Subject: Fw: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act!
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Subject: Ask Your Representative to Co-Sponsor the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act!
To: gordyblanhappydiaz@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011, 9:00 PM       |  | Dear Barbara,  Exotic animals used in traveling circuses in the U.S. are often subjected to horrendous physical and psychological abuse. Their movement is severely restricted for extremely long periods of time, and they are often confined to cages that are barely larger than their own bodies. Rigorous, physically abusive training methods involving electric shocks, beatings, and food deprivation are used to force them to perform tricks that are unnatural and meaningless to them. Fortunately, Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia has introduced H.R. 3359, or the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act (TEAPA), a new bill that, if passed, would mean unprecedented improvements for animals used in circuses and other traveling acts. Recognizing that "traveling circuses are detrimental to animal welfare due to the adverse effects of captivity and transport," TEAPA seeks to amend the Animal Welfare Act in a manner that promotes the physical and mental health of the animals as well as the safety of both the animals and the public. However, Ringling Bros. and its parent company, Feld Entertainment, are misleadingly labeling this important bill as an "attack" on "another American tradition" and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to oppose it—which is why it is so important that you take a moment now to contact your federal representative and urge him or her to co-sponsor H.R. 3359! Let your representative know that animal abuse is not a tradition worth supporting!Sincerely,  Alex ThorntonCaptive Wildlife SpecialistCaptive Animal Law EnforcementPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals  |  | | | |
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