Group Rallies Atlantans to Support City's Bullhook Ban
For Immediate Release:
June 29, 2012
Contact:
David Perle 202-483-7382
Atlanta -- Atlantans will get an eyeful the week of Independence Day, when PETA's mobile billboard showing a photo of a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus handler jabbing a baby elephant with a bullhook rolls into town. Reading, "Atlanta, Take the Elephants' Side: Say 'No' to Bullhooks!" the billboard will circulate throughout Atlanta's shopping areas and make appearances during the city's, Fourth of July festivities and sporting events. PETA hopes to drum up support for the bullhook ban currently under review by Atlanta's Public Safety Committee.
When: Monday, July 2, through Friday, July 6
Where: Traveling throughout Atlanta, with stops including the finish line of the Peachtree Road Race at Piedmont Park, the Centennial Olympic Park's Fourth of July celebration, and Turner Field during Wednesday's Braves' game
"Atlanta's current regulations will do nothing to stop circuses such as Ringling Bros. from beating, yanking, and hooking elephants with bullhooks," says PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Delcianna Winders. "It's time for Atlantans to speak up and demand that the city ban these weapons of pain and fear for good."
For more information, please visit RinglingBeatsAnimals.com.