Peaceful Anti-Circus (Carson & Barnes) Demonstration

**PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS BEING ORGANIZED BY THE AWESOME SACRAMENTO ANIMAL RIGHTS MEETUP GROUP. PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS TO THEIR ASSISTANT ORGANIZER, JAN! THANK YOU. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE EVENT:

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HERE'S THE EVENT INFORMATION:

Please join us in a peaceful demonstration and help to carry anti-circus informational banners and posters. The more of us there are, the more effective will be our campaign. Please meet on the public sidewalk next to the entrance to parking lot Gate 9 (nearest the corner of Arden and Ethan). See map:

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Using animals in circuses is an unnecessary and inhumane practice that's harmful to both the animals and the public. Unlike the human performers who choose to work in circuses, exotic animals are forced to take part in the show. They are involuntary actors in a degrading, unnatural spectacle.

While many people associate the circus with "safe, wholesome, family fun" — an association promoted aggressively by the circus PR machine — the truth is much darker. Government inspection reports reveal ongoing mistreatment of animals in circuses, as well as failures to provide the basic minimal standards of care required by law. Animals used in circuses have been injured and killed, and have injured and killed humans.

"This organization [Carson & Barnes] has a history of abuse toward animals," says Carrie Harrington, spokeswoman for the Marin Humane Society.

PETA says that the Oklahoma-based Carson & Barnes Circus is a chronic violator of the federal Animal Welfare Act. The animal rights organization claims handlers use bull hooks, electric prods and other devices to control the elephants.

This undercover footage shows Tim Frisco, Carson & Barnes Circus' "animal care" director, instructing a would-be elephant trainer how to use the sharp steel-tipped bullhook: "Tear that foot off! Sink it in the foot! Tear it off! Make 'em scream!" Other footage includes recent shots of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus handlers aggressively and openly striking elephants with bullhooks, even causing a bloody wound behind an elephant’s ear.

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For more information, please visit:

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Thank you for your participation in this important event!