Ringling Bros. Not Welcome in Indiana

Written by Jessika. Posted in Blog, Featured News

The Indiana Animal Rights Alliance stands against humans using and abusing other animals for entertainment. Join us on December 3rd to let Ringling Bros. know that Hoosiers love animals, and that we don’t want to see them harmed for entertainment. There will be additional protests scheduled throughout the weekend.

We’ve been seeing more Ringling Bros. advertisements for their 2015 Indianapolis shows than ever before. It’s clear that our consistent presence at their Indianapolis performances is putting a cut into their profits – profits made from cruelty. You can learn more about why we protest here, here, and here.

Ringling Bros. announced plans to “retire” their elephants (several years from now… to a facility that doesn’t exactly seem relaxing). This media stunt doesn’t mean they’re interested in caring for animals. And let’s not forget the other animals Ringling uses, like tigers and camels – they need you too.

Your help is needed to put even more pressure on Ringling Bros. and Feld Entertainment.

Join us on December 3rd or make a donation to help with the costs of materials.

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Why is IARA Protesting the Ringling Circus?

Written by Indiana Animal Rights Alliance. Posted in Blog, Featured News

With the help of volunteers and organizations like Circus Protest, the IARA is able to bring Hoosiers together and raise awareness about the abuse that is inherent in animal circuses.

The Ringling Bros. Circus uses a variety of animals in their shows. While many animal rights activists oppose the use of animals for entertainment no matter what, Ringling and circuses in general are particularly disturbing because of their long history of abuse. Recently in 2011, Ringling settled with a fine of $270,000 for violations of the Animal Welfare Act, the largest violation to date.Those violations include animals being trapped in train cars with their own feces, elephants being whipped with bullhooks, and animals being chained in one place for the majority of their lives. Intense training methods are used to get these animals, which are usually wild, to perform tricks.

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Amazing response to our letter campaign asking the Children’s Museum to end their partnership with Ringling Bros

Written by Jessika. Posted in Blog

There has been an amazing response to our request to write letters to the Children’s Museum asking them to end their relationship with Ringling Bros circus.  Thus far 49 of you have already pledged to write letters, and many of those are in the mail, including one from a very inspiring 5-year old girl.  If the Children’s Museum won’t listen to her, then who will they listen to? 

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