AR-News: (US OR) CONTROVERSY FOLLOWS CIRCUS VISITING BROOKINGS

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

Curry Costal Pilot 
Published: June 30, 2004 
By ANDREA BARKAN  
Pilot Staff Writer  
The circus is coming to Brookings-Harbor Thursday, and along with lions,  
tigers, elephants and acrobats it's bringing controversy sparked by two open  
federal investigations, one of which is linked to treatment of an elephant.  
An official from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health 
 Inspection Service confirmed that the agency is investigating Carson and 
Barnes  Circus for two incidents, but would release no details.  
Carson and Barnes spokesperson Brenda Pobre said one investigation is  
regarding a truck accident that happened last year in the Dakotas. No animals or  
people were hurt in the accident, she said.  
The USDA is also investigating the April 2003 death of the circus's  
five-year-old Asian elephant, Jennie.  
Shortly after Jennie died from the elephant herpes virus, People for the  
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for a USDA investigation, Pobre said.  
 
"Jennie was only five years old and she died prematurely," Nicole Meyer, PETA 
 elephant specialist, said.  
Meyer said African elephants are known to carry the virus, which can be  
passed to Asian elephants if they are in close proximity to one another.  
Carson and Barnes Circus tours with eight total elephants – two African and  
six Asian. 

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_http://www.currypilot.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=8584_ 
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