USDA Slaps Chimpanzee Abuser With Official Warning
Update: First he was
busted by Florida officials. Now after PETA filed a complaint with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, federal authorities have slapped Mike Casey with an official warning
for transporting three chimpanzees from Nevada to Florida without a valid Animal
Welfare Act (AWA) license. If he’s caught violating the AWA again, Casey could
face fines and/or criminal prosecution.
Originally
posted August 23, 2013:
It
hasn’t been the best summer for notorious chimpanzee
exhibitor and abuser James “Mike” Casey. First, PETA helped get
him barred from a Nevada county by providing authorities with
information about his plans to confine chimpanzees there illegally, torment
them, and rent
them out for television, movies, ads, and events. And now,
authorities in Florida have slapped the cuffs on Casey after catching him in
the act of unlawfully trying to unload three chimpanzees at a roadside zoo.
The
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) nabbed Casey on charges
of possessing chimpanzees without a permit, not carrying the required
insurance, and unlawful and improper transport of wildlife. PETA is also asking
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to investigate his intended sale of
the animals, because it, too, appears to be unlawful since he did not possess
the requisite Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license.
Florida
authorities have transferred the animals to the so-called “Suncoast Primate
Sanctuary”
in Palm Harbor, Florida. While certainly better than being in Casey’s charge,
where, according to eyewitness testimony and USDA records, they had been punched, kicked,
beaten, and scalded with boiling water, Suncoast isn’t the ideal place for
these chimpanzees, as the facility is staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers and
has a history of AWA violations and chimpanzee
escapes.
PETA
has written to the FWC thanking it for arresting Casey and seizing the
chimpanzees and asking it to retire the animals to the permanent home that we
have arranged for them at a true sanctuary.
Source: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/10/31/usda-slaps-chimpanzee-abuser-with-official-warning.aspx
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