In the wild, bears don't ride bicycles, tigers don't jump
through fiery hoops, and elephants don't stand upright on their hind
legs. Circuses portray a distorted view of wildlife.
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PETA’s Shackled Elephant
Today, PETA filed a federal lawsuit against the organizers of the Rochester Animal Scramble event and the city of Rochester for delaying the placement of its weeping, 12-foot-tall elephant statue, emblazoned with the inscription, “Step Right Up! See Shackles, Bullhooks, Loneliness … at the Circus,” at the promised location outside the Blue Cross Arena until after Ringling Bros. had departed.
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PETA Urges Siegfried & Roy to Make Tiger Act Disappear
On Friday, October 3, Roy Horn of the Siegfried & Roy nightclub act was attacked by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage hotel in Las Vegas. Horn was critically injured while attempting to force the tiger to do a trick.
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Pryor Outraged at Elephant Abuse
World-renowned comedian Richard Pryor has sent a letter to Pretoria regional court magistrate Adriaan Bekker on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), urging him to impose the maximum sentence—R200,000 (US$25,740) and 12 months in prison—on two men convicted in the beatings of 30 juvenile elephants captured nearly five years ago from the Tuli Block game reserve.
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Ringling Spies Exposed!
Former CIA honcho says Ringling Bros. jumped through hoops to hide their dirty tricks—illegal spying, wiretapping, videotaping, harassment and a “special unit” designed “to destroy anyone who threatened the image of the circus as wholesome fun for the whole family.”
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Rue Backs Landmark Legislation to Stop Circus Cruelty
Emmy-winning “Golden Girl” and Oklahoma native Rue McClanahan joined her hometown representative, Raymond McCarter, at the State Capitol to announce the introduction of legislation making standard, cruel elephant-training methods, such as food and water deprivation and severe physical punishment, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
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