-USDA: USDA charges Topeka Zoo with violations of the Animal Welfare Act

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 September 1998-USDA: USDA charges Topeka Zoo with violations of the Animal Welfare Act (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:180998 RIVERDALE, Md., Sept. 18, 1998--The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently charged the Topeka Zoological Park, in Topeka, Kan., with violations of the Animal Welfare Act.

"This is a case where animal handlers and attendants who are supposed to be knowledgeable and provide professional care and handling did not," 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. "In this instance, we believe that employees at the Topeka Zoo grossly mishandled several animals in a manner that put their...