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The plot thickens!
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by kacz on December 29, 2009
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581437,00.html?test=latestnews
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — An attorney for an exotic animal dealer says an employee intentionally neglected animals to further his agenda as an undercover investigator for an animal rights group.
Attorney Lance Evans says Howard Goldman could have done more for the animals at U.S Global Exotics. He says Goldman let snakes go for weeks without food or water or clean cages.
Goldman has testified cared for 1,500 to 3,000 snakes at once and the company's owners wouldn't pay for food, medical and other supplies he requested.
Goldman also was working for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The group did not return a call for comment.
A judge is expected to decide this week who will get custody of the more than 26,000 animals seized by authorities in a Dec. 15 raid.
Kacz
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by pictigaster1 on December 29, 2009
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This seems about right.I will say one thing tho.If someone worked for me I would check there work daily to be sure it was done .Jason was set up no doubt as people are every day.This is a time of change and every one must cross all there t's...............................
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by Rob_Carmichael on December 30, 2009
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I agree. There's no excuse for the owner to allow this type of neglect in his/her collection. Where are the checks and balances?...particularly when we are talking about living organisms? My gut feeling is that these animals were probably getting sub standard care anyway just because of the sheer volume of animals involved. Whether this guy was undercover or not really doesn't excuse the situaton in my opinion. It's too bad that AR extremists have to resort to such tactics but once again, this company should have better quality control measures in place. It's a situation, as usual, where animals are seen as "goods" and not living creatures deserving of a better fate. That probably sounds a little bit like an AR plea but all I'm saying is that if you are taking the responsibility to be a reptile/animal dealer, its also your responsibility to make sure these animals are given the highest quality of life while under your care. I'm sure more details on this case will surface in the very near future.
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