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Animals News tagged with circus elephants

Animal Rights Activists Win Campaign to Rehouse India's Suffering Elephants
Animals  (tags: indian zoo, circus elephants, abused, mistreated, animal advocates, freedom, sanctuaries, welfare )

Simone
- 8 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The elephant may be one of the national emblems of India, but animal-rights activists have long lamented the squalid conditions that most of the country's captive jumbos endure. Now the activists -- and the animals -- have cause to celebrate, after
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Elephants in Indian Zoos, Circuses Moved to Sanctuaries
Animals  (tags: good news, zoo, circus elephants, india, moved to sanctuaries, safe, freedom )

Simone
- 10 days ago - washingtontimes.com
All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday. The decision affects around 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country,
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Escaped Circus Elephant in Enid Has Escaped Before
Animals  (tags: circus elephants, imprisoned, investigation, escaped, welfare )

Simone
- 17 days ago - newson6.com
The circus elephant that broke free and charged an SUV earlier this week in Enid has escaped before. Last summer in the town of WaKeeney, Kansas, two elephants escaped from a circus after being spooked by tornado sirens. One of those elephants, Kamba,
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A Lifetime of Misery -- Help End the Mistreatment of Elephants in Entertainment
Animals  (tags: circus elephants, abused, tortured, lola, memoriam, animal activists, elephant welfare, protection, freedom )

Simone
- 84 days ago - bornfreeusa.org
Lota's life was no different. Born in India in 1951 and cruelly taken from the wild when only a year old, Lota spent two years at a zoo in India and then was shipped to the Milwaukee County Zoo in Wisconsin where she spent the next thirty-five years.
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IDA APPLAUDS FEDERAL CONFISCATION OF SUFFERING CIRCUS ELEPHANTS
Animals  (tags: UDSA, confiscated two abused suffering, circus elephants, tina, jewel, IDA, sanctuary )

Simone
- 94 days ago - thecypresstimes.com
In Defense of Animals today hailed the federal government's confiscation of two long-suffering circus elephants from their Texas-based handler, but vowed to continue to fight for the rescue of a third elephant who was left behind. IDA has been
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ACTION ALERT: End Cruelty to Circus Elephants in the UK!!!
Animals  (tags: circus elephants, abused, tortured, end animal circuses, laws, legalisation, protection, england )

Simone
- 96 days ago - all-creatures.org
All animals in circuses are compromised by the traveling and temporary nature of the circus, with severe confinement inevitable and physical abuse commonplace. They have no legal protection, as there are no regulations to protect them under the Animal
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ACTION ALERT: Politely Urge the USDA to Confiscate All Three Elephants and Send Them to a Sanctuary
Animals  (tags: IDSA, abused, circus elephants, tortured, imprisoned, UDSA, . confiscation, sanctuary )

Simone
- 99 days ago - animalrights.change.org
IDA has learned that on Saturday August 15, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) attempted to confiscate Jewel, one of three suffering and abused elephants who we have been working for over two years to rescue. The USDA temporarily aborted the
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ACTION ALERT: Urge the USDA to Confiscate Underweight Elephants Tina and Jewel
Animals  (tags: tina, jewel, circus elephants, suffering, emanicated, isolated, underweight, usda, freedom, sanctuary )

Simone
- 157 days ago - secure.peta.org
PETA is deeply concerned about the welfare of Tina and Jewel, two of the three elephants traveling with Will Davenport (of Maximus Tons of Fun LLC). This year, Davenport has been dragging the elephants around the country performing for Shrine Circuses.
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Help Tonka and Luna!- Circus Abused Elephants- Please Sign PETITION
Animals  (tags: tonka.luna, abused tortured elephants, circus elephants, bullhooked, sanctuary, freedom )

Simone
- 205 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Tonka and Luna need your help! These elephants have been traveling with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for almost 18 years. Day after day, they have been chained, yelled at, beaten with bullhooks, dragged around in filthy, cramped boxcars, and
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From the African Plains to a UK Circus: The Shocking Story of Circus Star
Animals  (tags: captive wild animals, imprisoned, circus elephants, torn from wild, african plains, english circus, suffering, abuser )

Simone
- 240 days ago - captiveanimals.org
The Captive Animals' Protection Society has expressed outrage at government inaction which has resulted in three elephants being imported from Germany to use in a UK circus. Sonja, Delhi and Wanna Manna will be transported around the country for the
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Suit Challenges Image of Circus Elephants as Willing Performers
Animals  (tags: lawsuit, circus elephants, abused, tormented, bullhooked, tortured, broken spirited, trainers? )

Simone
- 296 days ago - nytimes.com
One of the most iconic images of American life, that of circus elephants joined trunk-to-tail as they lumber along to delight "children of all ages," as the old saying goes, is about to be debated in a courtroom. Are the beasts docile because they are
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Will Stand Trial on February 4th-PLZ MAKE RINGLING PAY FOR THEIR CRUELTY
Animals  (tags: Born Free USA, animal welfare, lawsuit, Rinmgling Bros, circus elephants, abused, tormented, tortured, animal cruelty, animal advocates, court hearing, court documents, evidence )

Simone
- 296 days ago - bornfreeusa.org
"An animal abuse trial against Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is set to begin on February 4th. Ringling Bros have been abusing torturing circus elephants for years and Born Free USA with other
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Ringling Bros. Circus Heads to Court [AGAIN!!!]
Animals  (tags: abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, animalcruelty, ethics, wildlife, wildanimals, animalrights, zoos, circuses, Circus elephants, elephants, elephant abuse )

Jeffrey
- 400 days ago - abcnews.go.com
On Oct. 27, the case, to be tried in federal district court for the District of Columbia, will examine whether the Ringling Bros. Circus has violated the Endangered Species Act by chaining its elephants and forcefully using a bullhook to train them.
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Three Suffering Elephants Need Your Help- Time Is Running Out for Tina, Jewel and Queenie
Animals  (tags: circus elephants, abused, imprsioned, suffering, animal abusers, animal protection, freedom, sanctuary )

Simone
- 439 days ago - ga0.org
Tina, Jewel and Queenie have endured a lifetime of ill-treatment at the hands of the circus industry, most recently by their current "owners", the notorious Davenport family. (http://www.helpelephantsinzoos.org/feature_070905 .html) We know that you
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Ringling Bros. Denies Tale of Vicious Elehant Abuse
Animals  (tags: ringling bros, circus elephants, abused, bullhooked, tortured, tormented, beaten, cruelty, sadistic, evil animal cruelty )

Simone
- 595 days ago - suntimes.com
Elephants have delighted circus audiences for generations, but that's not the cotton candy portrait painted Tuesday by a former circus trainer. With a bull hook in her hand and tears in her eyes, Archele Hundley told horrified Chicago aldermen that
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