[4animals] Shrine Circus Protest Thurs/ August 10th

[ottawa animal advocates]

Hi Everyone!

Hope you have all been having a good summer.  As some of you may 
know, the Shrine Circus is coming to town. The Shrine circus uses live 
animals in their acts which is unacceptable. It is completely 
unnecessary when circuses like Cirque du Soleil are so successful 
without the exploitation of animals. Ottawa Animal Advocates and 
Carleton University's Animal Rights Working group have organized a 
demonstration to educate circus goers about the miseries these animals 
face every day and to hopefully gain some media representation of this 
cruel form of animal abuse.

A Shrine Circus protest with  live street theatre will take place>>>
*** Thursday August 10th 
***   from 6:15pm-7.30pm on the sidewalk by the St. Laurent shopping mall parking lot
(St. Laurent Boulevard near Ogilvie Road) near the circus tent. 

We're still trying to establish an 'exact' location because the circus has never 
been held in this parking lot before...but  street theatre performers> a baby 'elephant'
and an angry 'Shriner' will be on site near the circus tent and hard to miss! We will also
attempt to post one more notice if we end up being able to obtain an exact location from the
mall. Otherwise you shouldn't have any trouble spotting the activist performers.

We only have a minimal number of definate confirmations of people planning to attend 
so we and of course the abused animals could really use your participation for the hour.
Please note that the protest will go ahead even if it looks like rain....We hope that people will
make the effort to come out and if it is raining at 6:15pm we will evaluate the situation. We
do have plastic covers for signs and bad weather actually contributed to media coming out
to cover us at Ringling Brothers circus two years ago!

Please also note that donations would be greatly appreciated if possible as the cost of costumes 
and other props for this demo is expected to average around 80$. All signs and literature will 
be provided. Please just bring yourself and others you know who may also care about the sad 
situation of exotic animals used for human entertainment. The animals need all the support we can
give them.

See you there!
Victoria and Meredith

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Animals weren't made for our entertainment. They spend the majority of 
every day confined to a small cage in shackles and are forced to 
perform ridiculous acts under threat of physical punishment, including 
whips and bullhooks. They eat, sleep, urinate and defecate in the same 
small cages and are only exercised for a few minutes each day within 
the confines of their routine. There are no laws in place to protect 
the plight of circus animals in Canada and the Shrine Circus avoids 
inspections and regulations by not owning any of the animals in their 
acts. Instead, they rent from other circuses, allowing the animals to 
suffer with care that is far below standard. Shrine Circuses have been 
found to offer little veterinary care, little access to nutritious food 
and clean water and inadequate housing as well as documented cases of 
abuse and mishandling. Shrine Circuses will not allow any outsiders to 
see the living conditions of the animals or how they are transported. 

http://www.animalrightscanada.com/entertainment/Circus-faq.asp
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=7cc3c221-dbd0-4f07-ba91-ec6336baabe8&k=85034
http://circuses.com/circuses.asp

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