Judge sanctions Ringling Bros. owner (anti-PETA spy operation)

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PETA's November 29, 2005 news release

Former CIA Spy Chief Was Coleader of Plan to Destroy Organization�s Determination to Expose Elephant Abuse

For Immediate Release:
November 29, 2005

Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382

Washington � In a major break in PETA�s lawsuits against Kenneth Feld, the CEO and president of Feld Entertainment, Inc., the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and coconspirators, the Circuit Court of Fairfax County (Virginia) has entered a judgment against Steven Kendall, a top Feld operative. The lawsuits filed by PETA seek to uncover the depth and details of Feld�s alleged long-running conspiracy�codirected by former CIA Covert Operations Director Clair George�to infiltrate PETA in an attempt to halt opposition to Ringling�s abusive elephant training methods, use of the metal bullhook, separation of mother elephants from their babies, and other acts of cruelty to animals used by the circus. Kendall, of Pittsburgh, has admitted in public documents to PETA�s allegations against both himself and Feld, including theft and an extensive conspiracy to discredit the animal rights group.

As a result of the judgment, Kendall is deemed to have admitted the following:

* Feld operatives were aided in the conspiracy by George, who was paid several million dollars for his services to the circus.

* Kendall stole a PETA computer and its files. Feld operatives also stole information and confidential documents from PETA, including a list of nationwide contacts, in order to interfere with protests against the circus�s physical abuse and chronic mistreatment of elephants, tigers, and other animals.

* Kendall and circus operatives used illegal means�including extortion, burglaries, theft, and surveillance�to accomplish their tasks.

* Kendall has attempted to blackmail Feld in exchange for his silence about his illegal activities by demanding that Feld pay him $6 million. (Kendall�s letter to Feld is available upon request.)

"This judgment is a major breakthrough in PETA�s case to prove that in his zeal to cover up Ringling�s animal abuse, Ringling�s owner Kenneth Feld and his spies broke the law," says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. "We hope that the eventual outcome hastens the day when elephants and other animals no longer suffer chainings and beatings in Ringling�s circus."

The trial of Kenneth Feld and a hearing to determine an award of damages against Kendall is scheduled for February 2006. In August, the court ordered the law firms representing Feld to pay PETA more than $50,000 in sanctions after they falsely accused the judge in the case of improper judicial conduct.

For more information, please visit PETA�s Web site Circuses.com.

This is a Salon article from 2001 about another of Feld's "operations," as well as a little bit on the PETA thing. Very interesting read. You get a some insight into how spooks "handle" people and mess with their heads.

The Greatest Vendetta on Earth
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/30/circus/index.html

As if anybody cared...BEFORE this. But by becoming so enraged that a biographer would say such a thing and stalking her with CIA agents, he now has turned it into this huge issue, published in Salon. What a moran!

...were actually actions of Ringling Bros agent provocateurs out to strip their non-profit status?

You know it really bugs me how many people, even here at DU, have these knee-jerk reactions to animal-rights issues and groups, especially PETA,

My impression is that they are often-times reacting like this to "something" they've heard or read that is essentially negative corp-sponsored propogana.

stupid PETA employees who dumped the carcasses of 30 euthanized dogs into the trash dumpsters of a local shopping mall. I wonder if they were infiltrating sabotageurs.

This was in the memo to PETA members...really...honestly...I'm not kidding...

Bwahahahhaha...

I'm sorry, I support PETA, but this one is just so ripe for jokes.

simply improving the conditions for the animals in their "employ."