Help Educate Ringling Circus Patrons in San Jose

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Pat Cuviello [pcuvie]

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 1:15 AM

Sage, Mike

Help Educate Ringling Circus Patrons In San Jose

 

 

Please join Citizens for Cruelty-Free Entertainment to protest Ringling Bros.

Circus' inherent cruelty of forcing animals to live and perform in the circus.

Signs and leaflets are provided at the leafleting times listed below. For more

information call 650.248.4489.

 

 

SAN JOSE ARENA (HP PAVILION) in San Jose, meet at the corner of Autumn and Santa

Clara Streets

Aug 19, Wed .. 6p

Aug 20, Thu .... 6p

Aug 21, Fri ...... 6p

Aug 22, Sat .... 12:45p and 5:30p

Aug 23, Sun ... 12:45p and 5:30p

 

Ringling Bros. was on trial earlier this year, for violating the Endangered

Species Act, and Ringling employees' testimony revealed what activists have

known for years:

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All the Ringling handlers strike the elephants with a bullhook (a weapon

resembling a fireplace poker). ** PETA just released a great new undercover

video, taken this year, of Ringling employees beating and hitting elephants.

Visit www.circuses.com<http://www.circuses.com/> to view the video and take

action. **

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Elephants are chained 16 to 22.5 hours a day, often much longer when they are on

the train.

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Baby elephants are taken from their mothers to be broken and trained to do

unnatural tricks for the circus. The " Breaking process " involves: (1) taking the

baby elephants from their mothers while they are still nursing; (2) isolating

the babies from all other elephants; (3) tying the babies up so they are

severely restricted in their movement and not even able to turn around; and (4)

hitting the babies with bullhooks. One baby elephant was tied up for four

months and only untied for 40 minutes a day to be trained. ** A truly traumatic

ordeal for little baby elephants and their mothers. **

 

The Ringling trial continues and a ruling is expected later this summer or Fall.

Please join us to let Ringling know they are not welcome in the Bay Area.

www.ringlingabusesanimals.com<http://www.ringlingabusesanimals.com>

Pat Cuviello

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After the 8/23 (Sunday) leafleting that begins at 12:45 pm, many of us will go

and have a vegan lunch. All participants in the protest are invited to join us.

 

For more details about the court case mentioned above, see

http://www.saplonline.org/wildlife/elephants/rbsuit.htm

 

-- Mike