Citations and Other Problems

Click on any of the circuses or animal exhibitors below to view information about their USDA citations, warnings, fines, animal deaths, dangerous incidents, and other problems. Many of these lists are updated frequently. Be sure to check back often.

Big Cats Suffer in Traveling Acts Exposé
Carden Family
Carson & Barnes Circus
Circo Hermanos Vazquez – Currently animal-free
Circus Hollywood
Circus Pages
Cole Bros. Circus – CLOSED
Culpepper & Merriweather Circus
Franzen Bros. Circus
Garden Bros. Circus (previously known as Piccadilly)
Hawthorn Corporation – CLOSED
Jordan World Circus
Kelly Miller Circus – CLOSED
Lewis & Clark Circus
Liebel Circus – stopped touring after elephant seized by officials in 2017
Mitchel Kalmanson
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus – CLOSED
Royal Hanneford Circus
Shrine circuses
Tarzan Zerbini Circus
UniverSoul Circus

Bears Have Died in This Concrete Pit—Help Young Bears Before It’s Too Late

Urge Three Bears to close the pit and send the bears to an accredited sanctuary where they could get the space and high-quality care that they need and deserve.

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Tell U.S. Soccer Federation That Wild Animals Don’t Belong at Games

Urge J.T. Batson, CEO of the U.S. Soccer Federation, to prohibit the use of wild animals at events the organization’s teams attend.

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Tim cook and Crystal, the monkey from Bad Monkey with a pink x over her on a green and yellow background

Monkey Business Ends Here: Demand That Apple Enact a Ban on Primates Now!

Join PETA in urging the company to enact a ban on primates in all future productions to ensure that no monkeys ever suffer for its movies or TV shows again.

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Take Action for Okha the Elephant Used by Mysterious Circus

Please e-mail the owner of Mysterious Circus, William Jaramillo, and politely ask that the circus end its cruel animal acts and focus on the talents of willing human performers instead.

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