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Here are some of the documents that persuaded us to Skip the Circus!
2005 USDA Citation against the Kelly Miller Circus for Inadequate Veterninary care for two of their elephants: Click here to view.
2002 USDA Violation by Tim Frisco, the trainer shown beating the elephants in the video on this site, and Carson and Barnes Circus for Inhumane Treatment of Elephants:
Click here to view
News report linking Tim Frisco to the Endangered Ark (the place where Kelly Miller Circus gets its elephants):
Click here to view
List of Countries and U.S. Cities that prohibit Wild Animal Acts:
COMPLETE AND PARTIAL BANS ON EXOTIC ANIMAL ACTS
The following is a list of jurisdictions around the world that have prohibited or severely restricted performing wild animal acts (February 2006):
Argentina
Buenos Aires.
Australia
Armsdale, Baywater, Blue Mountains, Cambridge, Cockburn, Denmark, Ferndale, Fremantle, Hornsby, Kalamunda, Lake Macquarie, Liverpool, Mandurah, Manly, Mosman Park, Nedlands, Newcastle, Peppermint Grove, Pittwater, South Perth, Swan, Tea Tree Gully, Victoria Park, Vincent, Warringah, Woollahra.
* The entire Australian Capital Territory is subject to a prohibition.
Austria
Nationwide.
Brazil
Altibaia, Avare, Campinas, Cotia, Olinda, Pernambuco, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Maria, Sao Leopoldo, Sorocaba, Utbatuba.
Canada
Argyle, Bridgewater, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coburg, Coquitlam, Cowichan, Delta, Digby,
Kamloops, Kanata, Kelowna, Langley, Maple Ridge, Mont Royal, Mount Pearl, Nanaimo, New Westminster, North Cowichan, North Vancouver, Oak Bay, Parksville, Peachland, Pelham, Saanich, St. John’s, St. Laurent, Salmon Arm, Shelburne, Stratford, Surrey, Vancouver, Victoria, Westside, Yarmouth.
Colombia
Bogota, Dos Quebradas.
Costa Rica
Nationwide.
Croatia
Bjelovar, Cakovec, Delnice, Donji Miholjac, Dugo Selo, Gospic, Klanjec, Kraljevica, Krizevci, Mursko Sredisce, Nin, Novi Marof, Ozalj, Prelog, Ploce, Pozega, Rovinj, Split, Varazdin, Varazdinske Toplice, Velika Gorica, Zabok.
Denmark
Nationwide.
Finland
Nationwide.
Great Britain
Over 220 municipalities have either prohibited wild animals and/or all performing animals including Barnsley, Belfast (Ireland), Blackpool, Birmingham City, Bournemouth, Cardiff (Wales), Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Dover, Dunbarton (Scotland), Eastbourne, Exeter, Lancaster, Liverpool, Maidenhead, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Yeomouth, York.
Greece
Kalamaria, Patra, Thessaloniki
India
Nationwide.
Israel
Nationwide prohibition on all wild animal circus acts; Be'er Sheva, Tel-Aviv and Herzelia prohibit all animal circus acts.
Norway
Nationwide.
Singapore
Nationwide
Sweden
Nationwide.
Switzerland
Nationwide
United States
Boulder, Braintree, Burlington, Butler County, Chapel Hill, Corona, Douglas County, Estes Park, Greenburgh, Hollywood (FL), Huntington Beach, Jefferson County, Lauderdale Lakes, Louisville, Orange County (SC), Port Townsend, Provincetown, Quincy, Redmond, Revere, Richmond (MO), Rohnert Park, Santa Ana, Stamford, Southampton, Takoma Park, Weymouth.
* States banning contact between the public and dangerous or exotic animals: Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Mississippi and New Hampshire; partial bans in Florida, Illinois and Tennessee.
** Many U.S. jurisdictions also have prohibitions against certain types of animal performances such as bear wrestling, greased pig contests, greyhound racing, and bloodless bullfighting.
Venezuela
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