Cole Bros. Circus considering ending elephant act (again)
October 2nd, 2006 by admin
Last week, a television station in Virginia reported on a visit by the Cole Brothers Circus. The report quoted a circus employee (Elvin Bale) who complained about the effectiveness of animal rights activists, “They write dozens and dozens of letters. And they try their hardest to keep us out of a lot of the malls and lot of the venues that we have played in for 30 and 40 years. Just because we have the elephants.” The report said that Cole Bros. is considering dropping elephants from their traveling show (a few years ago, Cole Bros. announced an end to the elephant act, only to bring it back this year).
Let’s push Cole Bros. to discontinue their elephant act, one and for all. The Cole Bros. Circus will be performing soon at three malls in Florida’s Panhandle. Please contact the malls and ask them not to allow elephants and other exotic animals on their property. Explain to them how animals in the circus suffer from constant travel, abusive training, and social isolation (click here to read more about the circus).
Cole Bros. will perform at the University Mall in Pensacola, October 9-12. Contact:
University Mall
7171 North Davis Highway
Pensacola, FL 32504
Phone: (850) 478-3600
Online comment form.
Cole Bros. will perform at the Santa Rosa Mall, October 13-15. Contact:
Santa Rosa Mall
300 Mary Esther Blvd., Suite 112
Mary Esther, FL 32569
Phone: (850) 244-2172
E-mail: info@santarosamall.com
Cole Bros. will perform in Panama City, October 27-29. Contact:
Panama City Mall
2150 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Panama City, FL 32405
Phone: (850) 769-3659
Online comment form.