Jacko Cleared of Mistreating Neverland Ranch Animals

After this Tuesday the US Department of Agriculture accused that the animals at Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch are not being kept in normal living conditions, now they say the popstar has no guilt whatsoever.

Since the "Heal the World" singer left US for Bahrain in July 2005, there's been news everywhere about Jackson neglecting the animals from Neverland Ranch, including elephants, giraffes, snakes, orangutans, tigers and a crocodile.

The San Jose Mercury News reported that federal inspectors had visited the 2600-acre ranch in Central California in response to a complaint from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), whose active member is also the sex-symbol Pamela Anderson. "I'm unaware of any violations of the Animal Welfare Act at Neverland," Darby Holladay, a spokesperson told the mentioned paper.

Brian Oxman, one of Michael Jackson's lawyers did a friendly comment on PETA's determination: "That's very nice and we appreciate it," he said.

According to the Mercury News, PETA's captive exotic animals specialist Lisa Wathne said the group did not try to confirm the tabloid reports before making its complaint. "Because Neverland is not open to the public, it's very difficult to get information about the place. But when we hear accusations like that, we have to take note," she said.

So, the controversial popstar has been cleared on this one too.
Let's just hope for the sake of the animals that the first accusations weren't really set up on true facts and that they are ok indeed...