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For immediate release:
Jul 30, 2021
Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382
Tulsa, Okla. – After PETA filed a complaint with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency just cited Choctaw County exhibitor Adam Burke, who is due to perform at the Akdar Shrine Circus in Tulsa this weekend, for numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act. (AWA). Among other failures in meeting the minimum AWA requirements, Burke failed to provide adequate veterinary care for an elderly tiger with protruding bones and caged tigers in a hot barn with larvae crawling on the floor.
According to the report, Burke continued to walk on tigers, which looked “agitated” in travel boxes inside a poorly ventilated and smelly barn (the air temperature reached 92 degrees during the inspector’s visit) for over a year when they were not used in performances. According to the USDA, such small spaces can have “dramatic negative effects” on animal health. The report also notes that the barn did not have a perimeter fence and posed a “constant, constant potential threat” to public safety.
“These distressed tigers have nowhere to move, they can’t escape the stifling heat, and they can’t get rid of the dirt and stench of the barn,” says Debbie Metzler, deputy director of PETA’s Animal Captive Law Enforcement Administration. “PETA warns everyone to avoid the spectacle of animals that exploit wildlife and pose a threat to the public.”
PETA last week asked Burke for permission to help place animals in accredited shelters. The group now asks their supporters to join its efforts by contacting Burke and persuading him to release the tigers into reputable sites.
PETA, whose motto is in part that “the animals are not ours to be used for entertainment” – opposes arrogance, a worldview focused on human superiority. For more information please visit PETA.org or subscribe to the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram…
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