PETA: The bare facts
In the morning mail:
What: Confined to a cage with her nude body painted like a tiger and a banner above her reading, "Wild Animals Don't Belong Behind Bars," PETA member Christina Dang will protest the impending arrival of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Little Rock.
What's wrong with Ringling? If you're the caged tiger who was shot to death by a Ringling trainer, the young lion who died unattended in a stiflingly hot railway boxcar, or one of the circus's elephants who is constantly chained and disciplined with steel-tipped bullhooks, everything.
"I'll gladly bare my skin if it will help expose Ringling's abusive treatment of animals," says Dang. "The best way to stop this abuse is for people to boycott Ringling and other circuses that use animals."
Where: S. Rock Street and President Clinton Avenue, Little Rock
When: Thursday, November 20, 1 p.m.



Comments
Dang!
Posted by: rosso
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November 19, 2008 11:45 AM
What a world. Dow pushing sub 7500, companies trading at all time lows, and you can't even go to the damn circus without being wracked with guilt.
Send in the clowns. Damn it, I just wanted to see a few clowns, maybe see someone get a pie in the face. Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: IABL1969
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November 19, 2008 12:03 PM
I quit going to circuses when my boy pointed out some severe bruises on animals and the pathos of an elephant chained to stake. That was over 30 years ago and it took time for it to sink into my negligent brain.
Hooray for Ms Dang!
Posted by: eLwood
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November 19, 2008 12:03 PM
Check out this website...
http://www.circuses.com
Horrible!
Posted by: WhattaYaKnow
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November 19, 2008 12:13 PM
I just want to see the spectacle of DBI looking at the naked painted woman.
He might even make the trip from Ft. Baptist for this one.
Posted by: Stump
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November 19, 2008 12:21 PM
I hope, for her sake, it warms up a little before tomorrow.
Posted by: 70%er
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November 19, 2008 12:46 PM
Love it. Only in Arkansas can one see a tiger skin on a bare skin rug. Wooie Pig (pun intended).
Posted by: downtowner
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November 19, 2008 01:00 PM
How can PETA claim to care about the welfare of animals when they show so little concern for women?
As a woman, this hurts. They are using Ms. Dang's devotion to the cause by asking her to do something that is demeaning to women? She must be devoted if she is willing to disregard her own comfort to bring attention to the horrible atrocities committed by circuses. Animals aren't for entertainment and neither are women.
Posted by: Radfemhedonist
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November 19, 2008 02:32 PM
Nuttin' like a naked women on a bearskin rug.
Posted by: mudturtle
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November 19, 2008 03:21 PM
Dang! Ever notice how an animal hangs its tongue out and pants heavily sometimes?
Posted by: Louie
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November 19, 2008 04:30 PM
While we're on the topic let's help put an end to Palin's killing spree:
"Alaska is truly our nation's last frontier. It is also the last place in the U.S. where a few hunters still use aircraft to chase and kill wolves. They shoot these animals from the air or chase them to exhaustion before landing and shooting them point blank.
Congress passed a law thirty five years ago to put an end to aerial hunting. But Alaska is exploiting a loophole in federal law to resume the practice, not only for wolves, but bears as well. Hundreds of scientists have condemned what Alaska is doing, even as other states threaten to follow Alaska's lead. It's time to stop aerial hunting once and for all."
Rest is on bluename. Just do it.
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Posted by: eLwood
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November 19, 2008 05:39 PM
Aw, Louie, I heard you do that all the time. I'm with RadFem and 70%er -- Dang dumb and cold.
Posted by: Doigotta
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November 19, 2008 07:10 PM