Article: USDA: Los Angeles Zoo settles with USDA regarding Animal Welfare Act charges.

M2 PRESSWIRE-11 August 1998-USDA: Los Angeles Zoo settles with USDA regarding Animal Welfare Act charges (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the City of Los Angeles, a licensed animal exhibitor doing business as the Los Angeles Zoo, have agreed to a consent decision and order regarding violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

"We are in the business of protecting animals," said W. Ron DeHaven, acting deputy administrator for animal care with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a part of USDA's marketing and regulatory programs mission area. "It is the job of our animal care inspectors to ...

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