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We advocate on all animal protection and exploitation issues, including experimentation, factory farming, rodeos, breeders and traveling animal acts.
Animal Defenders of Westchester
P.O. Box 205
Yonkers, NY 10704 |
Press Release
THE CIRCUS IS CANCELLED!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Kiley Blackman
[email protected]
www.adow.org
Westchester, NY FEBRUARY 19, 2005 Members of Animal Defenders of
Westchester will join outside Westchester County Center on Feb. 19, from
12:30 - 2:30 pm, to protest the presence of the ‘Royal’ Hanneford Circus.
ADOW has already begun meeting with the Westchester County Board of
Legislators, with the aim of creating a ‘No traveling animal acts’
on County property Ordinance. The ‘Royal’ Hanneford circus has
worn out their welcome: between trying to sneak tuberculin elephants past
inspectors, plus their refusal to allow access to Channel 12 cameras, this
circus as all circuses that still use animal acts, has shown itself to be
unconcerned with public safety and the fact- finding process.
Kiley Blackman, organizer of this event, said “The Hanneford circus is
over; in one or two years tops, they will be gone from Westchester County.
These antiquated, cruel acts are being stopped all over the world. In
addition, Westchester County has been served with a Notice of Dangerous
Condition regarding traveling animal acts. Lawsuits resulting from circus
problems could raise property taxes. Last year a loose Clyde Beatty tiger
caused a five-car collision, and a Shrine Circus elephant just killed her
trainer in Indiana.
There were 65 such incidents from 1990 to 2003; is it worth jeopardizing
your property taxes for an hour of supposed ‘fun’?
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