Ringling Brothers Circus is not welcome in Rochester, NY

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   Name: Joette Hartman on Mar 30, 2006

   Comments: The animals perform because they are afraid not to. Baby elephants are ripped from their mothers at a very young age and their spirit is broken immediately to prepare them for a LONG life of agony. The fact is, animals do not naturally ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls, or jump through rings of fire. To force them to perform these confusing and physically uncomfortable tricks, trainers use whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks, and other painful tools of the trade.

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   Name: Heidi Nickisher on Mar 31, 2006

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   Name: Jane Balcerek on Mar 31, 2006

   Comments: Horrid.

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   Name: Anonymous on Mar 31, 2006

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   Name: Anonymous on Mar 31, 2006

   Comments: The circus and its treatment of animals is repulsive. People can choose to live that kind of life, but you should NOT force it upon animals. It is absolutely abhorrent!!

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   Name: Ryan Merkley on Mar 31, 2006

   Comments: The abuse of Ringling Bros. has been invited to Rochester for too long. It is time to revoke its invitation.

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   Name: Adrienne McHargue on Mar 31, 2006

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   Name: Wendy on Mar 31, 2006

   Comments: how is this entertainment It's sickening.

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   Name: Ronette Caccamise on Mar 31, 2006

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    Name: Anonymous on Mar 31, 2006

    Comments: Circuses can treat animals better, why doesn't it happen Imagine yourself in the animal's position. Not much of a life, huh

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    Name: Cassandra Merritt on Mar 31, 2006

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    Name: Anonymous on Mar 31, 2006

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    Name: Anonymous on Mar 31, 2006

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    Name: Julie Rothman on Mar 31, 2006

    Comments: Please see the Ringling Bros. footage and factsheets at www.circuses.com . I'm very disturbed that the Blue Cross Arena is hosting Ringling Bros. and hope you will choose to host animal-free circuses instead.

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    Name: Ralph Casperson on Mar 31, 2006

    Comments: In the Roman Circus, either the performers or animals were killed as part of the "entertainment". Today, the performers survive the perfomances quite well but the animals still suffer. In 2500 years the one constant is the fact that the circus reflects the morality of the audiences it entertains and reflects the human spirit. Think before you buy a ticket.

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    Name: Nancy Hussong on Mar 31, 2006

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    Name: Donna M. on Mar 31, 2006

    Comments: I for one will never again give money to the Ringling Brothers. Their treatment of animals is heartbreaking, and I will continue to spread the word. Please consider this the next time you make a decision on their possible return to Rochester.

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    Name: Alice Sposato on Apr 1, 2006

    Comments: animals should be protected

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    Name: Lisa Major on Apr 1, 2006

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    Name: Neth Chanthavisouk on Apr 2, 2006

    Comments: Cruelty to animals can not be disguised as entertainment.

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    Name: Diane DiGravio on Apr 2, 2006

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    Name: Ken McBride on Apr 2, 2006

    Comments: It is time for Rochester to invite more circuses which do not focus on what animals will do to avoid pain!

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 2, 2006

    Comments: Animals are like human.

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 2, 2006

    Comments: I am fed up with going down to the Blue Cross Arena every year to protest an event which shouldn't be allowed in this day and age It is 2006. Animals in circusesd should be a thing of the past. Let humans do all those stupid tricks!

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    Name: Lois Baum on Apr 2, 2006

    Comments: Ban animal entertainment in Rochester NY. Animals are NOT ours to exploit for entertainment, or any other purpose. Citations documented for circus' animal abuse, behind the scenes, found at: www.circuses.com. SUPPORT CIRCUSES WTIHOUT ANIMALS.

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    Name: Jeffery L. Termini on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Animals in entertainment is out dated and ought to be abolished. Promotors need to realize we are now living in the 21 century. We teach out children its wrong to abuse animals. The circus is one of the biggest venues of institutionalized cruelty. It must be stopped! Any circus could do very well at the box office without the use of animals. There are many circuses that have already made the change. Ringling Bros. needs to get with the times. GO ANIMAL FREE!

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    Name: Leslie Charles on Apr 3, 2006

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    Name: Paul Brule on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Please free all circus animals

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    Name: Mary Anne McQuay on Apr 3, 2006

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    Name: Sherry Vaccarelli on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: The Circus is a disgrace and teaching young children the wrong way to treat animals.

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    Name: Anonymous on Apr 3, 2006

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    Name: Jon Balcerek on Apr 3, 2006

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    Name: John Mark Smeenk on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Animals are not in this world for our entertainment. They are our neighbors. Please stop forcing animals to performs for humans.

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    Name: Kathryn B. Caldwell on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Animal rights advocates are invited to protest the circus. We protest one hour before each performance. We have all the materials and signs you need.

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    Name: Carla on Apr 3, 2006

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    Name: Frances Fazzino on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Circuses are cruel, inhumane and outdated/

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    Name: Nicole Matthews on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Blue Cross Arena should realize that the public is becoming aware of how abused animals in circuses are. I hope in the future they will choose acts with human perfomers only.

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    Name: Shawn DeLeo on Apr 3, 2006

    Comments: Bring animal-free circuses instead!

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    Name: Carol on Apr 4, 2006

    Comments: How sad this circus with its record of abuse and maltreatment is permitted, even encouraged year after year to take place in our community. Please bring animal- free circuses in stead.

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    Name: Laura Braggiotti on Apr 4, 2006

    Comments: I find this circus as well as any circus' and/or zoos horrible. To enslave and humiliate animals for the sake of "educating or entertaining" humans is dispicable.

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    Name: Maureen Stokoe on Apr 5, 2006

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    Name: Angela Banaszak on Apr 5, 2006

    Comments: please let the animals live in peace

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    Name: Rachel Abbott on Apr 6, 2006

    Comments: These are amazing creatures who are not meant to be doing tricks for human enjoyment! if you want to see them in their full glory, study them in their natural environments!!!!

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    Name: Debi Q on Apr 11, 2006

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    Name: Anonymous on May 1, 2006

    Comments: Ringling Bros. has a documented history of abuse towards "its" animals. If the children who attend the circus knew the cruel training methods that Ringling uses, they would be extremely upset.

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    Name: Sherry Danzig on May 3, 2006

    Comments: We do not want Animal Abuse in Rochester or anywhere else!

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    Name: Marty Bowman on May 6, 2006

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    Name: Erwin Forster on May 8, 2006

    Comments: Using animals for entertaiment is so old school. The treatment of most animals is barbaric and the circus teaches our children the wrong way to treat animals. Watching human circus acts like Cirque Du Soleil is much more entertaining.

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    Name: Martha Bowman on May 10, 2006

    Comments: Elephants, tigers and bears should NOT be held captive and forced to perform unnatural acts for entertainment. What is FUN about watching THIS !!! PEOPLE ARE SICK. Anyone who does not believe this , READ BARNUM AND BAILEY' statistics on the Circus website.

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    Name: Julie Eyrich on May 11, 2006

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