{"id":758533,"date":"2019-10-17T08:37:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758533"},"modified":"2019-10-17T08:38:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T12:38:38","slug":"license-of-infamous-liebel-circus-finally-terminated-after-15-years-of-cruelty-and-exploitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758533","title":{"rendered":"License of Infamously Cruel &#8216;Liebel Circus&#8217; Finally Terminated After 15 Years of Exploitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Liebel Family Circus chained, exploited, and neglected Nosey the elephant over a period of 15 years. Finally, after exposing this horror, Liebel can no longer exhibit, transport, buy, or sell animals for exhibition. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PETA:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;The Hugo Liebel Circus is infamous for chaining, exploiting, and neglecting Nosey the elephant. Finally, after his horrors were exposed over a period of 15 years, Liebel can no longer exhibit, transport, buy, or sell animals for exhibition. PETA obtained a copy of a decision and order without hearing by reason of default issued by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) administrative law judge that terminates Hugo Liebel\u2019s federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license. This license enabled him to travel all over the country with Nosey \u2014 all while keeping her in a dark, cramped trailer and setting up in parking lots and at fairs to exploit her for rides.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>PETA\u2019s campaign to save Nosey and take down Liebel began in 2004, when a whistleblower reported that he routinely abused the elephant with bullhooks and electric prods. Over the years, PETA persuaded venues to bar performances featuring the suffering elephant, persuaded authorities to bar Liebel\u2019s elephant act, worked with elephant experts, engaged members of Congress, and obtained celebrity support in favor of Nosey\u2019s release to an accredited sanctuary where her needs could be properly met.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nosey\u2019s story was so shocking that it became the go-to example of elephant mistreatment in the entertainment industry. New Jersey became the first state ever to enact a ban on traveling wild-animal acts \u2014 appropriately calling the new legislation \u201cNosey\u2019s Law\u201d&#8230;The USDA initiated proceedings to terminate Liebel\u2019s license in May 2019, alleging that he\u2019s unfit to handle animals. This termination process began after Lawrence County, Alabama, authorities seized Nosey in 2017&#8242;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/feds-move-to-terminate-elephant-abuser-hugo-liebel-exhibitor-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkuSZ01nTTg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PETA: &#8216;The Hugo Liebel Circus is infamous for chaining, exploiting, and neglecting Nosey the elephant. Finally, after his horrors were exposed over a period of 15 years, Liebel can no longer exhibit, transport, buy, or sell animals for exhibition. 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