Why Is Delia's Supporting Ringling Bros? August 27, 2009
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I used to be all about Delia's. Last summer, some peta2 staffers and I went to Richmond for the day, and we most definitely made sure to stop by the Delia's store, which is why I'm all the more disappointed that the clothing company is selling a Ringling Bros. tee that proclaims the animal-abusing circus to be "the greatest show on Earth."
PETA contacted Delia's CEO to let him know that Ringling beats animals, separates mother elephants from their babies, and chains elephants for up to 100 hours at a time—and even sent a link to our new undercover investigation, but Delia's continues to sell the Ringling tees. In case you haven't seen the investigation yet, check it out:
It just isn't right that Delia's is selling a tee that promotes such blatant cruelty to animals. I mean seriously—these T-shirts are basically allowing customers to be walking billboards for beating elephants.
Please click here to contact Delia's CEO to ask him to watch our investigation and to stop all sales of Delia's Ringling tee immediately. Do it for those who have no voice—especially Tonka, Luna, and Ringling's other elephants.
Let's make sure Delia's knows that no one is OK with Ringling beating animals!
♥ P.S. If you want to sport a circus tee with quite a different message—check this out.
Comments
Hopefully they just had no idea what's going on. =\
Posted by: Bree at August 29, 2009 1:32 PMI do not think most people are aware of Ringling's animal abuse. So, I would not call it "blatant" support. I would like to think that they just did not know what was going on. :(
Posted by: Spinach at September 5, 2009 12:04 PMWhy? Why is hitting them necessary? They're just standing there, not doing anything, about to make them a lot of money! Does it make them feel like big men? Able to hit defensless animals? What evil jerks!
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I think it's horrible that Delia's would blatantly support beating animals. They just put one in the mall in my town, and I thought it would be cool at first, but now I refuse to shop there until Delia's removes the shirts from the sales racks.
Posted by: Cassidy at August 27, 2009 6:28 PM