Rats Used at Haunted House Need Your Voice

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BACKGROUND | SOURCE PETA

Scandia—a “family fun” center in Ontario, California—reportedly uses live rats as “props” at its annual haunted house event, which runs from September 27 to November 2. According to attendees, Scandia keeps some rats caged beneath fog machines, while others are carried by employees who shove them into the faces of screaming patrons. Rats are highly intelligent animals who are extremely sensitive to noise, vibrations, and lighting—and being subjected to the chaos that is commonplace at fright attractions, without means of escape or defense, is pure torture for them. PETA has implored the owners to end their use of rats, but to no apparent avail. We need your help now!

Let Scandia Sports, Inc., know that it’s cruel to use rats as props, and ask the company to stop doing so! Then, please spread this alert far and wide.


WHOM TO CONTACT

Polite comments can be directed to:

• Scott Larson, President
  Scandia Sports, Inc.
  909-390-3092
  scottc@scandiafun.com
• Alex Villalobos, Sales Executive
  Scandia Sports, Inc.
  909-390-3092
  alex@scandiafun.com

SAMPLE LETTER

Dear President Larson and Sales Executive Villalobos,

Your company Scandia — a “family fun” center in Ontario, California — reportedly uses live rats as “props” at its annual haunted house event. According to attendees, Scandia keeps some rats caged beneath fog machines, while others are carried by employees who shove them into the faces of screaming patrons.Please discontinue this practice! Rats are highly intelligent animals who are extremely sensitive to noise, vibrations, and lighting—and being subjected to the chaos that is commonplace at fright attractions, without means of escape or defense, is pure torture for them.

Please practice compassion and cease using live rats in your theme park.

Thank you for your attention to this urgent appeal.

NAME


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live rats are not ours to use
as props,
this callousness and cruelty
has to stop.
how would you like to be
used by people to scare,
scared yourself by human’s
screaming and stares.

Karen Lyons Kalmenson