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Government
Animal Care, USDA/APHIS - Investigative and Enforcement Service, USDA/APHIS - Publications
News and Media
ACLU Tells Richmond to Stop Harassing Animal Right, BBC - Protect circus animals call, BBC News: 'Care orders' for suffering an, BBC News: Animals banned from Big Top, BBC News: Circus mass ends Vatican jubilee, BBC News: Jumbo race 'a big success', Guardian - Fury at 'paltry' fine on circ, Guardian - Tears of a clown, Guardian - The show must go on, Independent - Ministers face outrage as draft code
Organizations
Center for Elephant Conservation, Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
Animal Defenders: Animal Circuses
Small section about their campaign to ban them. London, UK.
Circuses.com
Factsheets, Kids' Corner, the animals, circus travel schedules, description of the unnatural lives circus animals live, and what you can do. Part of the PETA family of sites.
HSUS - Circuses
Collection of articles with reasons to oppose circuses using wild animals. From Humane Society of the United States. Washington DC, US.
IDA - Circus Facts
Travel, pain and public safety issues. From In Defense of Animals. California, US.
NAIA - Animals in Education and Entertainment
Includes articles about bans on circus animals. From The National Animal Interest Alliance. Oregon, US.
Outlaw the Animal Circus
Outlines incidents of circus animal cruelty, undercover investigations, photo gallery and a campaign to ban the exhibition of animal circuses. Based in Australia.
PRCA - Animal Welfare
Explains animal rights vs. animal welfare, animal welfare standards, publications and life on the ranch. From the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
RSPCA - Help End the Use of Wild Animals in Circu
Lobbying materials. 1998. Australia.
Stop the Circus Cruelty
Online resource center dedicated to the campaign of banning the use of animals in circuses. USA.
What's Wrong with Circuses and Rodeos?
From an Animal Rights FAQ (Animals in Entertainment). David Pearce. Brighton, UK.