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Post by Activist4Animals on Jan 27, 2006 23:48:47 GMT
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Post by Activist4Animals on Jan 27, 2006 23:49:24 GMT
2 of 8 elephants to head for Tennessee sanctuary
Published January 27, 2006
RICHMOND -- Two of the eight elephants leaving a troubled circus-training facility near Richmond in McHenry County are tentatively scheduled to depart Sunday for a sanctuary in Tennessee, a sanctuary official said.
But the owner of the elephants, who agreed to give them up after allegations of animal cruelty were made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said a Monday departure is more likely.
John Cuneo, owner of the Hawthorn Corp. training facility, said the Sunday departure is unlikely because he won't make his employees work that day. Cuneo, who denies his elephants were ever mistreated, agreed to the move in exchange for being allowed to keep tigers that he also trains at the facility.
Carol Buckley, executive director of the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., said a truck driver has been booked and the move would begin Sunday afternoon as planned. The remaining elephants are expected to follow over the next couple of weeks.
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