• Circus Animal Cruelty

    Not for the faint hearted! 
    • Baily Brothers - Elephant Abuse
      Undercover video footage of elephant trainer Mike Swain - working at Baily Brothers Circus - abusing elephants Chrissie and Boo. Abuse includes beating, kicking, hitting, and using an electric shock device.
    • Circus Madness
      Animal Defenders International and International Animal Welfare Alliance uncover the abuse and mistreatment of animals in circuses around the world. Listen to first-hand accounts from professionals...
    • Stop Circus Suffering, including UK footage
      Filmed by Animal Defenders International, this video lifts the lid on the use and abuse of animals in entertainment. the violence , the small cages, temporary pens, the long journies, the unnatural conditions,the animals driven out of their minds.
    • Animal Abuse!! Ringling Brothers and Carson / Barnes Circus
      A PETA undercover investigator obtained footage in March 1999 of vicious elephant beatings at Carson & Barnes Circus. Tim Frisco, the circus' animal care director and longtime elephant trainer, caught on tape.
    • Celebrities call to free Rhanee, the Asian elephant (Chipperfield Circus)
      Celebrities call for the freeing of Rhanee, the elephant, from the Valwo Zoo in Spain. Rhanee is alone again in her small enclosure, after the death of her companion Costa.
    • Chipperfield animal abuse (READ DESCRIPTION)
      The Mary Chipperfield trial remains the defining legal case in circus campaigning. She was convicted on 12 counts of animal cruelty towards 18-month old chimp Trudy. Her husband, Roger Cawley, was also convicted of cruelty to a sick elephant named Flora.