Cruelty to animals

CIRCUS CRUELTY - Animal Performer Life Behind the Red Curtain- ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL ADI

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• published: 28 Sep 2013
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http://breakthechainus.com/ ---RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS ARE THE LARGEST CRUELTY CRIMINALS IN U.S. HISTORY FINED $270,000 FOR 27 FEDERAL AWA VIOLATIONS UNDER GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS FOR ABUSE,NEGLECT, HARM CAUSING DEATH, & FEDERAL CRUELTY "DON'T BUY A TICKET TO RINGLING BROS. CIRCUS CRUELTY IN ANAHEIM HONDA CENTER" http://newportbeach.patch.com/groups/kelly-sawyers-blog/p/dont-buy-a-ticket-to-ringling-bros-circus-in-anaheim_c11e1062 STOP CIRCUS SUFFERING: USA http://www.stopcircussuffering.com/usa/ Congress: Bill to end use of wild animals in circuses unveiled Congressman Rep. Jim Moran, Bob Barker, and Jorja Fox announce new Bill to end animal suffering. Measures that could see an end to elephants, lions, tigers, monkeys and bears touring with circuses have been unveiled today at a press conference attended by Bob Barker, Jorja Fox, Animal Defenders International (ADI), and the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). The Travelling Exotic Animal Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), will restrict the use of exotic and non-domesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions. ADI has built up a formidable body of film and photographic evidence that reveals the extent of animal suffering in travelling circuses. Our reports on the use of animals in circuses in the UK in 1998, 2001 and 2003 and 2004 have demonstrated that travelling animal circuses, by their very nature, cause distress and suffering. We have also published reports on the suffering of circus animals in Portugal and Ireland. We have prosecuted circus workers and owners, we have rescued and relocated circus animals, our Field Officers have worked undercover in over 20 animal circuses all over the world. Below you will find links to the most comprehensive and candid data available on the use of animal in circuses. With the best will in the world, in circumstances of constant travelling and temporary accommodation, welfare will always be compromised. That is with the best will in the world -- our reports and videos reveal a world of confinement and deprivation punctuated by violence. Animal circuses: Evidence of suffering and abuse Animal circuses: Opinions Animal circuses: Circuses and the UK Animal Welfare Bill Animal circus: Video evidence of violence towards animals Click here for a PDF of the Science on suffering report Click here for the Science on suffering report in HTML http://breakthechainus.com/ Animals in the circus have not been asked to be there. They are stolen from the wild, babies ripped from their mothers and beaten into submission to perform. Elephants live a majority of their lives in chains. Tigers are crammed in into tiny cages for months on end. This atrocity must end now and we are putting a stop to it. But we can't succeed without you! Contact Congress this week! Ask your Representative in Congress to support and co-sponsor the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act (H.R. 3359), a landmark federal bill that aims to protect elephants, tigers, bears and other wild animals from being forced to perform in traveling circuses. What you can do: It is easy to send an email and make a quick call to your member of congress today! Animal Defenders International is leading a big grassroots push to flood Congress with calls and emails. Even if you have already sent a message, please call today! Please send an automated email message to your Representative in Congress by filling out a simple form online here. This form will find your Representative, and send him/her the appropriate message. At www.breakthechainus.org you will also find talking points and sample letters if you wish to personalize your email. Then, please follow up with a quick call to Congress. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Representative's office. (Please do not call your Senator at this time as a companion bill in the Senate has not yet been introduced.) Spread the word on Facebook and Twitter! For questions or to find out how you can help us Break the Chain of circus abuse, emailusa@ad-international.org