Ringling Bros. Circus Protest/Leafleting in San Jose Wed. thru Sunday

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Pat Cuviello [pcuvie]

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:44 AM

Ringling Bros. Circus Protest/Leafleting in San Jose

 

 

Ringling Bros. Circus Protest/Leafleting at HP Pavilion in San Jose

 

PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS and join Citizens For Cruelty-Free

Entertainment to distribute informational leaflets at Ringling Bros.

Circus in San Jose starting Wednesday August 20. See the schedule below.

Leaflets and signs will be provided at all leafletings listed below.

 

Finally, after eight years of legal maneuvers, Ringling will stand trial

for elephant abuse this October. For more information on former

Ringling employee Tom Rider's lawsuit visit

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8500317 & nav=168Y. The Bay

Area has always been steadfast in standing up for the animals and

Citizens For Cruelty-Free Entertainment has provided a significant

amount of video evidence for this trial.

 

Please join us to educate the public about the inherent cruelty of using

animals in entertainment. We have seen Ringling's attendance drop

steadily over the years -- let's make sure they know they are not

welcome here at all.

 

LEAFLETING TIMES AT RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS:

(NOT SHOW TIMES)

 

SAN JOSE ARENA (HP Pavilion) - Autumn & Santa Clara St. in San Jose

 

Wednesday ... 8\20 .... 6 PM

Thursday .... 8\21 .... 6 PM

Friday ...... 8\22 .... 6 PM

Saturday .... 8\23 .... *1:15 PM & 6 PM

Sunday ...... 8\24 .... *3:15 PM

 

To Car Pool or For More Info. Call 650\654-9955 or email

deniz_b.

 

*It's especially important to be prompt, as we leaflet two shows at that

time - people coming out of an earlier show and people going into the

next show. The people come out all at once, if we're late we'll miss

them.

 

WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AT ALL PERFORMANCES YOU CAN ATTEND.

 

The Sad Lives Of Animals with Ringling Bros. Circus

 

To see video of Ringling's abuse s below:

 

 

 

Ringling Kills 4 Baby Elephants In 8 Years

 

Bertha dead at a few months of age.

 

September 2005: Ringling did not announce Bertha's birth or death.

 

 

Riccardo dead at 8 months of age.

 

August 4, 2004: Ringling claims he fell off a 19-inch-high-round

platform. After making Riccardo suffer all night with two broken legs,

Ringling took him to a hospital the next morning where x-rays revealed

" severe and irreparable fractures. " Riccardo was killed that day.

 

Benjamin dead at 4 years of age.

 

1999: Drowned in a pond while attempting to avoid " trainer " Pat Harned,

who witnesses said " poked " Benjamin with an ankus. A USDA investigator

concluded that seeing and/or being " touched " or " poked " by Harned with

an ankus caused physical harm and lead to Benjamin's death. This

incident was videotaped but Ringling requested the USDA not release it

to the public.

 

Kenny dead at 3 years of age.

 

1998: Ringling elephant " trainers " Gunther Gebel-Williams and Mark

Gebel, against veterinarian orders, forced Kenny, who was bleeding from

his rectum, to perform. Kenny died later that day after passing a large

amount of blood from his rectum.

 

Ringling routinely uses ropes and chains to separate 18-month-old-baby

elephants from their mothers. USDA told Ringling that this practice

violates Federal law; Ringling defended it calling it " industry

standard. "

 

In the wild female elephants never leave their mothers; males leave at

about age 13-15 years.

 

Chained Most of Their Lives

 

Elephants in the wild can roam up to 50 miles a day. Ringling keeps

elephants chained by 1 front and 1 back leg for most of their lives; the

rest of the time they are confined in small barren pens in parking lots.

 

Pat Cuviello