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Victory! Elephants: 2, Ringling: 0

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Elephants in the circus
This has been a good week for elephants. Here's why: When Ringling rolls into town, it often tries to partner with local businesses to promote the circus and give out tickets for free or at discounted prices (probably because fewer and fewer people actually buy them nowadays). Well, PETA is always right on Ringling's heels, letting sponsors in on the beatings and misery that go on behind the scenes at the circus. This week, after hearing about Ringling's history of cruelty to animals, both D'Agostino, a New York grocery store chain, and Florida's Blood Centers have done the ethical thing by ending their partnerships and severing their ties with Ringling. (Yay!)

Thanks go out to everyone who participated in our action alert and told D'Agostino about elephant abuse in the circus. Your letters made a difference! D'Agostino and Florida's Blood Centers now join Denny's, Liz Claiborne, Lukoil, MasterCard, and Sears, all of which ended their Ringling sponsorships.

Well, Ringling, looks like you really should have taken us up on that offer to buy you an animatronic elephant to replace your live elephants. If you had, maybe people would actually want to support the circus again.

We encourage you to write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper or other media outlet urging your community to boycott animal circuses that might be rolling in the direction of your town. Click here to find media outlets in your area to contact.

Posted by Liz Graffeo


Comments

Floida's Blood Centers? Is this health care?

Ringling Brothers is also spreading TB around

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-griffith/circus-elephants-with-tub_b_98350.html

Posted by: kelly | January 12, 2009 03:19 PM

I hate ringling brothers, that is why i attend cirque du soleil since they don't abuse animals for entertainment and teach children that cruelty is normal. Ringling brothers are torturing animals and perversing children.

Posted by: roxanne | January 12, 2009 05:19 PM

Yeah !!! For me, i will never visit a circuss with wild/domestic animals.2 months ago there was a ciscuss nearby my place,they had dogs and a alligator in their show.But they left after 4 days,to few people visited that circuss.Myself and some other townmembers protested in front of the circus

Posted by: Claudia,For the Oceans | January 13, 2009 07:02 AM

I am proud to say that Ringlings in currently in Miami (where I live) and no one of my family, friends, co-workers or email buddies are going to be attending the show. I hate them and I hope we all keep up the good work and speading the word around.

Posted by: Liz | January 13, 2009 03:34 PM

Our group in Denver did a protest to stop the circus and boy did we get some nasty people telling us we were crazy! We even had a body tv showing undercover footage of poor elephants being tortured, what is wrong with people? why do they turn the other cheek when they KNOW animals are being tortured?? we all have to do something more to stop all animal cruelty! Please we must have more demos to the public and leaflet these people so they get it through their stubborn air heads!

Posted by: Missy Lefler | January 14, 2009 10:23 AM

Great news!

Posted by: lynda downie | January 15, 2009 11:00 PM

Ringling Brothers is coming to my country, Puerto Rico.
Please help me with suggestions on where to start for people not to support circus with animals.

Posted by: Marestela | January 19, 2009 07:25 AM

wanna do a demo in richmond???? i hate ringling!!!

Posted by: tina | January 29, 2009 09:18 PM

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