Ringling Bros. Circus Protest -Los Angeles- Staples Center 2011

July 20, 2011 Ringling Brothers Protest in Los Angeles @ Staples Center

http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is known for its long history of abusing animals. In 1929, John Ringling ordered the execution of a majestic bull elephant named Black Diamond after the elephant killed a woman who had been in the crowd as he was paraded through a Texas city. Twenty men took aim and pumped some 170 bullets into Black Diamond's body, then chopped off his bullet-ridden head and mounted it for display in Houston, Texas. Ringling's cruel treatment of animals continues today.

Elephants in Ringling's possession are chained inside filthy, poorly ventilated boxcars for an average of more than 26 straight hours—and often 60 to 70 hours at a time—when the circus travels. Even former Ringling employees have reported that elephants are routinely abused and violently beaten with bullhooks (an elephant-training tool that resembles a fireplace poker), in order to force them to perform tricks.

Since 2000, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Ringling numerous times for serious violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), such as the following:

Improper handling of dangerous animals
Failure to provide adequate veterinary care to animals, including an elephant with a large swelling on her leg, a camel with bloody wounds, and a camel injured on train tracks
Causing trauma, behavioral stress, physical harm, and unnecessary discomfort to two elephants who sustained injuries when they ran amok during a performance
Endangering tigers who were nearly baked alive in a boxcar because of poor maintenance of their enclosures
Failure to test elephants for tuberculosis
Unsanitary feeding practices
In fact, the USDA currently has open multiple investigations of potential violations of the AWA by Ringling.

At least 26 elephants, including four babies, have died since 1992, including an 8-month-old baby elephant named Riccardo who was destroyed after he fractured his hind legs when he fell from a circus pedestal. Elephants are not the only animals with Ringling to suffer tragic deaths. In 2004, a 2-year-old lion died of apparent heatstroke while the circus train crossed the Mojave Desert.

Learn more here: http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/

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• animals
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• lions
• tigers
• horses
• cruelty
• ringling
• protest
• boycott

[linzee4584]

07:00 The Walk of Shame

[mona2342]

Thank you to all the people who gave their time to help the animals suffering in the circus!!

[Bluebelle9289]

Hence why I also boycott movies that star animals that have been or may have been in the circus.

[Kagome811]

I'm hoping to be able to do this in May. It's a shame that these poor animals have to go through this.

[GlitteredCupcakez]

The gurlz voice is lame.. But the fight for the animals is AWESOME

[ChimpChop]

These caring people are changing the circus for the better,and the world for the better. Keep going and we will bring the world an awesome new circus and get the animals to safety!

[cathavenfostermom1]

shoot, if people want to watch performing animals, then they should demand that

CATS be brought back to Broadway!

[pebbles92able]

@Fallen80sChild did you go to the one in Anaheim?

[pebbles92able]

THESE FUCKERS NEED TO GET OUT OF BUSINESS AND FREE THE ANIMALS

[pebbles92able]

RINGLING BROS NEEDS TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF TOWN!!

[natalie5102325]

I went to the circus today because a friend invited us... It was terrible. Every time they brought out the animals I felt ashamed. I left during the tiger act because I couldn't watch them being whipped, they looked so unhappy )= and when they told everyone to scream to get the crowd excited, I shouted "ANIMAL CRUELTY!" several times

[pamdavis01]

It's great seeing people bring their children to these protests and people are more apt to take notice to a child with a sign or a leaflet. thank you to everyone for speaking out against the cruelty show on EARTH. (sickening seeing all people walking in with their brainwashed drone faces dragging their kiddies behind them)