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Examples
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, In Defense of Animals, Animal Rights Foundation of Florida and United for Animals of St. Lucie claimed facility workers will mistreat animals using an object resembling a fireplace poker known as a bullhook or guide.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, In Defense of Animals, Animal Rights Foundation of Florida and United for Animals of St. Lucie claimed facility workers will mistreat animals using an object resembling a fireplace poker known as a bullhook or guide.
tcpalm.com Stories 2010
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Katherine Meyer, who represents the animal advocacy groups, used a "bullhook" in court to emphasize her argument and recall testimony from witnesses who said the elephants had suffered wounds and sometimes infections as a result of the instrument's use.
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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Meyer showed the court videos of trainers striking the elephants in the legs, trunk and ears with the metal-tipped prod, called a "bullhook" by the activists and a "guide" by the circus.
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Meyer showed the court videos of trainers striking the elephants in the legs, trunk and ears with the metal-tipped prod, called a "bullhook" by the activists and a "guide" by the circus.
unknown title 2009
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If you wonder how these magnificent beings keep from going mad -- chained in reeking boxcars day after day, on alert for the man wielding the bullhook, performing the same meaningless tricks over and over -- the answer is, they don't.
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Another baby, who had been pulled from his mother, trained, and put on the road, drowned in a pond as he attempted to get away from a trainer chasing and prodding him with a bullhook.
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If you wonder how these magnificent beings keep from going mad -- chained in reeking boxcars day after day, on alert for the man wielding the bullhook, performing the same meaningless tricks over and over -- the answer is, they don't.
Ingrid Newkirk: How Does Ringling Bros. Make Elephants Do That? 2010
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Another baby, who had been pulled from his mother, trained, and put on the road, drowned in a pond as he attempted to get away from a trainer chasing and prodding him with a bullhook.
Ingrid Newkirk: How Does Ringling Bros. Make Elephants Do That? 2010
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It takes a lot to get circusgoers to see beyond the headdresses and glitter to that metal-tipped bullhook sinking into an elephant's soft flesh behind her ears and knees.
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