January 2008
When PETA heard that Hansons Windows, a Michigan-based home-repair company, was offering free tickets to the Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus to potential customers who scheduled in-home estimates, we immediately sent a letter to Hansons’ president asking that the company end the promotion. We explained that elephants and other exotic animals used in the circus are beaten by trainers to force them to perform confusing tricks and confined to cramped enclosures or chained for the majority of their lives. After hearing about the abusive training methods and cruel conditions, Hansons’ president made the compassionate decision to end the ticket giveaway.
