What would Dr. Dolittle think of the Dancing Star Foundation?
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.–“We have received a written agreement from Dancing Star Foundation to enact a moratorium on killing animals under their care,” e-mailed Farm Sanctuary communications director Tricia Berry on February 26, 2009, affirming earlier statements to ANIMAL PEOPLE by Farm Sanctuary attorney Russ Mead. “We are now monitoring the situation to ensure that Dancing Star abides by the agreement,” Berry added. “If they fail to do so, Farm Sanctuary will have no other recourse than to contact the California Attorney General and urge that Dancing Star be investigated.” Berry forwarded a brief message from Dancing Star Foundation president Michael Tobias. “While it is our obligation to our animals to regularly assess their quality of life,” Tobias said, “there are no plans to put any to rest at this time.” Sue Stiles, an heir to the McClatchy newspaper fortune, opened the Dancing Star Foundation sanctuaries near Cayucos and Paso Robles, California, in 1993. At Stiles’ death from
