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Elephant versus Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus, Who wins this trial ?
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The treatment of elephants in captivity has been debated for decades. Now, animal welfare groups are suing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for what they call abusive treatment of elephants.
"We've all seen them, elephants marching in the big top and standing on tiny pedestals. But what does it take to get the massive pachyderms to do those tricks?" Bell asked.
That's at the center of a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that claims mistreating circus elephants is nothing to clown around about.
Purported undercover video provided to CBS News by the Animal Welfare Institute shows Asian elephants kept by Ringling Bros. enduring harsh treatment.
"We have amassed a wealth of video footage throughout this case. We have video footage that shows the elephants being hit with bull hooks, being struck with bull hooks," said Tracey Silverman, an attorney for the institute that, along with the ASPCA and the Fund for Animals, is suing the company that owns the circus. Their hope is to stop what they call inhumane treatment of an endangered species.
"They have the elephants hours and hours continuously chained," Silverman said.
After eight years of pretrial motions and depositions, their case was to be heard in the U.S. District court in Washington, D.C., starting Wednesday. Ringling Bros. maintains the video is heavily edited and taken out of context.
But former Ringling Bros. barn keeper Tom Rider, who worked for the circus from 1997 to 1999 and is a plaintiff in the suit, says he saw abuse.
The treatment of elephants in captivity has been debated for decades. Now, animal welfare groups are suing Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for what they call abusive treatment of elephants.
"We've all seen them, elephants marching in the big top and standing on tiny pedestals. But what does it take to get the massive pachyderms to do those tricks?" Bell asked.
That's at the center of a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that claims mistreating circus elephants is nothing to clown around about.
Purported undercover video provided to CBS News by the Animal Welfare Institute shows Asian elephants kept by Ringling Bros. enduring harsh treatment.
"We have amassed a wealth of video footage throughout this case. We have video footage that shows the elephants being hit with bull hooks, being struck with bull hooks," said Tracey Silverman, an attorney for the institute that, along with the ASPCA and the Fund for Animals, is suing the company that owns the circus. Their hope is to stop what they call inhumane treatment of an endangered species.
"They have the elephants hours and hours continuously chained," Silverman said.
After eight years of pretrial motions and depositions, their case was to be heard in the U.S. District court in Washington, D.C., starting Wednesday. Ringling Bros. maintains the video is heavily edited and taken out of context.
But former Ringling Bros. barn keeper Tom Rider, who worked for the circus from 1997 to 1999 and is a plaintiff in the suit, says he saw abuse.
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