Posted on 08/21/2018 8:51:54 AM PDT by Gamecock
After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.
PETA says wanted to show the animal crackers free Animal rights group has been protesting circuses for years
Mondelez agreed and started working on a redesign. In the meantime, the crackers’ namesake circus — Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey — folded for good. The 146-year-old circus, which had removed elephants from its shows in 2016 because of pressure from PETA and others, closed down in May 2017 due to slow ticket sales.
The redesign of the boxes, now on U.S. store shelves, retains the familiar red and yellow coloring and prominent "Barnum’s Animals" lettering. But instead of showing the animals in cages — implying that they’re traveling in boxcars for the circus — the new boxes feature a zebra, elephant, lion, giraffe and gorilla wandering side-by-side in a grassland. The outline of acacia trees can be seen in the distance.
PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman says she’s celebrating the box redesign for the cultural change it represents.
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A collar and a leash and I would be good-to-go with her.
(ducking)
Monkey is forced to wear pants.
Free the Monkey!
“I mock you with my monkey pants.” Oz
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