Florida’s Blood Centers Commits to Ditch Ringling

January 2009

When PETA learned that Florida’s Blood Centers ran a promotion in several Florida counties offering individuals free Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey tickets for donating blood, we immediately contacted the organization to urge them to end their relationship with the notorious circus. Following conversations with executives about how baby elephants used in the circus are tied with rope, prematurely ripped away from their mothers, and forced to perform cruel and confusing tricks, Florida’s Blood Centers pledged never to partner with or promote Ringling in the future.