{"id":1172017,"date":"2023-08-06T00:27:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=2b151c74ec7f251937f5abbd57ef19ad"},"modified":"2023-08-06T00:27:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T00:27:17","slug":"breaking-video-pro-animal-protestors-crash-yaarab-shrines-circus-appreciation-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/08\/06\/breaking-video-pro-animal-protestors-crash-yaarab-shrines-circus-appreciation-party\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING (Video): Pro-Animal Protestors Crash Yaarab Shrine\u2019s \u2018Circus Appreciation Party\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

This afternoon, Yaarab Shrine\u2019s Potentate Robert Hampton and other members got a surprise during the closing celebration of the shrine\u2019s annual circus season when PETA supporters disrupted the event by shouting, \u201cEnd animal circus acts now! Stop abusing animals!\u201d and unveiled signs that read, \u201cElephants Beaten and Chained for Shrine Circuses.\u201d Shriners surrounded the peaceful protesters, grabbed them, and pushed them\u2014even though they were proceeding to leave as asked. Shriner thugs then blocked the protesters\u2019 car, preventing their departure until police arrived and allowed them to leave. Photos and video footage of the disruption are available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Yaarab Shrine Circus is one of the last remaining circus shows that still use wild animals who are confined to small crates, kept in shackles, and deprived of any semblance of a natural life. It has partnered with notoriously cruel exhibitors, including Carson & Barnes Circus<\/a>, which has been cited for more than 100 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act and whose head trainer was caught on video<\/a> attacking elephants with bullhooks\u2014weapons resembling a fireplace poker with a sharp hook on one end.<\/p>\n

\u201cPETA is determined to see the day when the Shriners agree that elephants are to be respected, not chained, beaten, or forced to perform in circus shows that are cruel and outdated,\u201d says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. \u201cWe\u2019re upping the ante in urging Yaarab Shrine to stop promoting big-time cruelty under the big top.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday, Yaarab Shrine will host a party for members with summer birthdays\u2014including Hampton\u2014and to mark the occasion, PETA supporters in poop costumes will make a stink<\/em> outside and deliver a cake that reads, \u201cRobert Hampton, Stop Treating Animals Like Crap.\u201d The back-to-back party disruptions are an escalation of efforts to persuade Shriners to cut the cruelty from all chapters\u2019 circuses, following Moolah Shrine\u2019s announcement that it dropped elephant acts.<\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that \u201canimals are not ours to use for entertainment\u201d\u2014opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>, Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This afternoon, Yaarab Shrine\u2019s Potentate Robert Hampton and other members got a surprise during the closing celebration of the shrine\u2019s annual circus season when PETA supporters disrupted the event by shouting, \u201cEnd animal circus acts now! Stop abusing animals!\u201d and unveiled signs that read, \u201cElephants Beaten and Chained for Shrine Circuses.\u201d Shriners surrounded the peaceful… Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

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