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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Animal Groups Agree To Pay Nearly $16M To Ringling

The parent company of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus says it has received a nearly $16 million settlement from the Humane Society of the United States and other animal-rights groups that filed a frivolous lawsuit against them.

The lawsuits in federal court in Washington have dragged on for more than a decade. In 2012, a judge said the case, alleging abusive treatment of elephants, was frivolous and forced the circus' owner, Vienna, Virginia-based Feld Entertainment, to spend millions in legal fees.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals already agreed separately to pay more than $9 million to settle.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

GREAT !!!! Hope this is the first of many to make nonsensical bleeding hearts pay for their stupidity.

Anonymous said...

PETA, I hope you are next!

Anonymous said...

That's how you fight these activist groups.

Anonymous said...

Yep put them out of business.

Anonymous said...

Not to worry.. Too many suckers will still donate their hard-earned dollars because of the NAME, even though most of the money goes to "administrative" salaries.