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[quote=Anonymous]You might have seen that the circus is back in town. Before buying tickets, you might want to watch this:

Ringling's Baby Elephants Tied Up and Electro-Shocked by Trainers:
http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/bound-babies.a...?c=rbataba0311&s_src=padba_rba

And (of November 2011):
[i]Ringling Slapped With Largest Penalty in Circus History .. 
Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, must now pay the largest settlement of its kind in U.S. history?$270,000?for violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) dating back to 2007.[/i]

It's not innocent entertainment, it's animal cruelty.

Most children haven an innate love for animals, but they would be appalled if they knew the abuse the wild animals have to suffer before they do their circus tricks.

And for those who might put this in the same category as eating meat and wearing leather shoes: this is cruelty for entertainment purposes (primarily children on top of that). Ethics and judgement calls evolve over the years; people used to turn a blind eye to clubbing seal pups and shooting off buffalo as well.

And shame on DC Public Libraries to put their fliers at their registers!

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