AR-News: (US IL) Elephants to leave McHenry County farm

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

By Jeff Long
Tribune staff reporter
Published March 8, 2004, 2:52 PM CST

The owner of a circus-training facility in rural McHenry County has agreed to 
find new homes for his elephants under an agreement with federal authorities, 
officials announced today.

The proposed agreement between John Cuneo, owner of Hawthorn Corp., and the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture would end the government's case against Cuneo 
and his company for dozens of alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act 
concerning the elephants' care.




full story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040308elephants,1,1393532.story?c
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