This past weekend, attendees at the Murat Shrine Circus in Indianapolis were confronted with a troubling spectacle: elephants forced to perform under the threat of bullhooks, sharp, steel-tipped weapons designed to inflict pain and assert dominance. Despite a city ordinance explicitly banning such devices, handlers from the Oklahoma-based Carson & Barnes Circus used them openly, drawing swift condemnation and calls for action. 💔🐘 Upon witnessing this apparent violation, Humane World for Animal

We joined the Texas Rose Festival Parade to call on the Sharon Shrine Circus to go animal-free! Every ticket sold funds the abuse of frightened animals who face daily violence 🐘💔 | PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

19K views · 159 reactions | Circus loading... ⏳ Look who's back and getting ready for the circus! It's Pokey! See him and all the funsters in one month at the 90th Hadi Shrine Circus! | Hadi Shrine Circus | Evansville, Indiana | Facebook

BREAKING: After PETA supporters crashed the Yaarab Shrine Circus Appreciation Party to protest their cruel use of animals, Shriners blocked their cars from leaving the venue! | PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

5.7K views · 125 reactions | WATCH: The next time the Shrine Circus arrives in communities around Saskatchewan, there will be no elephants or other exotic animals under the big top. The show will go on, but mainly with human performers and horses. | Global Regina | Facebook

We’re in Georgia with a massive message for Yaarab Shrine Circus 📣 Animals don’t want to be forced to perform demeaning tricks—leave the circus acts to consenting humans! | PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)