FUN OR CRUEL? Part 2: Activist says traveling circuses have roots in cruelty, neglect

This isn’t the first time BEATCA leader Karen Melillo has organized a circus protest. In September, she rallied other like-minded activists to protest the Jordan World Circus at the Verde Valley Fairgrounds. Melillo calls traveling circuses troubling and cruel to the animals involved. VVN/Vyto Starinskas

This isn’t the first time BEATCA leader Karen Melillo has organized a circus protest. In September, she rallied other like-minded activists to protest the Jordan World Circus at the Verde Valley Fairgrounds. Melillo calls traveling circuses troubling and cruel to the animals involved. VVN/Vyto Starinskas

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