Welcome... Little does the circus
industry know that for every performance they give, The group of people willing to
help these poor animals is growing rapidly. Go
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We need your help! And the animals need your help!
a new animal activist willing to speak out is born.
Anyone can look into the eyes of these poor animals during the
performance
and plainly see their suffering.
The first step is to contact your local APHIS office and file a complaint on what you saw. Don't worry, your name will remain anonymous. Filing these complaints will trigger an unannounced inspection on the circus, which could then lead to animal cruelty charges. Contact your regional office:
Headquarters: 301-734-4981
Eastern Region: 410-571-8692
Central Region: 817-885-6910
Western Region: 916-857-6205
Web Site: www.aphis.usda.gov/ac
Join in the fight today and watch
yourself help make a significant change
for these tortured souls.
to start.
It's easy to tell when animals are happy or miserable. For example, we have all seen dogs wagging their tails and we have also seen dogs who keep their tail tucked between their legs. It's obvious which is which!
Out of the hundreds of animal circus acts, only one has proved to be acceptable to us. This was a small circus and the group of animals were Rotweiller dogs that were all rescued from shelters. The trainer, who also acted as the Ringmaster, used nothing but treats from his pocket during the performance. It was obvious he loved these dogs and they loved him. These Rotweillers looked very happy and having fun as this was a game to them. The very same circus, however, used elephants and ponies. These groups were both miserable. The ponies were whipped during the performance by their cruel trainer because they tried to escape. The elephants were not happy either, although their handler did seem to really care about them.