spy campaign against animal-rights groups was rejected by jurors Wednesday.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals had brought the civil lawsuit against Kenneth Feld, the president of Vienna, Va.-based Feld Entertainment, which owns the Ringling Bros. circus and numerous other high-profile entertainment acts, including Disney on Ice.

The lawsuit contended Feld and other company executives stole sensitive documents and wiretapped the activities of Norfolk-based PETA and other groups.

Feld said after the verdict that PETA's accusation "flies in the face of logic."

PETA lawyer Philip Hirschkop called the outcome a "terrible injustice" and said he would appeal.

The two sides have been at odds for years. In opening arguments last month, PETA's lawyer contended Feld was in charge of an espionage campaign and stole items including donor lists. Feld's lawyer said nothing illegal was done, PETA was never harmed by any alleged actions, and the group was hypocritical because it frequently uses undercover operatives.

Anonymous said...

This spot [snakes] is a good place to put this artical.

Anonymous said...

One thing about Rebecca, she knows how to put things in their proper place. And she ain't afraid to say so.

Anonymous said...

Thank you. George. Lifes too short to mince words. The animal wrong people are very lucky I am not 40 years younger. Babe Woodcock was a big influence[sic] to me.

Anonymous said...

I've been looking at this diamondback rattlesnake all day trying to decide how it was gaffed. These days venomoid surgery is pretty common -- tying off the ducts -- but longevities in "altered" snakes leaves much to be desired. The snake in the picture has great body weight. Either it's a rare survivor of crude surgery to literally cut out the venom glands -- sometimes seen in the Hopi dance snakes -- or it recently had its mouth stitched shut. I've had a few venomous snakes -- particularly Asian cobras -- that were incredibly docile, but there's no way an intact rattlesnake like this big guy was ever going to be that friendly unless he just came out of the ice box.

Ben Trumble

Bob Cline said...

Hello Ben Trumble,
Is the SHAC case you refer to the Huntington Animal Cruelty case? Wasn't the actual lab in Delaware? I knew the case was underway but I haven't heard any outcome. Thanks.
Bob

Anonymous said...

I know nothing about Rattle Snakes, but even I questioned the size of this one. U thought maybe it hust ate a couple of rabbits. having a problem making my hands work this morning. am not going to even try to correct my spelling.

Anonymous said...

Bob. Yes, SHAC is the anti-Huntington group. All defendants were convicted last month, finally putting some teeth into Animal Enterprise protections. No big surprise that some SHAC staff members or associates have drawn money from various PETA efforts over the years. In May the PETA employees charged with 22 felony animal cruelty counts for killing and dumping adoptable pets behind supermarkets in North Carolina goes to trial.