The second judicial decision I have read about today that greatly pleases me.

An animal rights group will pay Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus $9.3 million to settle a lawsuit the circus filed after courts found that activists paid a former circus worker for his help in claiming the circus abused elephants.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said Friday it was not admitting any wrongdoing in settling the lawsuit. The New York-based animal rights group was one of several involved in a lawsuit filed in 2000 against the circus' owner, Feld Entertainment Inc., claiming elephants were abused. Courts later found that the animal rights activists had paid a former Ringling barn helper involved in the lawsuit at least $190,000, making him "essentially a paid plaintiff" who lacked credibility.

As has been pointed out time and again, animal owners such as circuses have an inherent interest in taking care of their livestock of all types as that is a major source of their income. In any case, the so-called "animal rights activists" have once again shown they are less interested in facts and far more interested in sensationalism. Taking care of maltreated animals is one thing, lying to achieve ideological goals is quite another.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/c...awsuit-ringling

Btw, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus can look forward to even greater remuneration, as well as exculpation, since, Twelve other defendants including The Humane Society of the United States, the Animal Welfare Institute and The Fund for Animals are still involved in the lawsuit.

Too bad their foolishness cost them millions that could have been used to help other animals.