Second things second: Portland folks, come help educate folks about this trial. I'm not a very savvy or confident protester either, but I'll be there. And I made some flyers that state facts about the federal court case Ringling is facing. Most people don't know about the trial and informing folks that the federal government will hear a case against the circus should be pretty effective and easy outreach. We also have a ten foot banner that says "Ringling Is Facing Federal Charges For Abusing Baby Elephants" which is a fact, and also needs some people to help hold. : )
Here is the where and when for people who want to help:
Where: Rose Garden Arena, One Center Court, Portland, (meet on the South end of the arena, nearest the MAX stop)
When: Thursday, August 28th - 6:30 pm
Friday, August 29th - 6:30 pm
Saturday, August 30th - 2:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Sunday, August 31st - noon
Where: Rose Garden Arena, One Center Court, Portland, (meet on the South end of the arena, nearest the MAX stop)
When: Thursday, August 28th - 6:30 pm
Friday, August 29th - 6:30 pm
Saturday, August 30th - 2:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Sunday, August 31st - noon
The info sheet handouts I made have this text:
On October 7, 2008 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily Circus will go on trial in federal court for abusing the elephants in their show. This violates the federal Endangered Species Act.
The lawsuit charges Ringling with abusively training and disciplining elephants by using sharp implements called bullhooks. The suit also charges Ringling with “intensively confining and chaining the multi-ton animals for prolonged periods, and by forcibly separating baby elephants from their mothers.”
SOME OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST RINGLING INCLUDES:
> Witnesses and former circus employees have given sworn testimony to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as recently as October 2006, that behind the scenes at circuses, elephants are kept tightly chained by one front and hind leg and unable to move freely.
In the wild, elephants travel many miles each day.
> There are reports of circus elephants being confined this way up to 20 hours or more each day. Research shows that this leads to psychological and physical problems such as arthritis, crippling foot problems, and behavior that is indicative of high levels of stress.
> As recently as July 2006, undercover investigators have videotaped trainers beating elephants, contrary to statements that the animals are trained exclusively through positive reinforcement. The lawsuit alleges that trainers use a stick with a sharpened metal hook on the end (called a "bullhook" or "ankus") to repeatedly beat, pull, push, torment and threaten elephants.
> In a January 2005 email, Ringling's own "Animal Behaviorist" recounted to Ringling's General Manager that she saw an elephant named Lutzi "dripping blood all over the arena floor during the show from being hooked," after a handler "hook[ed] Lutzi under the trunk three times and behind the leg once in an attempt to line her up for the T-mount." A "T-mount" is a stunt where two elephants and at least one person stand on the back of a kneeling elephant.
Please visit CIRCUSES.COM for more information. And please do not support Ringling’s cruelty.
On October 7, 2008 Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily Circus will go on trial in federal court for abusing the elephants in their show. This violates the federal Endangered Species Act.
The lawsuit charges Ringling with abusively training and disciplining elephants by using sharp implements called bullhooks. The suit also charges Ringling with “intensively confining and chaining the multi-ton animals for prolonged periods, and by forcibly separating baby elephants from their mothers.”
SOME OF THE EVIDENCE AGAINST RINGLING INCLUDES:
> Witnesses and former circus employees have given sworn testimony to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as recently as October 2006, that behind the scenes at circuses, elephants are kept tightly chained by one front and hind leg and unable to move freely.
In the wild, elephants travel many miles each day.
> There are reports of circus elephants being confined this way up to 20 hours or more each day. Research shows that this leads to psychological and physical problems such as arthritis, crippling foot problems, and behavior that is indicative of high levels of stress.
> As recently as July 2006, undercover investigators have videotaped trainers beating elephants, contrary to statements that the animals are trained exclusively through positive reinforcement. The lawsuit alleges that trainers use a stick with a sharpened metal hook on the end (called a "bullhook" or "ankus") to repeatedly beat, pull, push, torment and threaten elephants.
> In a January 2005 email, Ringling's own "Animal Behaviorist" recounted to Ringling's General Manager that she saw an elephant named Lutzi "dripping blood all over the arena floor during the show from being hooked," after a handler "hook[ed] Lutzi under the trunk three times and behind the leg once in an attempt to line her up for the T-mount." A "T-mount" is a stunt where two elephants and at least one person stand on the back of a kneeling elephant.
Please visit CIRCUSES.COM for more information. And please do not support Ringling’s cruelty.
If anybody is planning on protesting when Ringling gets to their town and would like the PDF files for our banner or handout, let me know and I'll send it to you.
A 11 foot by 3 foot black and white banner at Kinkos is going to cost us $25.
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I would like to help protest. my name is jennifer and my email is threestrkenurout@bex.net. thank you.
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