For Immediate Release:
November 29, 2005

Contact:
Michael McGraw 757-622-7382

As a result of the judgment, Kendall is deemed to have admitted the following:

* Feld operatives were aided in the conspiracy by George, who was paid several million dollars for his services to the circus.

* Kendall stole a PETA computer and its files. Feld operatives also stole information and confidential documents from PETA, including a list of nationwide contacts, in order to interfere with protests against the circus’s physical abuse and chronic mistreatment of elephants, tigers, and other animals.

* Kendall has attempted to blackmail Feld in exchange for his silence about his illegal activities by demanding that Feld pay him $6 million. (Kendall’s letter to Feld is available upon request.)

"This judgment is a major breakthrough in PETA’s case to prove that in his zeal to cover up Ringling’s animal abuse, Ringling’s owner Kenneth Feld and his spies broke the law," says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. "We hope that the eventual outcome hastens the day when elephants and other animals no longer suffer chainings and beatings in Ringling’s circus."

The trial of Kenneth Feld and a hearing to determine an award of damages against Kendall is scheduled for February 2006. In August, the court ordered the law firms representing Feld to pay PETA more than $50,000 in sanctions after they falsely accused the judge in the case of improper judicial conduct.

For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site Circuses.com.