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Reference Materials
- ADI UK, Animals in Traveling Circuses: The Science on Suffering (2006), Animal Defenders International
- ADI US, Animals in Traveling Circuses: The Science on Suffering (2008), Animal Defenders International
- ADI observations: data from collected studies and undercover investigations, 1996-2008 First Link, Second Link
- ADI Have Trunk Will Travel investigation, 2005, Animal Defenders International (unpublished)
- http://www.ad-international.org/media_centre/go.php?id=2128
- ADI, Bailey Bros. Elephant Abuse, 2004, published in: Animals in Traveling Circuses: The Science on Suffering (2008)
- Bailey Bros. Elephant Abuse, 2004
- Bashaw, M.J., Tarou, L. R., Maki, T.S. & Maple, T.L. (2001) A survey assessment of variables related to stereotypy in captive giraffes and okapi. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 73: 235-247
- Baxter, E. & Plowman, A.B. (2001) The effect of increasing dietary fibre on feeding, rumination and oral stereotypies in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Animal Welfare 10 (3): 281-290
- Benz, A. (2005) The elephant’s hoof: Macroscopic and microscopic morphology of defined locations under consideration of pathological changes. Doctoral Thesis Vetsuisse-Fakultät, University of Zürich
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- Tuli Elephant Trial, 2002, South Africa: Prosecution of Riccardo Ghiazza African Game Services – Affidavit concerning the capture, treatment and condition of the elephant calves from the Tuli block
- Tuli Elephant Trial, 2002: Prosecution of Riccardo Ghiazza African Game Services: training of elephants for zoos and circuses
- Turner, J. W., Tolson, P. & Hamad, N. (2002) Remote assessment of stress in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) by measurement of adrenal steroids in feces. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 33 (3): 214-221.
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No claim is made to the materials provided above, except those authored by ADI as stated therein. These documents are made
available to members of the United States Congress, and their assistants, on a fair use, educational purposes basis, only,
and no claim is made by ADI to any copyright or other rights.
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How Circuses Cause Suffering:
- Insufficient Space
Animals are housed and transported in very small cages.
- Extended Periods Spent in Transport Vehicles
Even for short journeys, animals are often loaded long before, and unloaded long after.
- Lack of Exercise / Restriction of Natural Behaviors
Circuses lack the resources to allow animals to exercise normally or act naturally.
- Stress From Abnormal Conditions
Solitary animals get crowded together, predators and prey are housed in close proximity, and family members are separated.
- Physical Abuse
Most "tricks" are coerced through the use of bull hooks, electric prods, whips, metal bars, and methods most would view as torturous.
- Resulting Problems: Animals kept in circus conditions are prone to
severe health, behavioral, and psychological problems.
- Regulation Difficulties:
Studies show that the transient nature of traveling circuses present significant challenges to, and increase
the costs of, regulation and enforcement.
- Safety Concerns:
The extreme stress caused by the circus environment often makes wild animals highly dangerous, especially
with the public.
Deaths and injuries are becoming increasingly common.
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