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The protection that the AWA affords animals is already the bare minimum, so it's outrageous for the House Committee on Agriculture to undermine the USDA's efforts to fulfill its inspection and enforcement responsibilities by capitulating to Ringling's demands.
Bruce Friedrich: Ringling Bros. Circus: Friends in High Places Bruce Friedrich 2011
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The inspection resulted in citations against the circus for violations of the Animal Welfare Act AWA, one of which was Ringling's failure to provide veterinary care to a young elephant named Sara, who is suffering from chronic lameness.
Bruce Friedrich: Ringling Bros. Circus: Friends in High Places Bruce Friedrich 2011
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The USDA is charged with protecting animals who are used in entertainment, so surely the House Committee on Agriculture has some awareness of Ringling's long history of failing to adhere to federal law and putting animals at risk.
Bruce Friedrich: Ringling Bros. Circus: Friends in High Places Bruce Friedrich 2011
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Well we know that Ringling's lawyers * will* write the letter.
Seen around towns Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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More than two dozen elephants have died while in Ringling's care, including four babies: Eight-month-old Riccardo was euthanized after he shattered both his hind legs when he fell from a circus pedestal.
Bruce Friedrich: Ringling Bros. Circus: Friends in High Places Bruce Friedrich 2011
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And yet, for all the beat-the-drum, here-come-the-elephants pizazz of its events, Feld is largely a behind-the-scenes ringmaster, preferring to orchestrate operations from his Tysons office, Ringling's winter headquarters near Tampa, or, better yet, from a seat in the audience.
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"We're the people's circus," said Nicole Feld, Kenneth's eldest daughter and executive vice president and the producer of Ringling's Zing Zang Zoom edition, one of three separate Ringling circuses touring the country.
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Photographs of Ringling's violent training sessions taken by an elephant trainer long employed by the circus shows crying baby elephants tied down with ropes by all four legs and forced to the ground by men wielding bullhooks and electric prods.
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Feld occasionally surfaces in Washington area news stories, whether it is in court battles with animal rights groups who want to shut down Ringling's animal acts or involves the two lawsuits his sister, Karen, has pending against him.
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But the last few years have been especially challenging, with the closing of Feld's long-running Las Vegas magic/exotic animal act Siegfried & Roy and the death of Ringling's star talent scout.
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