The Cole Bros. Circus is coming to Sunrise Mall, but there is something residents should know.
Cole Bros. Circus has multiple violations of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), is currently on USDA probation for violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and their owner, John Pugh, is currently on criminal probation for violation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Among their many violations, Cole Bros. Circus has been cited for failure to provide adequate housing for their animals, physical abuse of elephants and other animals, and endangering the public, resulting in multiple deaths, one of which being of a New York resident.
As Cole Bros. is currently prohibited from owning their own animals, they lease animals and trainers from Carson and Barnes, whose head elephant trainer, Tim Frisco, is notorious for beating elephants. An undercover video of elephant training has Tim Frisco screaming:
"Sink that hook into 'em...when you hear that screaming then you know you got their attention... Right here in the barn. You can't do that on the road. I'm not going to touch her in front of 1,000 people... She's gonna ****ing do what I want and that's just the ****ing way it is...."
You can view this video here: WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2KEjdcceng
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Appalled? Please petition Westfield to stop supporting this abuse, contact Sunrise Mall (516-795-3550), and join Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) in educating the public about this cruelty!
When: Thursday, July 11: 7 P.M.- 8:30 p.m.
Friday, July 12th: 7 p.m.– 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 13th: 7p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 14th: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
For a full list of dates, times, and locations, please see our blog.
