Legal Opinion
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Feld Entertainment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 28, 2011No. 10-7007, 10-7021PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Feld Entertainment, Inc., owns the country’s largest collection of endangered Asian elephants, some of whom travel and perform with its famed Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. In this case, a former barn helper with Ringling Brothers and an organization dedicated to fighting exploitation of animals allege that not all is well under the big top. Specifically, they claim that Feld’s use of two techniques for controlling the elephants— bullhooks and chains — harms the animals in violation of the Endangered…
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