A significant legal decision has emerged in the ongoing dispute involving actor Vikram's exotic animal facility in Erode. The court has ruled to grant the farm owner conditional interim custody of the rare lar gibbons while establishing a framework for regular inspections. This ruling represents a middle ground approach, effectively overturning the Forest Department's petition to transfer the animals elsewhere, pending further proceedings and compliance with animal welfare standards.

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