CNN's Cafferty asks if wild animals belong in circuses 7/24/09; Ringling abuse FU

July 25, 2009

The new video of Ringling Brothers handlers beating elephants, shot this year and covered in Wednesday's DawnWatch alert (see http://tinyurl.com/nh7hpc) is getting loads of media -- so much that I can't possibly cover all of it. Hallelujah!

I hope if you have seen it covered in your local media you have sent an appreciative note or letter to the editor. I am going to bring attention to the national coverage, on CNN. Jack Cafferty, who has made numerous animal friendly comments in the past, today on his blog discusses the video and the allegations against Ringling Brothers. He asks, "Should use of wild animals in circuses be outlawed?"

Check out the piece at http://tinyurl.com/kpnwxy, add your comment to the bottom of the page, and please send a big thank you to Cafferty for covering the issue. He takes feedback at:

http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5t.htmlMy thanks to Kamran for making sure we saw this!Yours and the animals',Karen Dawn(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line. If somebody forwards DawnWatch alerts to you, which you enjoy, please help the list grow by signing up. It is free.)Please go to www.ThankingtheMonkey.com for a fun celeb-studded promo video and information on Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat

Animals," which was chosen by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of 2008." And check out Karen's new blog at www.ThankingtheMonkey.com/blog !To discontinue DawnWatch alerts go to http://www.DawnWatch.com/nothanks.php-------You are d to DawnWatch using the following address: dogs_goodDate: Fri Jul 24 17:25:00 2009