No Elephants for Garden Bros. Circus in Kentucky

Garden Bros. Circus was planning to take its cruel elephant act to The Corbin Arena in Kentucky, despite a local ordinance prohibiting the possession of wild animals for display or exhibition purposes. After PETA alerted the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources to the planned performance, the agency pledged to inform both the venue and the circus that they would be barred from bringing elephants into the state. Now, help elephants Betty and Bo, who are suffering with Garden Bros., by urging it to go animal-free.

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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