Tell Everyone That Ringling Beats Animals! September 29, 2009
Posted by Rachel-O at September 29, 2009 11:05 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 20 ) | TrackBackDo all of your friends and family, classmates, and even teachers know that Ringling Bros. beats animals with bullhooks? With PETA's recent investigation being e-mailed and forwarded all over the world, we're trying to let everyone know—but we need your help!
Last month, we made it easy for you to post the Ringling investigation on your MySpace page and share it on Facebook, and now we've put together a (super) easy form for you to use to send the video to everyone you know online!
Ringling Bros. steals baby elephants from their moms only to chain them up and force them to perform sad and ridiculous tricks under the big top—who would want to support Ringling if they knew? Tonka, Luna and the other elephants suffering at the hands of Ringling need everyone to know what happens behind the scenes—so use this form to send our undercover investigation to your friends now!
If you're on the peta2 Street Team, we'll give you 500 points for sending the video to all your friends—no need to send us a report, we'll credit your account in a few weeks! It doesn't get much easier than that!
Stay loud!
One Minute Mission: Call Delia's and Ask Them to Stop Promoting Ringling Bros! September 1, 2009
Posted by Marta at September 1, 2009 1:13 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 6 ) | TrackBackAs we told you last week, Delia's is currently selling a shirt that promotes Ringling Bros. We've 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 hundreds of you have written to Delia's, voicing your concerns and asking the clothing company to stop selling a T-shirt that promotes such blatant cruelty to animals. One amazing activist was even so outraged that Delia's was promoting Ringling Bros. that she gathered all the clothes that she's purchased from Delia's and took a picture to show the company that she is indeed a customer and wants them to stop selling the tee immediately:
So why isn't Delia's listening to its customers and showing compassion for elephants? Your guess is as good as mine, but I do know that we need Delia's to continue hearing from all of you, so please take a minute to call Delia's customer service line at 888-533-5427 and press six to talk to a representative. Tell the company that you won't shop at Delia's until it stops promoting cruelty to animals by supporting Ringling Bros. And please remember to be polite!
Once you call, drop us an e-mail at StreetTeam@peta2.com, letting us know how it all went, and we'll give you 1,000 Street Team points.
Remember, Ringling's elephants need your voice!
♥ P.S. If you haven't written to Delia's yet, please do so now too!
Why Is Delia's Supporting Ringling Bros? August 27, 2009
Posted by Marta at August 27, 2009 5:37 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 4 ) | TrackBackI 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.
Do Your Friends Know That Ringling Beats Animals? August 25, 2009
Posted by Rachel-O at August 25, 2009 1:35 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 20 ) | TrackBack
Ringling Beats Animals! Everyone knows that right? It may seem like it, with PETA's recent investigation into Ringling, and compassionate people everywhere holding protests when the circus shows up in their town—but believe it or not, some people still think it's okay to drag their kids to the circus to give them a lesson in supporting cruelty to animals.
How can people be so clueless? Sometimes it's hard to figure out. Maybe you've forwarded our new investigation to everyone in your family and all of your friends, but they still don't get it. Maybe it's time for a ... cuter approach.
Print out one of our signs below, fill out your name, take a picture (a lot of Street Teamers have been taking a pic with their companion animals to up the cuteness level!) and send it in to us at StreetTeam@peta2.com. Make sure you post it on your Facebook wall or default it as your MySpace pic so everyone can see it—that's the point, right? We'll give you 1000 Street Team points for sending us your link or a screen shot of the picture on your Facebook wall!
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(Not-So-Great) British Animal Abusers Caught on Tape August 20, 2009
Posted by Ryan at August 20, 2009 2:13 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 3 ) | TrackBackGreat Britain has so many things to be proud of (Morrissey, the timeless comedy of Monty Python, and international singing sensation Susan Boyle come to mind). But leave it to animal circuses to go and ruin Britain's otherwise sparkling reputation.
You see, our friends at Animal Defenders International (ADI) have just released a shocking new undercover investigation of the Great British Circus, which shows what we all already know. As animal rights group spokesperson Jan Creamer told The Sun newspaper, "This is not about one bad apple. This is about a culture of violence and confinement."
Have a look:
Couple this footage with the fact that Ringling Bros. is planning to visit the United Kingdom for the first time ever, and that's a lot of animal abusers for such a small region.
In response to this video, the circus released a statement, saying that "The Great British Circus does not condone any mistreatment of animals". Oh good, now I feel better ...
Best Music Video Ever? Nice Work Streetlight Manifesto August 19, 2009
Posted by Pulin Modi at August 19, 2009 4:50 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 18 ) | TrackBackWhat do you think of this video from the ska band Streetlight Manifesto? It's different than Rise Against's "Ready To Fall" video, but I like it just as much ... just in a different way ...
So who's your favorite animal in the video? I really like the camel, although gotta love the elephants and seals!
P.S. We want animals to be free from exploitation, but hope it's not all really going to go down like the video shows.
One Minute Mission: You vs. Ringling Bros. August 11, 2009
Posted by Rachel-O at August 11, 2009 3:46 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 22 ) | TrackBack
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We know how much you all love the minute missions, and who wouldn't? They only take a minute, they help animals, and they earn you points in the process!
That's why we've got a brand-new minute mission for you! All you need to do is share the just-released undercover video that shows Ringling Bros. workers beating and whipping elephants and tigers. It's a great way to spread the word that there is nothing entertaining about the cruel ways animals in the circus are treated. Many people are changed forever after watching an undercover investigation (I definitely was). Challenge your friends and family to watch the video—I'll bet that they'll never want to visit the circus after seeing the footage!
Here are some ways you can help:
1) Embed the video on your MySpace page with the code below:
If you haven't seen the video, please check it out below:
Visit RinglingBeatsAnimals.com
2) Download the video here and then upload it to your Facebook! Once it's downloaded, go to your status box, click the picture of the video camera, and follow the prompts. You can also upload it to your YouTube account!
Be sure to e-mail us at StreetTeam@peta2.com and let us know the reactions you got and please include a link to your page. You'll earn 500 points for each place that you shared the video!
For the animals,
Liz
It's Never Too Late To Help Elephants August 3, 2009
Posted by Pulin Modi at August 3, 2009 10:57 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 31 ) | TrackBack
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From a front page story in the New York Daily News to coverage on CNN and articles on the world's most popular blogs, including Perez Hilton, our new Ringling Bros. investigation has been capturing attention around the globe—awakening the world to the abuses behind the scenes in the "Saddest Show on Earth!"
This much needed attention and call to action against Ringling's routine beatings of elephants with bullhooks is a huge step towards ending the cruelty once and for all, but there is still more we can do. We must keep the pressure on the elephant-beating circus so that one day these elephants can roam free in a spacious sanctuary rather than continue to live a sad, painful, and fear-ridden life with shackles around their legs and bullhooks dug into their skin.
Please write to the USDA now and demand they seize Ringling's elephants. If you've already done this, please share this information with your friends and family.
Also, please remember that if you attend any circus that uses animals, you are supporting the suffering we documented inside Ringling. Please, don't attend animal circuses.
Thanks!
477 Years of Suffering July 30, 2009
Posted by Ryan at July 30, 2009 3:52 PM | Permalink | Comments ( 6 ) | TrackBack Hey everybody! Well, the mathemagicians over at PETA.org have crunched the numbers, to help us put the suffering animals face at the hands of the Ringling Bros. circus in perspective. Pretty astonishing stuff, eh?477 years ...
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To put this in perspective, 1968, the year that Baby, Sarah and Banana—three of the elephants who are traveling with Ringling—were forced to perform for the first time, was the year that Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. We've come a long way since then—or have we?
Ringling talks a big game about "elephant conservation," but the reality is that Ringling has actually removed more elephants from the wild than it has bred. Most of the elephants you see pirouetting and standing on their heads in Ringling performances at one point in their lives roamed vast jungles. You might call it Ringling's other dirty secret (besides that little issue of beating the @#$% out of elephants when they think nobody's looking).
Ringling's elephants are also dying faster than they are breeding: At least 26 elephants, including four babies, have died since 1992. Eight were under the age of 40 (which is just about half an elephant's natural life expectancy of 70 years). Oh, and those babies Ringling does manage to breed are only used to replenish its dying stocks—they will never be released in the wild—ever.
Pretty depressing, isn't it? Ringling must be using some kind of new math to make all that add up to "conservation."
| Name | Year Acquired by Ringling | Year Born and Where | Length of Time with Ringling |
| Asia | 1990 | 1968 in the wild | 19 years |
| Tonka | 1989 | 8/23/1983 in captivity | 20 years |
| Luna | 1989 | 1984 in captivity | 20 years |
| Assan/Aussan | 1968 | 1957 in the wild | 41 years |
| Banana | 1968 | 1957 in the wild | 41 years |
| Sarah | 1968 | 1957 in the wild | 41 years |
| Toby | 1972 | 1961 in the wild | 37 years |
| Banko | 1980 | 1976 in the wild | 29 years |
| Siam | 1980 | 1978 in the wild | 29 years |
| Baby | 1968 | 1961 in the wild | 41 years |
| Angelica | 1997 | 1997 born into Ringling | 12 years |
BLUE UNIT
| Name | Year Acquired by Ringling | Year Born and Where | Length of Time with Ringling |
| Kelly Ann | 1996 | 1996 born into Ringling | 13 years |
| Sara | 2001 | 2001 born into Ringling | 8 years |
| Bonnie | 1994 | 1994 born into Ringling | 15 years |
| Juliette | 1992 | 1992 born into Ringling | 17 years |
| Minyak | 1984 | 1966 in the wild | 25 years |
| Karen | 1969 | 1969 in the wild | 40 years |
| Nicole | 1980 | 1976 in the wild | 29 years |
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Free Stuff Friday: "The Cruelest Show on Earth" Tee! July 24, 2009
Posted by Tiffany Wright at July 24, 2009 9:14 AM | Permalink | Comments ( 368 ) | TrackBack
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This week, PETA revealed its undercover investigation into Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Video taken this year, shows elephants being beaten with bullhooks and whipped across the face and ears.
After watching this video, there's no denying these animals are under extreme physical and psychological stress. They desperately need your help. Get involved and show your support by letting everyone know the circus is no place for animals. To help you out, we're giving you the chance to win PETA's "The Cruelest Show on Earth" T-shirt. This week, we're giving away FIVE!
Enter for your chance to win by commenting below with what you'd say to someone who's planning on attending the circus. Comments must be received by July 31st. The five people with the most original comments will be chosen as our winners and notified by August 3rd.
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