Clyde, this 2-year-old lion, was in a circus boxcar riding across the Mojave Desert when found dead. Ringling Brothers Circus 
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USDA Investigates Death of Circus Lion
Activists Challenge Ringling Account Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com���By Marc Kaufman Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus faces a federal investigation amid allegations that it allowed a young lion to die in a sweltering animal train crossing the Mojave Desert and then tried to keep key information from the government. Soon after the investigation was launched, Frank Hagan, a recently fired Ringling lion handler, delivered an affidavit to Agriculture Department officials contending that the lion died because the boxcar he rode in was extremely hot and the animal needed water. Hagan said circus officials would not stop the train to cool the animal off despite reports by him and another handler that the 2-year-old lion, named Clyde, and other animals were suffering from intense heat. Frank Hagan, a veteran employee, also said that circus lawyers told him and others familiar with the incident not to talk to Agriculture Department officials at the circus train to ask questions. Hagan said in the affidavit that the circus fired him soon after� The lion�s death and the federal investigation have quickly become part of the battle between circuses and animal rights activists over the treatment of animals in captivity� Read more at Washington Post. |
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