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CCA has launched a major new campaign regarding animals in circuses

From CCA Catholic Concern for Animals
March 2023

In the days and weeks following this event  [Will this Elephant Go Down in Church History?], Catholic Concern for Animals has been inundated with messages from individuals and Animal Welfare organisations, including faith-based ones, from around the world, expressing shock and outrage about this incident.

This event has caused major concern, outrage and even horror, with which CCA fully agree, and we have written an Open Letter to Pope Francis expressing our grave concerns and dismay.

PETITION: Call on Vatican to stop any future association with circuses that use animals

Elephants abused in a circus

This follows the Vatican’s recent involvement with the organisation of an event at the Rony Roller Circus in Rome and the visit by Cardinal Krajewski to the circus on February 11th 2023, including his interaction with a captive elephant.

In the days and weeks following the event, Catholic Concern for Animals has been inundated with messages from individuals and Animal Welfare organisations, including faith-based ones, from around the world, expressing shock and outrage about this incident.

The event has caused major concern, outrage and even horror, with which CCA fully agree, and we have written an Open Letter to Pope Francis expressing our grave concerns and dismay. The open letter can be accessed here:

CCA Open Letter to Pope Francis About Rome Circus Event (PDF)
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We are grateful for the support of many individuals and colleague organisations who have written to CCA asking to be named among the supporters of the letter, and these currently include the following organisations:

• All-Creatures.org
• Animal Interfaith Alliance
• Catholic Action for Animals
• Christians for Animals
• Climate Healers
• Compassion Consortium
• Creation Care Church
• FRA – Fraternité pour le Respect Animal
• Interfaith Vegan Coalition
• Peta-Lambs

We will shortly be issuing a Petition on this subject which we hope many Catholics, and indeed non-Catholic individuals, will sign and support, and we will also be undertaking many and various other actions including print, broadcast and social media output, e-mails to CCA members and supporters, blogs, Ark and newsletter articles, YouTube conversations and Podcasts, etc. You will also be able to keep in touch with the ongoing campaign via this page on the CCA website and our various social media and other platforms.

Chris Fegan
Chief Executive

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