The circus defends itself, even when activists don’t show up
November 15th, 2008 by admin
Apparently, circuses have become so accustomed to defending their use of animals that they raise the subject even before animal advocates do. For years, ARFF has protested the Cole Bros. Circus during its late fall tour through Florida. Friday’s Florida Today newspaper described ARFF’s outreach efforts in Titusville, “The Animal Rights Foundation of Florida follows Cole Bros. and other circuses around Florida, making sure people know about what they call abuses against wild animals.”
Curiously, even though ARFF did not protest the circus’ shows earlier in the week in Melbourne, the circus sent out a pre-emptive denial of our accusations. According to an article from Tuesday’s paper, “In a statement, circus officials refuted allegations that they mistreat their animals.”