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PETA Beauty Bares All, Including Truth Behind Circus’s Phony Claims
For Immediate Release: Contact: Omaha, Neb. — Confined to a cage with her nude body painted like a tiger and a banner above her reading, “Wild Animals Don’t Belong Behind Bars,” PETA member Jil Evans will protest the use of exotic animals by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The protest will highlight the dangers that animal acts pose to humans and animals alike:
Ringling animals continue to die as a result of egregious neglect and downright abuse, and would-be circusgoers are shocked to learn details of the circus’s cruelty, including the following: * On August 5, 2004, Ringling killed an 8-month-old elephant named Riccardo—who was afflicted with a bone disorder—after he fractured both hind legs when he fell off a circus pedestal. * On July 13, 2004, a 2-year-old lion named Clyde died, apparently of heatstroke, while traveling through the intense heat of the Mojave Desert in a poorly ventilated boxcar. * In 1999, Benjamin, a 4-year-old baby elephant, drowned in a pond as he tried to move away from a trainer who was threatening him with a bullhook, an incident that was caught on videotape. * In 1998, Ringling paid $20,000 to settle U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) charges of failing to provide veterinary care to Kenny, a 2-year-old baby elephant who was forced to perform while sick and who later died. The USDA has cited Ringling for numerous violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act and currently has four open investigations against the circus. “This cruelty, these beatings are what the circus is desperate to hide from the public,” says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. “These animals are not volunteers. They have been deprived of their precious freedom and beaten for a lifetime of cheap tricks.” Broadcast-quality video footage of animals abused in circuses is available. For more information, please visit PETA’s Web site Circuses.com . |
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