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Газета Чикаго Трибьюн рассказывает о том, как взвешенно подходят депутаты Чикагсовета к проекту Закона об охране слонов после неудачи Закона о запрете фуа гра:

Smith said some aldermen withheld their votes because they feared they would be scorned for spending time on this issue, as they were after passing---and then rescinding---a ban on serving foie gras in Chicago restaurants.

"You know, the aldermen experienced a lot of ridicule after the foie gras thing," Smith said after a three-hour debate over the elephant-protection ordinance. "I think the ridicule factor got to a few people."

Rather than ban the bullhook, aldermen amended the elephant-protection ordinance to make it illegal "to use on an elephant any device or instrument with the intent to cause pain and injury, except as necessary to administer legitimate medical treatment."

Сразу видно, что Америка - великая страна, я считаю.