KUWAIT: The Manager of Ahmadi Municipality Abdullah Al-Hees announced that the municipality would soon post notices warning all Kuwaiti citizens assembling spring camps at the beginning of November not to build their tents on the left hand side of the King Fahd Expressway until the Nuweiseeb area.
He warned that the municipality would also demolish any tents built in restricted areas in order to conserve the desert environment. He asked all to abide by the camping regulations such as keeping away from high voltage electricity grids, petroleum installations and other restricted governmental authorities.
He also asked citizens to keep the desert clean especially since the municipality has now placed garbage containers in close proximity to all camping areas.
OK, this is all good and a wonderful start.
Can we continue doing so in protecting the ocean and the beaches as well???
(I will upload more pics this afternoon to clarify my point)
The beaches look like trash piles & nobody really cares, it seems.
Yesterday (October 23rd 2007 ? ) three American contractors got arrested for dealing with drugs.
Pretty darn stupid. I mean, it’s stupid in any country to deal with that shit. But in a country where it can quickly get you hanged???
I will keep you posted if I hear any news about this.
Ok, here’s it:
Three Americans arrested in drug trading, marijuana grown in home
KUWAIT CITY: Police have arrested three Americans for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Rai daily.
The daily quoting a security source said police acting on information put the suspects under surveillance for some time and caught them in possession of 250 grams of cocaine in a suburb of Salwa.
Police then raided their home in the area and seized from the garden a ’shrub’ of marijuana.
Blitz the USDA to confiscate abused Elephants Tina and Jewel ASAP
and please cross post, ask your friends to sign, take this to myspace and other sites. PLEASE these girls have suffered for so long.
to visit the elephant sanctuary go to www.elephants.com
Get Tina and Jewel Out of the Circus Urge USDA to send suffering elephants to a sanctuary now
Tina
and Jewel are Asian elephants in their early forties who have endured
lives of hardship and abuse traveling with the Cole Brothers Circus.
They were ordered off the road by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) earlier this year, following many months of being observed to be
looking gaunt, sick and broken. They are now enduring conditions that
will only damage what remains of their fragile health. Please help us
get these elephants sanctuary.
USDA inspection reports on both
Tina and Jewel document the abusive and negligent treatment to which
these elephants have been subjected over the past decade and a half.
They have been beaten with bullhooks and other objects like a baseball
bat and PVC pipe, and had their medical needs ignored, resulting in
severe weight loss, among other problems. The circus did not even
perform legally-required testing for tuberculosis, endangering both the
health of the elephants and the people who are in contact with them.
Life
under these abusive conditions has taken its toll on Tina and Jewel.
During the summer and fall of 2006, while traveling with Cole Brothers
Circus, both elephants appeared unhealthy and dramatically thinner than
usual. In spring 2007, they reappeared in the L.E. Barnes and Bailey
Circus looking even worse.
In March 2007, the USDA ordered that
Jewel be taken off the road, noting that she had lost an appalling
2,000 pounds. A veterinary expert confirmed that both elephants had
suffered “alarming weight loss” and advised taking both elephants off
the road immediately for urgent veterinary care.
Following this
order, Jewel and Tina disappeared from public view. After months of
searching, IDA located them on July 25th in rural Texas at an
unapproved facility owned by the Davenports, another family with a
history of horrible animal abuse who have been leasing Tina and Jewel
from Cole since January 2006.
When IDA located the elephants,
they had already spent several months confined to a tiny outdoor yard
enclosed by electrical hotwire, surrounded by circus refuse and other
garbage, or locked inside a dilapidated tin barn. There was no shade
outside and no ventilation inside, and no water to drink or cool off
with in the Texas summer. IDA has since learned that a window has been
cut into the barn for ventilation and that Tina and Jewel have been
given access to a slightly larger outdoor enclosure. Still, the
conditions remain grim and woefully inadequate for these two ailing
elephants.
Four of five other elephants that have been “retired”
from the Cole Bros. Circus have died, most within weeks of being taken
off the road. IDA is gravely concerned that Jewel and Tina will meet
the same fate if they are left at the mercy of an industry with a long
history of abusing elephants and violating federal animal welfare laws.
Both elephants have lost significant amounts of weight, but whatever
condition is causing this remains undiagnosed, and untreated. Tina and
Jewel’s survival is at stake, and they desperately need our help now!
in Tennessee, a USDA-approved quarantine facility for elephants that
has a proven track record of rehabilitating elephants who have become
debilitated from years of life in the circus or zoo. To have the most
impact, edit the sample letter to express your personal point of view
and print it out as a letter to mail.
The Honorable Mike Johanns Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250
Please call Jim Rogers and beg and plead with him to confiscate Tina and Jewel under the provisions of the Federal Animal Welfare Act (use points from USDA’s own inspection findings below - shocking conditions the USDA found these elephants in. They are old, its time to retire them.
2150 Centre Ave.
Building B, Mailstop 3W11
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8117
E-mail: acwest@aphis.usda.gov
Phone: (970) 494-7478
Tina and Jewel in TX where they are warehoused in a tiny yard:
May 6, 2004: Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus
announces that they have changed their name to the New Cole Brothers
Circus and will discontinue using elephants in their shows. However,
they state that they will continue to rent out their two remaining
elephants, Tina and Jewel, for television commercials and other
performances, including Republican Party events.
In
fact, Tina and Jewel and their trainer were almost immediately sent on
tour with the Walker Brothers Circus. Just over a month prior, Walker
Brothers’ owner John Caudill, Jr. and elephant trainer John Caudill III
pled guilty in a federal administrative court to 18 violations of the
minimal standards of care in the federal AWA. The Caudills were ordered
to pay a $25,000 fine, and their circus exhibitor’s license was
suspended for five years. The USDA had charged Walker Bros. and its
employees with causing physical harm and discomfort; failing to provide
veterinary care to an emaciated elephant, an elephant suffering from
severe chemical burns and a bacterial infection, and several elephants
with potentially deadly foot problems; unsafe public contact; and
operating without a USDA exhibitor’s license.
June 23, 2004:
The USDA cites Cole (in an inspection of its animals on tour with
Walker Brothers Circus) for failing to handle animals “in a manner that
does not cause trauma, overheating, excessive cooling, behavioral
stress, physical harm, or unnecessary discomfort” and for violating the
regulation which states that “Physical abuse shall not be used to
train, work or otherwise handle animals.” The Massachusetts
Environmental Police had received a report that three witnesses had
observed a circus employee hitting an elephant about the head and face.
The elephant gave a grunt and then a high pitched sound. The USDA sent
three inspector-veterinarians to investigate this complaint. An
elephant handler, questioned by USDA officials, admitted that he had
hit Jewel several times with a piece of 1” plastic pipe. “He said that
he did not hit the elephant hard enough to hurt it because the
plastic/PVC pipe did not break.” The inspectors noted an area
of abnormal looking skin over the bony areas of Jewel’s forehead and an
area of red tissue over her left eye.
Cole is also cited
for failing to employ an attending veterinarian, for not having a
signed Program of Veterinary Care, for not adequately describing its
method of euthanasia, and for the absence of TB tests on two new
employees who worked around the elephants.
In addition,
Cole is also criticized for not promptly notifying the regional USDA
office of its name change. According to the USDA report, Cole is now
known as the American Circus.
July 30, 2004:
Gigi’s Exotics pays an $1,100 fine in a settlement agreement with the
USDA for violations of the AWA in 2002, 2003, and 2004, at least some
of which are related to the care of an elephant named Boo. Violations
include “failure to provide adequate veterinary care, failure to
maintain proper records on animals… failure to handle animals in a
manner that does not cause trauma, overheating, excessive cooling,
behavior stress, physical harm or unnecessary discomfort… failure to
provide appropriate methods to prevent, control, diagnose and treat
diseases and injuries for the elephant named Boo (and) failure to
maintain transport enclosure free from any protrusions that could be
injurious to the animals.”
March 2005: The
USDA inspects Carson and Barnes Circus’ winter quarters in Hugo, Okla.,
where Boo was being kept for the winter. The report stated: “No one
from Gigi’s Exotics present.”
April 1, 2005: Springfield (Ill.) Journal-Register
reports on consumer complaints against Bailey Brothers Circus, which
also has appeared as Great Circus of China, in Alaska and Illinois.
Paperwork in Alaska was filed for Bailey Brothers Circus under the name
“Juan Davenport,” and in Illinois, paperwork for Great Circus of China
was filed under the name “Charles Davenport.” Both circuses included
the Davenport elephant Queenie in their act.
August 27, 2005:
Tina and Jewel, still owned by Cole (American) tour the country with
Florida-based Wambold’s Circus Menagerie. While in Mt. Pleasant
Township, Pa. and made available for petting and feeding by the public,
Jewel grabbed a woman’s wrist and sprained it badly.
January 13, 2006:
The USDA cites Gigi’s Exotics for AWA violation related to the
structural soundness of a trailer used to transport Boo and a horse (in
separate compartments).
January 17, 2006:
Gigi’s Exotics signs a five-year lease for Tina and Jewel, stating, “We
plan to incorporate the elephants into our breeding program,
performance and rides. Gigi’s Exotics accepts responsibility for the
health, welfare and mortality of said elephants.”
January 27, 2006:
Texas Attorney General files consumer fraud/deceptive business
practices charges against Juan Davenport, Bailey Brothers Circus, and
several other defendants who “collectively operate a circus show under
the names of “Kings Royal Circus,” “The Great Circus of China,”
“Bailey/ Wallace and Bros. Circus, Inc.,” “Barnes and Bailey Bros.
Circus, Inc.,” “Bailey Bros. Circus,” “Barnes & Bailey Circus,” and
“Barnes and Bailey Bros. Circus.”
February 2006:
Gigi’s Exotics (a.k.a. American All-Star Circus) is investigated for
consumer fraud and AWA violations, according to a memo from Sgt. Keith
Bond of Jackson County, Miss.
February 22, 2006: Gigi’s Exotics is on the road with Boo, Tina, Jewel, and two camels.
Summer 2006: Tina and Jewel travel with Cole Brothers Circus, accompanied by trainer Will Jacobs Davenport. During this time, this review appears on the blog of circus fan Crash Moreau:
COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS W. Hartford, N.Y. June 11 “This
is a nice looking show with a large red and yellow tent and painted
trucks. This year the show had a much better line up of acts compared
to the past few years. This year at selected performances the elephants
has (sic) returned now owned by Gopher Davenport and handled by his
son. The only thing I can say is young Davenport needs to put
away the bull-hook on these two elephants as Adam Hill never used the
hook on these two in previous years. All the animal rights
people need is to see how he is handling these two elephants, Tina and
Jewel and there will be a lot more flax (sic) about not having animals
in circuses.”
October 24, 2006: The USDA
inspects Gigi’s Exotics and cites them for inadequate veterinary care:
“I observed two Asian elephants, Tina (40 yrs.) and Jewell (42 yrs.).
Jewel appears to be underweight. The muscling along both sides of her
spine appears sunken or hollowed out. Her spine is very prominent. The
handler states that he has “not noted any weight loss and that she had
an injury several years ago. In addition, there appears to be very
little muscling over the eyes. Although the handler stated that this is
her ’normal‘ conformation there are no records other than the health
certificate and TB results available for me to review documenting her
past or current health status.”
Winter 2007:
Tina and Jewel travel with the L.E. Barnes and Bailey Circus; their
names are given to the public and the media as Margaret and Lilley.
L.E. Barnes and Bailey circus performs 640 shows per year.
February
16, 2007: The USDA inspects Gigi’s Exotics at Heritage Park in
Watkinsville, Ga. in conjunction with L.E. Barnes and Bailey Circus.
Tina, Jewel, and Boo are present.
The inspectors note numerous violations, including:
Inadequate veterinary care
– According to the report, Jewell is “noticeably thin.” Comparison of
photographs taken by the USDA between October 2006 and February 2007
indicated that she was “chronically thin.” Although handler was
instructed in November 2006 by the USDA to weigh Jewel, no weight is
available until February 2007. “The animal’s weight most be monitored
at least monthly to assess her progress”
TB records outdated–
The most recent trunk wash results are dated November 29, 2005.
“Because TB can be a cause of chronic weight loss, it is imperative
that the elephants are tested in timely manner.”
Failure to handle animals properly to insure minimal risk of harm to animals and people
– Boo is placed in a corral and the public is allowed to walk up to the
edge and toss in carrots. Small children are noted in the open area of
the corral while the handler is distracted.
March 2, 2007:
Gigi’s Exotics objects to the February 16 USDA inspection report. In a
letter, Gigi’s Exotics claims that Jewel was examined and tested by Dr.
Ted Eudy (flown in from Oklahoma). The circus claims health reports,
including trunk wash results, were given to the USDA, and cites an
inspection from November 2006 that found no non-compliance.
March 14, 2007:
The USDA upholds findings of the February 16 inspection, noting the
trunk wash samples for TB testing were unacceptable and that the only
TB test results are from 2005. The USDA’s letter also stated, “considering
Jewel’s unthrifty condition and chronic weight loss, the failure to
obtain a weight in a timely manner jeopardized her health and indicated
a clear failure to provide adequate veterinary care and monitoring of
her condition.”
March 17, 2007:
The USDA inspection notes Gigi’s Exotics continued violation for
inadequate veterinary care. Jewel remains “noticeably thin.” Her weight
was taken only twice (she weighed between 6,600 and 6,800 pounds). The
weight loss remains undiagnosed. Current TB trunk wash results are
still unavailable. “Travel restrictions and prohibiting public
contact with these elephants is necessary to ensure the health of both
the elephants and the public by minimizing the potential spread of
tuberculosis. In the absence of a clear diagnosis of Jewel’s weight
loss, and the potential for tuberculosis or some other unknown disease
being present, it would be inappropriate for her to travel.”
March 30, 2007:
Gigi’s Exotics receives a damning USDA inspection in Pueblo, Colo.
Numerous violations are noted, including inadequate veterinary care
(e.g., no program for appropriate skin and foot care); inadequate
training of elephant handler; failure to handle elephant in manner that
does not cause excessive trauma, stress, physical harm, and unnecessary
discomfort; inadequate record keeping; and failure to maintain
appropriate primary enclosures for transport. The elephant described in
this report is not identified.
The USDA finds an elephant with “excessive
dead skin over most of her body and doesn’t show evidence of proper
bathing for quite some time. She has urine staining and what appears to
be urine scalds on her back legs. The pads on this elephant had
excessive growth and there were numerous flaps of skin that had trapped
debris in them. The cuticles were also excessively long.”
The elephant also has “multiple wounds draining yellowish exudates inside the left ear” that handlers had not reported. Wounds would be “consistent with the improper use of an ankus in the ear.”
The handler is found to be “not properly trained or experienced.”
He was trained in November/December 2006 by a handler who had “worked
with horses a little but had no animal handling, husbandry experience
or training. Back-up handler had no elephant experience. Previously did
construction work. He feeds, waters, handles the elephants and is the
loader for rides.”
The handler “had trouble getting
[the elephant] to consistently do basic things like pick her feet up
for exam. He had to prod her excessively with the ankus (bullhook) to
get the desired behavior and sometimes could not get the behavior
completed. The handler was not able to demonstrate adequate control of
elephant.”
The USDA also documents physical abuse. “The
handler had to continuously rely on excessive and inappropriate use of
the ankus to get the elephant to perform the behaviors he was asking
for during the rides and performances. . . during the rides and
performances, the handler was observed repeatedly jabbing and hitting
the elephant with the ankus. Several times during the elephant ride,
the handler used the ankus to hit the elephant and she reacted by
throwing her head and changing her gait demonstrating irritation at the
action of the handler. . . This is inappropriate and abusive use of the
ankus and such use is likely to cause trauma, behavioral stress,
physical harm or unnecessary discomfort . . . This type of
inappropriate use can cause the elephants to become more aggressive.”
The
USDA also reports reported public endangerment through abusive bullhook
use, lack of control over elephant, and allowing children to sit on the
floor in front of an elephant who was confined behind an inadequate
barrier with a handler who was distracted. At one point, a child was
actually let into the elephant’s enclosure to retrieve a balloon. No
handler was present at that time.
Other transgressions
included: No one on staff being able tell the USDA inspector where the
licensee (Gigi Davenport) was at time of inspection; no health records
were on hand; immobilization drugs for emergency restraint of elephants
were labeled for “yellow cats,” and handler had no idea how to use the
dart gun to administer the drugs.
April 10, 2007:
USDA inspects Gigi’s Exotics at New Bern, N.C. and again cites the
operation for inadequate veterinary care. Jewel is still thin, weighing
220 lbs. less on April 8 than when her last weight was taken on March
11. “TB cultures were taken and were negative. Jewel is not gaining
weight despite an apparently adequate diet. The cause of her being
underweight is still undiagnosed. She was last seen by the attending
vet at the end of Jan. 2007. Because of the stress of traveling, a
second opinion from another veterinarian who specialized in elephants
is needed at this time. . .”
April 12, 2007: –
USDA orders Jewel off the road, warning, “continued travel by Jewel for
exhibition, including travel with the circus, even if not performing,
would constitute a violation of Sec. 2.40 until such time as her
condition has been adequately evaluated and/or there is measurable
improvement in her weight and overall health. Travel to a facility
appropriate for long-term holding, or to a facility suited to
evaluation and diagnosis of her health issues would be appropriate.”
April 16, 2007:
USDA inspects Gigi’s Exotics at New Ulm, Minn. One elephant (Boo) and
two camels are present. The circus is cited again for failure to handle
animals in a manner that would minimize potential harm to animals and
the public. No elephant handler “with appropriate training and
experience traveling with this group. . . Safe public exhibition and
handling cannot take place without a knowledgeable individual or
individuals present.”
May 15, 2007: USDA
again cites Gigi’s for inadequate veterinary care, and reports findings
of specialist in elephant health called in by Cole Brothers to examine
Tina and Jewel in Greenville, N.C. on April 23, 2007. “The
expert determined that both elephants showed an alarming amount of
weight loss and that Jewel was not fit to continue traveling with the
circus. The expert felt that both elephants should be kept together and
should be moved to the winter quarters for Cole Brothers in Deland,
Fla. where they could be closely monitored and have access to
veterinarians experienced in elephant health. Expert recommended switch in diet to gain weight and advised that feeding amounts provided and eaten should be recorded.”
In early May the elephants were moved to Leggett, Texas instead of Florida – “Not an approved site location,” according to the USDA. Inspection of the Leggett site reveals that no daily logs of feed are being maintained. The
health of the elephants is further jeopardized because the facility
does not meet minimum standards for long-term housing due to its
incompletion of the primary enclosure and shelter. Animals
must be housed in a trailer during inclement weather. Moving to Texas
instead of Florida “added additional stress due to the longer transit
time.” Weights taken on May 14: Jewel 6,880 lbs. and Tina 7,620 lbs..
These are slight weight gains, but it is too early to tell if they are
significant. Management states that the attending veterinarian had
visited, but no records were available to document this claim.
Immobilization drugs are stored in a lock box filled with water from a
leak. The USDA states that “At this time there is no valid home site for this license.”
June 5, 2007:
USDA again cites Gigi’s for inadequate veterinary care and facilities
violations. “The lack of a permanent long term housing facility that
provides adequate shelter and enclosures jeopardizes the health of the
animals and hinders their ability to gain weight. Lack of sufficient
ventilation in the barn housing the elephants can contribute to heat
related stress that would also adversely affect their health.”
Elephants
are restrained through hotwires and chaining. Facility lacks “adequate
permanent enclosures for elephants.” It also lacks adequate shade, and
the barn lacks sufficient ventilation.
Gigi’s Exotics is given until July 5, 2007 to correct the violations.
July 17, 2007:
Gigi Davenport sends email to circus list entitled, “My Wonderfull
(sic) Son “Will” which reads: “He is an amazing person, his love for
these animals is nothing less than a gift from God. He has suffered
from people making ugly judgments to his qualifications. Being born and
raised in the circus and around animals all his life. Common sense,
book smart and animal sense, he has it all. God Bless him. He is an
amazing young man and hasn’t done anything wrong. I pray everyday that
God will let the USDA see the truth and tell us (what it is) and take
that ugly cloud off my son’s head and just let him do what comes so
very natural to him, taking care and loving these incredible animals.”
July 25, 2007: IDA obtains photographic evidence of elephants living in squalid conditions at the Davenport facility in Leggett, Tex. There
is no indication that the violations cited by USDA have been corrected,
despite the fact that the corrections deadline has passed 20 days before. The eyewitness report provided to IDA states,
“We
located Jewel and Tina at a circus approved ‘holding area’…and they
were far worse than we’d anticipated. . . Tina and Jewel are living
every day on a concrete slab surrounded by building debris and
half-burned garbage. Their hard slab-estimated at a mere 12′ x 24′ is
surrounded by electrified wire—and they know this, evident by their
fear of standing anywhere close to the perimeter. The cramped girls
seemed to huddle together as not to accidentally hit the hot-wire,
staying at least 3′ from the shock. . . Their condition? Emaciated. The
photographic images reveal Tina and Jewel’s sunken faces and sad
eyes. Facts:
Both elephants were underweight.
There was no access to water.
There was no evidence of other food-types such as fresh browse or produce, only a bit of hay.
Their
‘walking’/living area is approximately 12′ X 24′ which upon observation
is reduced to approximately 9′ X 21′ given the 3′ ‘fear-zone’ of the
electrified wire.
There was no structural shade from the sun with the exception of some trees.
They
both exhibited stereotypical neurotic behavior of rocking, and one of
the girls’ back left foot is being treated for thrush—she was lifting
it and looking at her foot.
If there was a structure
provided for night-housing or protection from harsh weather, it may
have been the old shed located next to the hot-wire corral. This shed
is dilapidated and very small with no evidence of proper ventilation.
As
one drives from the county road onto the driveway, Tina and Jewel are
immediately to the left, approximately 20 yards from the access to the
public. Left entirely unprotected and electrically penned like fish in
a barrel, there are no measures to ensure their safety—or that of the
public.”
August 2007:
Tina and Jewel are still at the Leggett facility. They have reportedly
been given access to a larger outdoor area, still well under an acre in
size, and windows for ventilation have been cut into the tiny tin barn
in which they are frequently confined. The USDA continues to allow Tina
and Jewel’s care to be directed by the same individuals who, as the
agency has repeatedly documented, have failed to provide these ailing
elephants with necessary veterinary care; have handled the elephants in
an unsafe and inhumane manner; and left them in the care of an
inexperienced and unskilled trainer. In addition, USDA is reportedly in
possession of evidence documenting the illegal involvement of John
Davenport (who lost his USDA exhibitor license in 1998), with Tina,
Jewel and the third elephant, Queenie. The agency continues to do
nothing to stop this alleged illegal activity.
Chester A. Gipson, D.V.M., Deputy Administrator USDA-APHIS-AC 4700 River Rd., Unit 84 Riverdale, MD 20737-1234 ph: 301-734-7833 fax: 301-734-4993 email: chester.a.gipson@usda.gov
DVM Deputy Administrator Chester Gipson:
I
respectfully ask USDA to seize Asian elephants Tina and Jewel and
relocate them to a sanctuary as soon as possible. Please transfer the
elephants to The Elephant Sanctuary where they may obtain appropriate
nutritional/veterinary treatment from professional elephant caretakers.
As
you know, Tina and Jewel have been under Cole Bros. Circus contract to
perform at fairs and other venues. Now in their forties, they’ve spent
their lives in chains, shackles, and grueling training sessions. In
fact, USDA fined Cole Bros. $10,000 for tormenting its elephants with
bullhooks.
Circumstances have worsened for Tina and
Jewel. A complaint filed with USDA describes Jewel as emaciated. I
thank USDA for subsequently withdrawing both elephants from road
performances and identifying travel stress for Jewel as “detrimental to
her health…”
In 2006 Cole Bros. leased Tina and
Jewel to Gigi’s Exotics, and its proprietress Gigi Davenport, in
Leggett, Texas. USDA inspection reports show a disturbing recurrence of
Animal Welfare Act violations at this facility. One record “determined
that both elephants showed an alarming amount of weight loss.”
As
recently as July 25, 2007, photographic evidence revealed elephants
subsisting in a filthy setting. Tina and Jewel were seen on a nearly
shade-less 12′ x 24’ cement slab amid electrified wire, building debris
and charred trash. Both appeared underweight with no access to water or
adequate food sources. They displayed stereotypical neurotic actions
such as rocking.
These animals are STILL at the
Leggett property, housed in an area less than an acre in space and
under the “care” of individuals cited for failure to provide sufficient
veterinary aid. They are still with handlers documented for unsafe and
inhumane procedures with elephants. Furthermore, I understand USDA has
evidence verifying the illegal participation of John Davenport — whose
USDA exhibitor license was revoked in 1998.
I
encourage USDA to clamp down on alleged illegal activity and deliver
Tina and Jewel from ongoing abuse and neglect. Please authorize the
release of Tina and Jewel to The Elephant Sanctuary now.
Reading the newspaper these days can almost make you sick.
But reading the newspaper here in the Middle East seems even worse.
Besides the usual things that go on in the world, you hear even more about all the clashes in all these places around us.
You hear about Slavery and murder.
One case in Saudi Arabia I read about this morning, tells about a Sri Lankan mother of four, which has been held in a Saudi household for 10 years without being able to go home once. Not paid for the last 8 years either. When she asks for returning home, she gets beat up. When she asks for payment it’s even worse.
In India one mother beat her 12 year old daughter and hung her afterwards, because the girl asked for being able to go to school.
Tina
