Ringling Beats Animals: A PETA Undercover Investigation

PETA's 2009 investigation of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus found that workers were beating, whipping, and hooking elephants and striking tigers. Watch the shocking footage now.

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[leiamarcelina1]

I wish I could pack them all in my suv & take them somewhere better than this evil circus... The zoo :) They'll love the zoo that's a safe home & they don't whip elephants there. You commenters know it, so no hate mail. They would be killed for ivory in the wild :(

[officialpeta]

While we agree that circuses are terrible for elephants, the zoo does not provide what elephants need. There are several reputable elephant sanctuaries that would be optimal for these elephants to live out their lives in peace.

[bifi34]

PETA please, the only way this will stop is make a public website with names of all animal abusers. Now i only read in your video text about "that workers" ..... But everybody want to know WHO this workers are, so the names and their addresses. Animal abusers are like pedophiles, a serious danger.

[officialpeta]

The best way to stop them is to stop supporting circuses, theme parks, zoos, and aquariums that use animals. These are practices rampant in the "industry" that uses animals for entertainment, not singular to these people.

[SonicParadox17]

Of course PETA would film this, or have a worker record this and not do a fucking thing. You know what PETA? Fuck you. You make me feel so bad because every time I see a video of something like this by you, it pisses me off that you don't do a fucking thing. Suck a god damn cock.

[officialpeta]

It is difficult for investigators to stand by while these abuses happen, but it is necessary to obtain enough footage to show that this isn't an isolated incident, but systematic to the industry. We're counting on the public to act and refuse to support circuses that use animals.

[klevs213]

burn in hell whoever those guys are!!!1

[Randi Grantham]

Then there shouldn't be such a sick demand to have these animals broken down from birth for people's fucking entertainment. There should be NO TRAINING in the first place! This is fucking wrong. And you know it.

[officialpeta]

Not about the money. PETA's President, Ingrid Newkirk, was paid $35,604 last year. If you'd like the facts on the work PETA does for animals, head to petasaves dotcom.

[Ashley Erickson]

this is sooooo f*cked up those guys should also be charged separately as well !!!!!!! what a pos

[LadyEllesmere]

Like PETA fucking cares. Their in it for the money like everything else in the world.

This is wrong, but still. PETA thinks that the best kind of animal is a dead one. Just research how many animals survive from their "rescue attempts" ask those animals if they rather be in a loving home-.-"

[OMFGAliAli]

I hope they stomp on you bastards. Elephants are beautiful creatures, I wish they could all be saved :c

[irishveganboy]

Well done PETA from Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in Ireland. Keep up the great work.

[Ispeak4abusedanimals]

To Summergirl, seriously, you dont know, even a fish senses fear and feels pain! Umm they have a brain and nerves and nerve endings etc. Let me ask you this then: A male doesn't have the same anatomy as a female and if either one of them has their arm broken do they not both feel extreme pain?