The horse welfare scandal that has been the talk of equestrian events at the Paris Olympics is being noticed and highlighted by prominent voices in a related sport.

The Supreme Court has rejected North Carolina’s appeal in a dispute with animal rights groups over a law aimed at preventing undercover employees at farms and other workplaces from taking documents or recording video.

PETA said it sent a letter to St. Johns County School District Superintendent Tim Forson on Tuesday offering lessons on kindness to animals after a dead shark was hung from the rafters at Ponte Vedra High School last week.

Four years after the “Greatest Show On Earth" shut down, officials are planning to bring back the The Ringling Bros.

NEW YORK Two years after filing a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, an aggrieved harness-racing bettor has received $20,000 in the settlement of his claims that he was cheated out of his winnings when a doped horse won a race in New Jersey in 2016. After the lawsuit was filed in March 2018, leading figures in harness racing said they had never before heard of such a lawsuit, which accused the trainer of fraud and racketeering. Under the settlement, the defendants agreed to pay Tretter $20,000, and Tretter agreed to donate $7,500 of that sum to a racehorse adoption program . The owner of Meadowlands, Jeff Gural, has been among the leaders in harness racing trying to curb doping. PETA is critical of horse racing, but is pushing for reforms rather than actively campaigning for an all-out ban.

Margo Paine, center, joins protesters with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in Los Angeles on Sept. 18, 2018. (Richard Vogel/AP)(CNN) - California has become the first US state to ban the sale of animal fur products. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Friday that will make it illegal to sell, donate or manufacture new fur products in the state. Used fur and taxidermy products are exempt from the ban, along with leather, cowhide and shearling. Fur products used for religious purposes or by Native American tribes are also exempt, and fur lawfully taken with a hunting license is still allowed.