All Species Kinship (ASK) Local Demo Alert

Quick RECAP of Upcoming demos:

July 30, Red Lobster demo (Battle Creek)

***SEE BELOW***July 31, Circus Pages Circus demo (Kalamazoo)

August 3, Carson & Barnes Circus demo (Plainwell)

Email us if you need the times for the above listed events.

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Please join All Species Kinship in educating the public about circus animal cruelty at our next circus demo, Circus Pages.

Date: Sunday July 31, 2005

Time: Demo starts at 12am and 3pm.

Location: Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds in Kalamazoo, MI

Why: Demos remind and inform the public that animals used for entertainment suffer. Circus Pages has a long rap sheet of violations which can be viewed at www.circuses.com.

Circus Pages has failed to meet minimal federal standards for the care of animals used in exhibition as established in the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Circus Pages for failure to have records of veterinary care, provide animals with sufficient space, and provide animals with appropriate food. Circus Pages travels with several animals, including two African elephants named Bombi and Daisy. Both elephants were captured in the wild in 1974.
Animals used in recent acts: elephants, ponies, big cats, and a camel.

January 9, 2002: The USDA cited Circus Pages for failure to comply with minimal veterinary care requirements. Four elephant handlers had not been tested for tuberculosis. The USDA requires annual testing of elephants and handlers because an outbreak of a human strain of tuberculosis has been infecting and killing elephants in captivity.

All Species Kinship will provide all demo materials and uses informative literature, signs and our TV Body Screen to educate the public.

Please contact us for carpooling information and further details.

Sophia DiPietro
Executive Director
All Species Kinship (ASK)
P.O. Box 4055
Battle Creek, MI 49016
269-963-1637