PETA Global Issue 3

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TraumaMan – and PETA! – to the Rescue They breathe, they bleed, they die … and then they come back to life. What are they? Amazing human simu ators! PETA has donated more than 100 of these high-tech TraumaMan devices to physician-training programs. The realistic models come complete with lifelike ayers of skin and tissue, ribs, and internal organs. Emergency room doctors can practice advanced lifesaving surgical procedures, repeatedly cutting into a simu ator’s chest, throat, and abdomen – and preventing thousands of live dogs, goats, pigs, and sheep from being muti ated each year. The program has benefited doctors – and animals – from Bang adesh and Bolivia to Iran and Indonesia.

Londoners got food for thought when giant “farm animals” rode the trains to tell people that going vegan is the ticket to compassion. Their Tube ride aunched the roll-out of PETA UK’s pro-vegan ad series in 25 different stations across the London Underground network. Get on board by ordering your free vegan starter kit at PETA.org/VSK . Why Did the Chicken Ride the Tube?

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USA

PETA Pulls Hurricane Victims From Floodwaters After Hurricane Harvey hit, a PETA rescue team rushed to the devastated

Animal Circuses Are Falling Like Dominos The world’s largest animal circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, went out of business this year. Cole Bros. also went dark. Carson & Barnes suspended its summer tour. Circus Vargas hasn't used animals for years, and Ramos Bros. Circus recently ended wild-animal acts. Places all over the US have refused to allow Garden Bros. circus to performwith wild animals after hearing from PETA. PETA Germany’s campaign against wild-animal circuses resulted in a ban in 80 cities, and Circus Roncalli, one of Germany’s biggest, is going animal-free. Pamela Anderson is lending high-profile support to the campaign against animal circuses in France and the UK. Thanks to PETA India and other groups that have exposed cruelty, several Indian circuses – including Moonlight, New SAM, Gemini, Jamuna, and Rajkamal – have had their permits revoked or been forced to relinquish their animals to sanctuaries.

Gulf Coast. Wading through floodwaters, they pulled cats, dogs, and even a stranded armadillo from homes, porches, yards, and car tops. They found a kitten clinging to a patio umbrel a, a dog floating on a mattress, and chickens trapped in a flooded coop. When the team returned to PETA’s headquarters in Virginia, 67 homeless dogs and cats came back with them – all from shelters trying to make room for incoming victims. The team members barely had a chance to catch their breath before heading to Puerto Rico to help animals affected by Hurricane Maria.

Take Action Now More than a dozen countries – including Bolivia, Greece, Mexico, and Slovenia – have banned wild-animal circuses, and earlier this year,

Scotland introduced legislation outlawing them. UK Prime Minister Theresa May, on the other hand, has ignored appeals from The Real Housewives of Miami star Joanna Krupa and others on PETA UK's behalf to ban animal circuses – although 94% of Britons want such a law. Please e-mail her at mayt@parliament.uk and ask that she take action to protect animals from being exploited for entertainment.

Take Action Now Support PETA’s disaster relief efforts by visiting PETA.org/Donate .

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