UK circus owner found guilty of elephant cruelty

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UK circus owner found guilty of elephant cruelty

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uk-circus-owner-found-guilty-elephant-cruelty-172853080.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xcMr2pXCfLU8ybpi7_6OdA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-11-23T213111Z_1_CBRE8AM1NS300_RTROPTP_2_CRIME-BRITAIN-ELEPHANT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Still handout photograph taken from video shows groom hitting Annie elephant in London" align="left" title="Still handout photograph taken from video shows groom hitting Annie elephant in London" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - A British circus owner was given a conditional discharge on Friday for causing unnecessary suffering to an Asian elephant by keeping her chained up and allowing a handler to beat her. Bobby Roberts, 69, was convicted of three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal. Northampton Crown Court heard that Anne, an arthritic, 58-year-old elephant was kept tethered to the ground by one front leg and one back leg at all times. Roberts failed to give Anne her arthritis medicine and to prevent a handler from repeatedly beating the animal. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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