Act Now To Stop ABC Show Glamorizing Ringling Bros. Circus: sample messages provided

ABC recently announced a new program in development called Bazirkus, which, according to Deadline Hollywood, is a soap opera “based loosely” on Nicole Feld of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Feld is the producer of the circus owned by her father, Kenneth Feld. The show would feature a “fictional circus” modeled after Ringling, which is notorious for its abuse of animals, and would likely feature live wild animals in its production. And by using live wild animals in its production, ABC would be participating in the abuse inherent in the training and use of these animals in entertainment.

Please send a message to ABC (text characters are limited but each sample below will fit), urging the company to abandon the development of Bazirkus. You’ll need to personalize the Sample Message below, and then copy it onto ABC’s webform.



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SAMPLE TEXT ONE

I am horrified that ABC is considering a series called Bazirkus, based on the Ringling Bros. Circus, that will glorify this cruel form of entertainment and possibly use and abuse animals in its production. Animals in the circus are beaten, confined and forced to perform despite illness and injury. Babies are forcibly torn from their mothers for training.

If ABC develops and airs Bazirkus, you will lose many viewers, including myself, to networks that don’t glorify animal abuse.

SAMPLE TEXT TWO

I am horrified that ABC is considering a series called Bazirkus, based on the Ringling Bros. Circus, that will glorify this cruel form of entertainment and possibly use and abuse animals in its production. Animals in the circus are beaten, confined and forced to perform despite illness and injury. Babies are forcibly torn from their mothers for training.

You will lose a loyal viewer: please watch footage of the cruelty you will be sanctioning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQrmwuSXOTs

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