Righteous Retailer Pulls Big-Top Tees

Written by PETA

Posted 08-13-2009

In news from the "elefriend" front, yet another kind company has promised to stop promoting Ringling Bros.

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After talking to some very persuasive PETA peeps and learning that Ringling beats elephants when it thinks no one is watching, Spanish women's clothing chain Zara has vowed to pull all Ringling T-shirts from the racks of its more than 1,300 international stores.

Gracias, Zara, and might we suggest carrying this trendy tee instead?

Written by Amy Elizabeth

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Pamela Anderson, ringling, cow, T-shirts, Leonard Cohen, The Exorcist, PETA Europe, tees, flesh, Instinct, Zara, gracias, persuasive peeps, elefriend

Recent Comments

Darien Midwinter commented:

Aug 13, 2009 6:06 PM

Thank you Zara. I'll be looking out for your brand when I shop for clothes.
vaish commented:

Aug 13, 2009 5:34 PM

Very happy to know that a big company like Zara turned their backs off to ringling bros circus!!!!! Thank you Zara!!!!! I wish more and more companies discourage circuses and animal abuses in the world.
Laura commented:

Aug 13, 2009 3:15 PM

nice work Peta. And a big thank you to Zara for doing the right thing!
Timothy commented:

Aug 13, 2009 1:54 PM

Glad to see Zara is another company that will discontinue their assocation with Ringling Bros.
Rev. Meg Schramm commented:

Aug 13, 2009 12:41 PM

I own a unique Ringling T shirt that excites comment every time I wear it. I got the shirt from PETA. The front of the shirt screams "ABOLISH SLAVERY Boycott the Circus." Under that is a picture of elephant feet chained to a trailer. Under the photo it states "Circuses will stop abusing animals when we stop giving them money." On the back of the shirt is this I have very short hair so everyone can read this "After my three years working with elephants in the circus I can tell you that they live in confinement and are beaten all the time when they don't perfom properly. A sworn testimony of former Ringlng Employee Tom Rider." Every time I wear this shirt people I have never seen before ask me to stop so they can read the back. They ask me if I ever worked for Ringling and I tell them no but I refer them to PETA's website to find out about Ringling and other circuses that use animals. I also tell them about Kenny about the death of the tiger on the circus train a few hot summers ago about the baby elephant who drowned after running into a swamp to escape his trainer and how the crime rate always seems to go up when the circus comes to town. I hope to buy a new shirt just like this one soon as this one is fading fast. It is a tremendous conversation opener.
emma commented:

Aug 13, 2009 11:02 AM

I recieved an email from inditex telling me that these tees was being pulled off the shelves yesterday and it really made my day knowing another company has turned their backs on that horrid circus. thankyou so much zara it really does make a difference.

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