In the wild, bears don't ride bicycles, tigers don't jump through fiery hoops, and elephants don't stand upright on their hind legs. Circuses portray a distorted view of wildlife.

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P!nk's Christmas Wish: Freedom for Siegfried & Roy Elephant
Pop star P!nk has one wish this Christmas: to get Siegfried & Roy’s 55-year-old elephant, Gildah, out of the Mirage Hotel and Casino, where she has been confined since Roy was attacked in October.
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Alaska’s First Swim
On April 8, 2002, Alaska was released from quarantine at the Baltimore Zoo. Moments after Alaska emerged into the polar bear exhibit, she ventured into the pool of water and was swimming, diving, playing with balls, attacking a log, splashing, and twirling.
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Beatings Under the Big Top
An animal handler with the Sterling & Reid Bros. Circus was recently charged with four counts of cruelty to animals and jailed for allegedly striking an elephant repeatedly with a steel bullhook, leaving the animal suffering from bleeding wounds
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Credit Card Giant “Charged” With Supporting Circus Cruelty
According to the tagline in MasterCard International’s new “Priceless” ad campaign, “There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s MasterCard.” Apparently, that includes cruelty to animals.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Cruelty
Patricia Manterola, the popular recording artist known to millions for her role on the Spanish-language TV show Angeles, is the latest international celebrity to star in an ad campaign for PETA. The Mexico native posed nearly naked in a cage, with her body painted to resemble that of a tiger, for an advertisement entitled, “Even the Most Exotic Animals Don’t Belong Behind Bars.”
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