After the nonprofit-making London-based group Animal Defenders International (ADI) worked side by side with circus workers and filmed all the abuses to the animals, Bolivia passed a new law earlier this year that says the use of animals in circuses "constitutes an act of cruelty."
Read more from the Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/03/bolivia-bans-all-circus-a_n_250303.html?mid=51
Now, in the US the ADI along with the House of Democrats and Bob Barker, the former host of the long-running game show “The Price Is
Right,” and actress Jorja Fox, who stars in CBS’ hit drama “CSI" are working to pass a bill that would bar “exotic animals” from traveling shows.
Read more from the Washington Times: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/2/new-bill-to-target-treatment-of-circus-animals-in-/
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