
This past weekend, April 25-27, animal rights advocates from around the region (
ARA-UNY) were at the Blue Cross Arena demonstrating against the
Shrine Circus.
According to animal advocates, performance attendances on Friday and Saturday seemed very low. After a cop and a clown told advocates that there were no animals being used in performances, further investigation by advocates revealed the circus using "bears, horses, dogs, tigers, and more." The evidence pointed to the fact that police and clowns are very untrustworthy. It was learned that these animals were leased from "Hawthorn Corp," "who, in 2004, were
brought up on animal cruelty charges by USDA, and by 2007 had turned all their elephants over to sanctuary," according to the report back.
To read Lois Baum's full report back, click the "more" button below.
Photos of Shriners or people in their employ taking photos of Animal Advocates:
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Additional Information:
Cruelty Under the "Big Top" |
The Circus: it's modern slavery |
List of localities that ban animal circuses |
Complete list of animal-free circuses |
Circuses.com: The Circus is No Place for Animal Abuse
Comments
Re: Animal Rights Advocates Demonstrate Against Shrine Circus' Cruelty to Animals
02 May 2008
Re: Animal Rights Advocates Demonstrate Against Shrine Circus' Cruelty to Animals
02 May 2008
Re: Animal Rights Advocates Demonstrate Against Shrine Circus' Cruelty to Animals
02 May 2008
Take care,
Logan
Re: Animal Rights Advocates Demonstrate Against Shrine Circus' Cruelty to Animals
02 May 2008
Help us out?
02 May 2008
Could ya'll post your comments in the space provided after clicking the "more" button at the bottom of the feature article? What that does is allow the "comment" counter to increase on the home page. The comments here don't register for some reason. We're looking into it!
Thanks!
R-IMC
Re: Animal Rights Advocates Demonstrate Against Shrine Circus' Cruelty to Animals
06 May 2008
"In 2004, Shrine Circus elephant supplier Hawthorn Corporation admitted to 19 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act and paid a $200,000 fine. Hawthorn had been charged with using physical abuse, causing harm and discomfort, failing to provide veterinary care, and unsafe public contact.
In 2001, a parent chaperoning schoolchildren to the Medinah Shrine Circus in Chicago reported that children were traumatized when they saw a trainer beating an elephant. She wrote to the local newspaper, "When the elephants were brought behind the curtain, the trainer began verbally abusing and hitting the elephant. We watched in horror as he swung a stick with all his force and struck the elephant in the back of the leg. This must have hurt because the elephant let out a scream that could be heard throughout the UIC Pavilion."
www.circuses.com/feat/shrine/index.asp