As the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus prepares for its opening-night performance at the ShoWare Center Thursday, the animal-rights group PETA will show video footage from its 2009 undercover investigation of Ringling.
PETA claims that in its footage, Ringling employees “can be seen beating elephants with sharp, metal-tipped bullhooks and attacking tigers with whips.”
A protest will immediately follow the airing of the video.
The video and protest are set for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, outside the main entrance to the ShoWare Center, 625 W. James St. (near the intersection of Fifth Avenue N. and W. James Street) Kent.
PETA also has filed formal complaints with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and prosecutors and law-enforcement officials in the seven states where the abuses took place.
Copies of PETA’s complaints and the video footage will be available. For more information, visit PETA’s Web site ringlingbeatsanimals.com.
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