Garden Bros. Circus Barred From Bringing Elephants Into Maine

In advance of planned performances by the notorious Garden Bros. Circus in Maine, PETA informed state authorities at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife of the circus’s long history of putting animals and the public at risk, and we asked them to stop the circus from bringing elephants into the state without first properly testing them for tuberculosis. The state confirmed that the circus hadn’t done so and decided that Garden Bros. therefore couldn’t bring the elephants into Maine, giving them a much-needed break from being forced to perform grueling tricks under the threat of punishment.