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Suit Against Circus Owners Goes to Trial

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employee, claims the defendants inhumanely and illegally mistreat their Asian elephants and have done so for decades. District Court in Washington, D.C. On Monday, Federal Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will begin hearing testimony in the case. On Monday, Federal Court Judge Emmet Sullivan will begin hearing testimony in the case.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Enactment of the bill will bring about the first federal law relating to the treatment of chickens used for food, the first federal law relating to the treatment of animals while on factory farms, and the first farmed animal protection legislation in more than 30 years.

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