Two elephants enjoying their lives at the PAWS animal sanctuary. Photo from PAWS website.

I’ve ranted about the circus a little on this blog here and here. If you don’t believe me, all you have to do is Google the terms “Ringling Bros.” and “abuse” to see for yourself.  I just learned that Ringling Bros. is coming to California at the end of this month and will be in my area in August. If any local peeps happen to find my blog, please seriously reconsider taking your family to the circus. Save yourself the money and visit an animal sanctuary instead. Or if that money is burning a hole in your pocket, consider donating the amount that your circus tickets would cost to an organization that rescues animals from the horrendous, horrible abuse that is the circus:

PAWS:  Located in Galt (just south of Sacramento), Performing Animal Welfare Society or PAWS is dedicated to the protection of performing animals, to providing sanctuary to abused, abandoned and retired captive wildlife, to enforcing the best standards of care for all captive wildlife, to the preservation of wild species and their habitat and to promoting public education about captive wildlife issues.