For Immediate Release:
October 14, 2021
Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382
Cumberland, Md. â PETA has just won another victory in its successful federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit against Tri-State Zoological Park and its associates: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has now granted PETAâs motion for attorneysâ fees and costs incurred in conjunction with Tri-Stateâs appeal, which it lost earlier this year. The courtâs order included the full amount that PETA requestedâ$57,949.28âand follows a previous order for fees and costs by the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, bringing the total amount that Tri-State must pay PETA to $114,605.05.
Meanwhile, PETA and concerned citizen Constance Collins are pressing ahead with another lawsuit arguing that Tri-Stateâs documented failure to provide animals with adequate veterinary care, proper food, clean water, and other basic necessities violates state law and constitutes a public nuisance. PETAâs goal is to get every animal out of Tri-State and into suitable facilities where theyâd finally receive attention from animal care experts.
PETAâwhose motto reads, in part, that âanimals are not ours to use for entertainmentââopposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information about PETAâs investigative newsgathering and reporting, please visitâŻPETA.orgâŻor follow the group onâŻTwitter,âŻFacebook, orâŻInstagram.
Source: Peta.org