PETA protests circus in Spa City

Mountain Journal News ^ | 24 Aug 2004 | Philip Ellison

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PETA protests circus in Spa City

Date: Aug 24, 2004 - 10:59 AM

By PHILIP ELLISON
Mountain Journal

HOT SPRINGS - The People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals staged a peaceful protest Monday against Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.

The protest, which occurred at the intersection of Grand and Central Avenues, featured model Wendy Girard laying on the ground clad only in pasties and a bikini bottom, shackled to a sign that read "Shackled, Lonely, Beaten".

According to PETA volunteer Brandi Valladolid, the duo follows the circus to every venue it appears and protests the treatment of circus animals by circus trainers.

I've been doing it for three years, she said, while handing out PETA literature to passers-by that gathered to see Girard.

Hot Springs Police Chief Gary Ashcraft said Monday, Girard's appearance did not violate the city's public indecency ordinance and she was not arrested.

The protest lasted about one hour.

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To brighten an otherwise kerry day .....

[ahayes]

LOL!! PETA cracks me up.

Can I give her a good, swift kick?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I am sure S&M freaks would love this protest.

[Lowell]

PETA / = People eating tasty animals
She is included.

[Spok]

"PETA protests circus in Spa City"

Would someone please tell PETA that flea circuses don't really use fleas?

[reagan_fanatic]

Would someone please tell PETA that flea circuses don't really use fleas?

Sure they do. They get them down there at the flea market.

[OSHA]

Grand and Central. Lots of wrecks?

[highnoon]

Yes sir, I'd like two giraffe burgers and a side of panda please. Stupid PETA folk.

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Meet Jerry Vlasak and his "wife" Pamelyn Ferdin, both have close connections to PETA's quasi-medical front group, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM).

In a stunning comment, Vlasak predicted a particularly violent future for PETA:

" It won't ruin our movement if someone gets killed in an animal rights action. It's going to happen sooner or later. The Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front -- sooner or later there's going to be someone getting hurt. And we have to accept that fact. It's going to happen. "

Center for Consumer Freedom

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled 'Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" -- but beavers and their dams are. But the contradictions go deeper than this prima-facie absurdity. In declaring his love for a beaver dam (erected by beavers for beavers' purposes) and his hatred for dams erected by men (for the purposes of men) the "naturist" reveals his hatred for his own race -- i.e., his own self hatred.
In the case of "Naturists" such self-hatred is understandable; they are such a sorry lot. But hatred is too strong an emotion to feel toward them; pity and contempt are the most they rate.
As for me, willy-nilly I am a man, not a beaver, and H. sapiens is the only race I have or can have. Fortunately for me, I like being part of a race made up of men and women -- it strikes me as a fine arrangement and perfectly "natural."

Robert Heinlein

[Georgia_Peaches]

Well,I am a conservative, and I am an animal lover, and I despise circuses. I also despise Peta's tactics. I think circuses should be outlawed, because it is extreme cruelty to animals to be forced to do tricks for humans. Dispicable.