URGENT ACTION NEEDED from Moraga Area Residents

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URGENT ACTION NEEDED from Moraga Area Residents: Voice Your Opposition to

Town Officials' Support of a Return Visit of Carson & Barnes Circus

 

A coalition of Moraga-area organizations plans to sponsor Carson & Barnes

Circus' return trip to Moraga next year. This group has asked the town of

Moraga to support its plans by providing police and public works support for

this event. Because of citizens' concerns about the town's support of such a

dangerous and cruel activity, Moraga Town Council members will hear public

commentary regarding this issue at their meeting tomorrow night. A strong

showing of opposition is needed to stop the town from signing a contract

that would ensure that Carson & Barnes Circus comes back to Moraga next

year.

 

Carson & Barnes Circus has a long history of serious federal Animal Welfare

Act violations. It was recently fined by the USDA for improper handling of

animals based on an undercover video that caught Carson & Barnes elephant

trainer Tim Frisco viciously attacking elephants and yelling, " Sink that

hook into them, " " Hurt them, " and, " Make them scream! " In the video, the

elephants emit screams of agony while recoiling from the assaults. Frisco

instructs other elephant trainers to rip the sharp metal hook through the

elephants' flesh until they cry out in pain and warns them to conceal the

beatings from the public. Click here to view the video.

 

In addition to animal suffering, another serious issue associated with using

dangerous animals is one of public safety. Animals who are subjected to

frequent transport, foreign environments, and crowds of strangers often

experience stress, which makes them more vulnerable to illness and disease

and may cause their temperaments to become unpredictable.

 

For more information on circuses in general, go to Circuses.com, and for

information regarding Carson & Barnes' long history of animal abuse, go to

Circuses.com/factcarson.html.

 

What You Can Do

Please attend the above-mentioned meeting and show your opposition to

Moraga's support of cruelty to animals and public safety hazards.

 

Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Location: Joaquin Moraga School

1010 Camino Pablo

Moraga, Calif.

 

For further information, contact:

 

Leslie Armstrong, Circus Specialist

PETA

LeslieA

 

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" Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live, let's change the

way we treat each other. " --Tupac Shakur

 

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