Harris Teeter Ends Ringling Circus Promotions

January 2008

Following discussion with PETA, Harris Teeter–a subsidiary of Charlotte-based Ruddick Corporation, with nearly 200 stores in seven states–has agreed to stop promoting circuses with animals in its stores. Harris Teeter had been promoting Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in some of its stores, but in an e-mail sent to PETA, Harris Teeter President Fred Morganthall wrote, “Going forward we will not be supporting Circus promotions [and] we already have turned one sponsorship down.”

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind