Source: HUMANE WATCH, 3/19/19

There’s a new turn in the ongoing saga about the Humane Society of the United States paying nearly $11 million to settle a racketeering and fraud lawsuit. Here’s a quick recap: The Fund for Animals and other animal activist groups sued Feld Entertainment, which owns the Ringling Bros. circus, nearly 20 years ago. They claimed the circus abused animals. But it turned out their key witness, a former elephant handler, not only lied under oath but was being paid under the table by HSUS and other groups. (The Fund for Animals merged with HSUS in 2004 while the lawsuit made its way through the courts.)

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