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Animals News tagged with circus animals

ACTION ALERT: Help Me Help Them! Boycott Ringling Bros. Circus!!
Animals  (tags: circus animals, abjused, mistreated, tortured, elephants bullhooked, ringling bros, animal abusers )

Simone
- 6 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Animals in the circus do not perform because they want to, they perform because they have to. If they don't , they are beaten, shocked, and whipped to make them perform over and over again. Not only is this way of "training" animal abuse to the fullest
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Blow the Whistle
Animals  (tags: circus workers, circus animals, stop circus animal suffering, reports, investigation, court hearing )

Simone
- 27 days ago - ad-international.org
Speak out against animal suffering. Don't look the other way when animals are being abused. We're calling on circus workers to report the abuse of animals and help us end the suffering. You can contact us anonymously through our website, stopcircus
6 comments
Bolivia Frees Its Circus Animals. Now They Need Homes
Animals  (tags: circus animals, bolivia circus, animal advocates, freed, new homes )

Simone
- 29 days ago - time.com
"Lions hate circuses" has long been a bumper sticker slogan of the animal rights movement, and Bolivia has heard the message: The left-leaning government of the Andean country recently passed the world's first legislation prohibiting the use of all animal
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PLEASE TAKE ACTION: Do You Know Where Your Entertainment Dollars Go?
Animals  (tags: entertainment, circus animals, suffering, imprisoned, wildanimals, protection, investigation, humans )

Simone
- 176 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Every day, across the country, families increasingly choose entertainment that is free of animal suffering. But are you sure that you are truly making compassionate entertainment choices for your family? Through the efforts of circus activists natioN
3 comments
Is It OK for Animals to Be Trained for and Perform in a Circus?- Please VOTE
Animals  (tags: circus animals, wild animals, imprisoned, neglected, abused, tortured, animal cruelty, animal advocates )

Simone
- 239 days ago - orlandosentinel.com
An animal-rights controversy has swirled around circuses large and small, prompting a debate about the fairness of keeping animals to perform before crowds.
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Ten Years to the Day Since the Conviction of Circus Trainer Mary Chipperfield
Animals  (tags: animal defenders, chipperfield circus, animal abusers, circus animals, beaten, starved, tortured, tormented, impriosned, animal welfare, animal advocates, ban animal circuses )

Simone
- 301 days ago - groups.google.com
##It's ten years to the day since Mary Chipperfield's historic conviction for animal cruelty, but animals still tour the UK in travelling circuses## Today marks the ten year anniversary since one of the world's most famous circus trainers,
2 comments
When The Lights Go Out In The Circus.... PLZ TAKE ACTION
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, wildanimals, crime, circus animals )

Mariska
- 313 days ago - vier-pfoten.campaignbox.de
Wild animals do not belong in the circus. They suffer there. Austria has already prohibited keeping wild animals in circuses. It's time for Europe to follow suit. Please join the Stop it Campaign and help.
5 comments
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Animals  (tags: Captive Animals, elephants, circus animals, wildlife, investigation, AnimalWelfare, ethics, society, law, crime )

Julie
- 325 days ago - animalrightsflorida.org
Ringling's animal-care history is riddled with USDA violations and penalties. At least 25 Ringling elephants have died since 1992! Kenny and Benjamin, in the photo at right, were among four baby elephants who have died. HOW they died is an outrage...
2 comments
TAKE ACTION: Urge the USDA to Pursue Criminal Charges and Permanent License Revocation Against NED'S ABUSER
Animals  (tags: USDA, circus animals, licence revocation, ned, emanicated, abused elephant, confisicated, animal advocates, laws, legislation, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 358 days ago - getactive.peta.org
On November 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) took custody of an emaciated elephant named Ned, who had been in the care of Florida-based circus trainer Lance Ramos (aka Lancelot Kollmann). Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus currently
6 comments
TAKE ACTION; Tell Sadistic Cruel Ringling Bros to End Its Use of Animals - PLS SIGN BORN FREE PETITION
Animals  (tags: ringling bros, wild animals, elephants, abuse, circus animals, lawsuit, cruetly )

Simone
- 372 days ago - action.bornfreeusa.org
In January 2008 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus kicked off its 138th season launching yet another year of traveling the country with captive wild and exotic animals. The use of animals in the circus is an unnecessary and inhumane practi
5 comments
TAKE ACTION PLEASE, Petition: End the Use of Wild and Exotic Animals In Circuses
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, circus animals )

Annelies
- 424 days ago - secure3.convio.net
In January 2008 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus kicked off its 138th season launching yet another year of traveling the country with captive wild and exotic animals.
9 comments
Stop Circus Animal Suffering USA
Animals  (tags: circus animals, animal suffering, cruelty, torture )

Simone
- 461 days ago - ad-international.org
Animals in circuses belong in the past, to a time when humans were ignorant about the other species that share our planet. However, over the past one hundred years human understanding has grown - science can now tell us about the intelligence of other
3 comments
Circuses in Ireland: Speak Out
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, Circus animals )

Claudia
- 545 days ago - peta.org.uk
Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in Ireland are lobbying to get a bill introduced which would ban the use of animals in circuses. Legislators in Ireland need to hear from you.
1 comment
Pick PETA's Best Anti-Circus Video
Animals  (tags: peta, circus animals, cruelty, videos, poll, animals, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, environment, protection )

Cher
- 551 days ago - circuses.com
Animals have no place in the circus. We need your help! Please take a moment to watch the videos below and share them with a friend or a family member. Then take our poll and tell us which video you think is most compelling and would work best in our
1 comment
ADI: Peru Set to Lead South America With Animal Circus Ban
Animals  (tags: circus animals, ban, South America, animals, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 569 days ago - politics.co.uk
ADI to launch new scientific report in Congress at unveiling of Bill to ban the use of animals in circuses. A year after launching a devastating exposé of the treatment of animals in circuses in South America, Animal Defenders International (ADI) stands
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