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Two Elephants Seized, But Texas Man Allowed To Keep One
Two elephants have been seized from a Texas man accused of mistreating the animals, but he’s being allowed to keep a third.
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LEGGETT (August 21, 2009)—A Texas man who’s accused of mistreating his elephants can keep one of the animals after agreeing to give up two and pay a federal fine.
Willie Davenport of Leggett, who comes from a family involved in circuses, has denied mistreating elephants named Boo, Jewel and Tina.
On Thursday, Davenport gave up 40-year-old Jewel and 39-year-old Tina, both Asian elephants, to end his fight with regulators.
He will keep Boo, who has been with his family since the 1960s.
Davenport also agreed to pay a $3,000 fine in exchange for federal authorities dropping complaints against him for failing to have proper purchasing permits for Jewel and Tina.
Davenport said he bought the animals for $150,000 from a retiring elephant trainer in Florida in 2006.
Both elephants, which were deemed to be dangerously underweight, will be taken to a zoo.
Leggett is about 75 miles northeast of Houston.
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