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October 22, 2021
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Palmetto, Fla. – Following news first heard in 2020 that Ringling Bros. circus is coming again, PETA wrote to Chief Working Officer Juliette Feld Grossman, urging her to proceed with out animals—and it seems that she listened. Under, please discover a assertion from PETA Basis Director of Captive Animal Legislation Enforcement Rachel Mathews in response to Ringling’s animal-free circus, slated to look in 2023:
Ringling is again, however this time, PETA could be in attendance, as a result of the corporate has deserted the chains, cages, and whips in favor of hiring solely human performers—who’re allowed to go house to their households at evening. The animal-free model of Ringling could nicely encourage any remaining animal-abusing circuses to let aerialists, jugglers, clowns, and different proficient human performers shine below the massive prime.
PETA—whose motto reads, partly, that “animals are usually not ours to make use of for leisure”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. Extra details about Ringling’s former facility is available here.
