BAN RINLGING CIRCUS FOR ANIMAL ABUSE
Target:
Ringling Bros Circus & Feld Entertainment parent co of Ringling Bros Circus
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To finally put an end to circuses and educate the public about the animal abuse and just who works for them. Ex-cons, sex offenders and pedophiles are just some of the employees that Ringling Bros employees, along with sadistic 'animal trainers' like Sacha Houke guilty of beating his own daughter. This is a petition that will be sent to Ringling Bros, Feld Entertainment, all their corporate sponsors and any newspaper when the circus rolls into their town in an effort to get them to give up exploiting animals for entertainment purposes. A brief list of convicted Ringling Bros employees and animal abuse will accompany the petiton. For those wanting more circus abuse info please go to circuses.com
To finally put an end to circuses and educate the public about the animal abuse and just who works for them. Ex-cons, sex offenders and pedophiles are just some of the employees that Ringling Bros employees, along with sadistic 'animal trainers' like Sacha Houke guilty of beating his own daughter. This is a petition that will be sent to Ringling Bros, Feld Entertainment, all their corporate sponsors and any newspaper when the circus rolls into their town in an effort to get them to give up exploiting animals for entertainment purposes. A brief list of convicted Ringling Bros employees and animal abuse will accompany the petiton. For those wanting more circus abuse info please go to circuses.com
We the undersigned request that you immediately stop using animals in your circus. This is an outdated and abusive form of entertainment whose time has come. Other circuses, like Cirque de Soliel, are world renowned for their amazing list of talented entertainers and we want Ringling Bros to follow suit. Aside from the extensive and well documented abuse of animals you also have a long history of hiring undesirables like excons and homeless people which is also well documented. Thes are major concerns for the public and should be for you.
Jim Barnum, the founder of the circus you now run, once said 'There's a sucker born every minute' but now that sucker is you if you think people will continue to pay money to see tired and abused animals do stupid tricks when they can go see or rent the dvd of Cirque de Soleil and be really entertained. As long as you continue to use animals your once good name will be tarnished forever.
Finally we request the following:
* Stop using animals in your circus and let them all retire to santuaries for all they have given to your bank account
* Only hire talented people who don't have criminal records
Thank you for taking the time to read this and the list included.
Jim Barnum, the founder of the circus you now run, once said 'There's a sucker born every minute' but now that sucker is you if you think people will continue to pay money to see tired and abused animals do stupid tricks when they can go see or rent the dvd of Cirque de Soleil and be really entertained. As long as you continue to use animals your once good name will be tarnished forever.
Finally we request the following:
* Stop using animals in your circus and let them all retire to santuaries for all they have given to your bank account
* Only hire talented people who don't have criminal records
Thank you for taking the time to read this and the list included.
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It amazes me what people reduce themselves to. With no concious or heart of any kind. Thank god we do have people who care and will always care. It is no secret that barberic methods of cruelty are inflicted upon these helpless creatures to perform acts to generate income for those of no moral value. Millions of people throughout the world are becoming more educated concerning animal welfare and it will be just a matter of time.
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This creatures are screaming on silence for HELP, let's fight for the end of this horrible "entertainment", this is the same of watching a dogs fight for fun or money. Circus, if you have talent, does it with your people not with animals that you torture for "talent". LET'S HELP THEM, COUNT ON ME !!!!
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Vive le Circe du Soliel! And an end to circuses that still enslaves animals.
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Disgusting Act!
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pls add personal comments about the circus.
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STOP THIS BRUTALITY
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I will never visit a circuss that uses wild animals or any animals att all !!! i only like to watch acrobates and clowns ect
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4:30 am PDT, Jun 27,
Iro Kapeloni, Greece
It's time we stopped the use of animals in circuses! Wake up people! an elephant doesn't learn to shake his paw with words.. They torture them every day of their life! |
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This is appalling. How can they, or the people who watch, possibly feel that it's in any way "entertainment" to reduce such a beautiful dignified creature to perform in this ludicrous way - it's horrific. It should be illegal for any animal to "perform" in any show.
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This circus is a disgusting display of human disrespect and inconsideration for the needs of others- human or animal. stop the animal exploitation now!
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let's teach our children compassion for animals and give them the freedom they deserve! are we so far removed from nature that we can't see that animals are not here for our entertainment?
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It is disgusting to abuse animals, especially intelligent animals. Get a grip it is NOT entertaining
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Animals DO NOT belong in the Circus! Animals should be free and live in the wild!
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THE ABUSES MUST END NOW!!!!! RELEASE THE ANIMALS!!!!!
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5:07 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Angela Rhodes, Greece
RINGLING CIRCUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED A VERY LONG TIME AGO, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERE ANIMAL ABUSE AND THIS CANNOT BE TOLERATED IN A CIVILIZES SOCIETY. |
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Lets open a circus that the attraction are this idiots...
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God created this anials as well as created we. So, we could be those animals. Would you like to be killed ?
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NICE CIRCUS DON'T BE CRUEL WITH ANIMALS.
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I will not go to a circus and I urge others not to go. I hope one day they don't exist.
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I used to love going to the circus as a kid. It wasn't until I was older and realized what these people were doing to the animals that I got turned off from them. Animals are not meant to do this and should be left to live their lives happily and in a great environment.
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this is a terrible life for the animals, and not good for kids to see!
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You should be ashamed of yourselves. There is no excuse good enough to give to justify the cruelty that you are subjecting these Beautiful animals to!!!!How would you like it???? That's what I thought! You're lucky that the Animal lover's who have found out about you,haven't done the same thing to you all!!!
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stop it!
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I watched some videos on what trainers do to elephants and I was depressed for days! Stop the animal abuse )o:
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Pls stop Animal ABUSE!!!!!!!! They equally feel the pain as much as we humans do. Do not inflict pain and suffering on these beautiful animals for merely entertaining the public. There are better ways to earn a living than being guilty of making innocent animals cry and suffer.
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The chair is against the wall
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I would LOVE to see this circus and all others who use wild animals in their program to be shut down. It is abhorrent, cruel and inhumane what they do to these animals. I've seen undercover footage of the treatment to the elephants. It is no wonder they end up turning on their trainers. I would too!
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The Ringling Bros Circus is in town for this upcoming weekend and I by all means plan to boycott them! They have no empathy for treating these animals like they do! I HATE animal abusers!
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Dear friends from Ringling Brothers, please come up with more modern and innovative ways of entertainment that don't imply animal use, like Circ de Soleil Has. Animals are sentient being entitled to their rights to live in their natural environment and enjoying life the same way any human should. It is a primitive and selfish act that of submitting animals to cruel exploitation just for the sake of money first, and "entertainment" later. They wouldn't have chosen that life if they could, PLEASE, I beg you, end animal use of your shows.
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I love circuses, but not when animals are trained with abusive methods. I think I will stick with Cirque de Soleil.
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6:30 am PDT, Jun 1,
Maria Esther Lovero, Florida
Please, STOP BARBARIC ACTS TO ANIMALS. They are not for entertainment. Animals have RIGHTS and they should be RESPECTED!!!!!!!!!!! As a teacher, I would never take my students to the circus again, if you don't change your policies. STOP ABUSING ANIMALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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An animal should have the right to choose how it lives it's life. Captured and pushed to perform is cruel.
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Please know that I will never attend a circus and will do anything I can to promote animal welfare. I will uphold my beliefs that nothing but torture, abuse and death occur at the circus. It certainly is no place for an animal. I ask you to change to an animal free environment. Save our animals.
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After reading Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants, I'm so sorry I ever went to a circus. I will talk with everyone I know about the animal abuse that goes on in circuses. Deplorable!!!
