Animal exhibitor charged under AWA
Roanoke, TX (US)

Incident Date: Saturday, Feb 28, 1998
County: Tarrant

Disposition: USDA Citation

Person of Interest: Thomas Robert Lease

In March 1998, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Thomas Lease, a licensed animal exhibitor doing business as Lions, Tigers, and Teddy Bears-Oh My!, in Roanoke, Texas, have agreed to a consent decision and order regarding violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

Lease neither admitted nor denied any violations of the AWA but agreed to a civil penalty of $1,000.

As part of the consent decision, Lease agreed to cease and desist from:

--Failing to provide for the rapid elimination of excess water from housing facilities for animals;

-- Failing to keep water receptacles clean;

-- Failing to keep the premises clean, as required;

-- Failing, during public exhibition of dangerous animals, to have the animals under the direct control of trainers; and

-- Failing during public exhibition of dangerous animals to have a sufficient distance or barrier between the animals and the general viewing public so as to assure the safety of the animals and the public.

References

• USDA - March 5, 1998

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