Earlier we mentioned that Big Apple Circus (which has just set up a huge tent in Government Center, pictures soon) looked like a "good" circus. Of course Google had to go and show us something from PETA in '99 that contradicted this:

The Big Apple Circus bills itself as a “performing arts” organization and has received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Big Apple has also claimed that the animals (including horses, ducks, pigs and dogs) used in its performances are treated like “royalty” and that none of them has been removed from the wild. Not only are bullhooks and whips employed by Big Apple just as with any circus, but PETA has learned that two of the three elephants used in the Big Apple Circus are wild-caught.

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