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EXPOSED: Ringling Bros. Has Tuberculosis-Infected Elephants..having the HUMAN form of TB

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Before you ask, no, I don’t agree with everything PETA  does, but headlines about Ringling “phasing out” all Elephants by 2018 got me curious, and unearthed this bombshell: The elephants carry the HUMAN form of TB that humans can catch from Elephants, “even without direct contact”!

Baby elephant “trained” by Ringling Bros circus workers.

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The Smoking Gun? Ringling Has Had Tuberculosis-Infected Elephants on the Road

Written by PETA | March 6, 2015

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus fought long and hard to keep the documents under wraps, but just three days ago, PETA got the goods that may have prompted, or certainly contributed to, Ringling’s March 5 announcement that it will phase out elephant acts by 2018—and the records show why it would be dangerous to keep elephants performing for three more years.

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In a report released today, PETA revealed that on March 3, as the circus was aware, PETA finally prevailed in an open-records request and obtained documents proving that, at least since 2010, Ringling has had elephants test positive for the human strain of tuberculosis (TB). TB is highly transmissible from elephants to humans, even without direct contact

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Urge Ringling Bros. to stop cruel elephant performances now—not in three years!

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Ringling’s announcement seems to have been a preemptive move to keep the public in the dark about the extent of the health risk posed by moving sick elephants to cities throughout the country. It’s clear that Ringling must not wait until 2018 to take the elephants out of its shows—these elephants suffer greatly, but now their retirement is vital to everyone’s safety.

The documents, which Ringling and the U.S. Department of Agriculture refused to release to  PETA for years, reveal that in 2010, at least 11 elephants with the circus tested positive for tuberculosis. Two elephants were on the road with active TB for approximately two months each. Elephants used by Ringling have had TB since at least 1978, and roughly one-third of the elephants used by Ringling have tested positive for the disease.

Although several Ringling employees have been treated for TB—and TB carried by an elephant was linked to an outbreak among eight humans at an elephant sanctuary, some of whom had no direct contact with the elephant—Ringling has consistently opposed efforts by officials to improve testing requirements for TB in elephants. According to former USDA attorney Kenneth Vail, who is now the Animal Welfare Act compliance officer for Ringling’s parent company, Feld Entertainment, Inc., TB is “probably going to be the downfall of Feld’s elephants.”

What You Can Do

Urge Ringling Bros. to stop cruel elephant performances now—not in three years!

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http://www.peta.org/blog/the-smoking-gun-ringling-has-tuberculosis-infected-elephants-on-the-road/

A tethered solitary circus elephant.

See also: http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_cruelty/circuses.htm

See also: http://www.peta2.com/lifestyle/circus-abuse-tools/

 

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