{"id":1273300,"date":"2023-10-16T22:38:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T22:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radiofree.asia\/?guid=4391a790769d7e7e76db373b2207f8a8"},"modified":"2023-10-16T22:38:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T22:38:43","slug":"peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/16\/peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur\/","title":{"rendered":"PETA Statement on Exotic Cats Owned by Dirk Arthur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><p>Below, please find a statement from PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Welfare Debbie Metzler in response to the reported death of Las Vegas performer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/DirkArthurFactsheet.pdf\">Dirk Arthur<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Magic acts with exploited wild cats disappeared from the Strip years ago, and PETA is calling for any exotic cats who survived Dirk Arthur to be sent to accredited sanctuaries where they\u2019ll have space to roam, opportunities to swim and climb, and freedom from stage lights and filthy cages at last.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photos of a 2014 PETA protest against Arthur\u2019s show at the Riviera Hotel and Casino are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/blog\/caesars-entertainment-group-cruelty\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>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 on PETA\u2019s investigative newsgathering and reporting, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\"><strong>PETA.org<\/strong><\/a>, listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/peta-podcast-listen-now\/\"><strong><em>The PETA Podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, or follow the group on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peta\"><strong>X (formerly Twitter)<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/official.peta\"><strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/peta\/?hl=en\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur\/\">PETA Statement on Exotic Cats Owned by Dirk Arthur<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur\/\">Animal Rights and Campaign News | PETA<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below, please find a statement from PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Welfare Debbie Metzler in response to the reported death of Las Vegas performer Dirk Arthur: Magic acts with exploited wild cats disappeared from the Strip years ago, and PETA is calling for any exotic cats who survived Dirk Arthur to be sent to<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur\/\" title=\"ReadPETA Statement on Exotic Cats Owned by Dirk Arthur\">&#8230; Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/media\/news-releases\/peta-statement-on-exotic-cats-owned-by-dirk-arthur\/\">PETA Statement on Exotic Cats Owned by Dirk Arthur<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/\">PETA<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2304,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18525],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273301,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273300\/revisions\/1273301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}