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U.S. National Guard, BAN kangaroo boxing acts

To: Lieutenant General William E. Ingram Jr., Director of the Army National Guard

We ask that the U.S. government and U.S. national guard  ban all  National guard units from sponsoring the Stardust aka Star family circus. The circus features a kangaroo boxing act. By sponsoring these events the National Guard, a form of the U.S. military is endorsing animal cruelty.

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We ask that the U.S. government and U.S. national guard  ban all  National guard units from sponsoring the Stardust aka Star family circus. The circus features a kangaroo boxing act. By sponsoring these events the National Guard, a form of the U.S. military is endorsing animal cruelty.

 Forcing kangaroos to box with humans is stressful to the naturally gentle animals, kangaroos kept for such events have contracted illnesses and died, and that fighting animals is forbidden under Mississippi law, as is hosting such a fight.

Since 2005, Star Family Circus has been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for nearly two dozen Animal Welfare Act violations involving kangaroos, including failing to provide a kangaroo with adequate veterinary care and failing to house a kangaroo in a structurally sound facility that protects the animal from injury. Two kangaroos used by a different exhibitor for cruel boxing matches have died while touring one kangaroo from complications of a deadly bacterial disease called "lumpy jaw," which can result from extreme crowding, poor hygiene and diet, and stressful conditions.


This petition closed on April 5, 2013.

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This IS animal abuse and the national guard is endorsing it. This is not a good image for the national guard. Many of these events have been shutdown in several states. All sponsored by National Guard units. This circus recently lied about shutting down in Connersville Indiana. Is animal abuse and lying something the National Guard wants to be affiliated with?  Too many men and women have selflessly served in the National Guard to have the Guard tarnished by The Stardust circus. We the citizens of the United States and citizens of the world urge you to do the right thing, ban all national guard units from hosting the Stardust Circus.

 Thank you very much for your help.

  Sincerely,

  Livja Sorenson C.O.P.E. Carers of planet earth


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My goodness I simply cannot believe such low life barbarity! Are these people of sound mind or just stupid rednecks who are completely stupid and ignorant? I am at an absolute loss to believe that people use such so called spectacles just to make money....... The US psyche to injure and their collective bloodlust astounds me. Definitely a breakdown in society and loss of personal and a national respect.

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Melanie Pate

I agree this is VERY barberic. But for you to lump all US americans into a single group is also a STUPID thing to do. I rescue animals. I've rescued to the point where the rescues were eating, but I was not. So don't assume were all alike, cause were not. I think these people, the ones fighting and the ones watching, should be taken out back and shot in the damn head. ALL Animals deserve the right to live in peace.

Kahala Lei Azuma Maui

Svea Forsberg America is responsible for 86% of the entire earth destruction. I also come from a military family, and will tell you this: people choose to enter the military for many reasons, usually not the wrong ones. But what you have to understand that what the military itself breeds, they are trained for destruction and often don't make it in the military is they cannot destroy. It doesn't make your father a bad man for being in there, it makes the behavior sought by the military itself, very negative. If they are for peace and protection, America would not have been involved in wars/covert ops for 209 years of the 235 years this country has existed. That's a sad track record, and let that not reflect upon the common people, rather in the powers that be who choose to run a country with such poor fashions.

Mais où va-t-on? Le bateau prend l'eau de toutes parts. Les scandales se succèdent, Findus et consorts qui trompent les consommateurs crédules sous couvert de grande marque et nous font manger de la viande de chevaux qui remplace le soit-disant boeuf français pure souche!
Les exterminations et maltraitances d'animaux par profits et cruauté gratuite! Quelle honte!

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R-One Ruellou

et puis Jeanne-Marie tu crois vraiment que dans les produits FINDUS il y a eut un jour du pure boeuf français? Tu es crédule également,même s'il y a eut du boeuf un jour,pas persuadé qu'il était purement français!

Jeanne-Marie Beuzard

Je suis et ai toujours été naïve oui et peut-être tant mieux pour moi !!!!

Ashamed to be American / human... every land is guilty of cruelty, but some issues are just crazy and so small minded.... all for so called "pleasure & fun " madness.

Ruby Matthews

Shocking! I don't see the share?

John Hughes

Ruby, hi, right, I can't ind a share either ... but can follow through. best wishes jx

Cruelty to animals,shound onley be justified by an equal punishment.

Tim Okane

horrible

This is cruel. It has to stop sometime and why not now. Why are the US National Guard doing this instead of protecting the country. Disgusting to see where our tax dollars go. Shame on them and shame on our government for not putting a stop to this.

Are you people kiddin me? This is our vaunted military? Grow Up and get a brain, you idiots! Inflict your anger where it belongs, you have no RIGHT to hurt any animal but yourselves!

Kangaroos are one of the all-time magnificent quirky masterpieces of creation. Here in Australia we have many opportunities to pet and feed our unique iconic marsupial if they have been 'tamed' and become used to peaceful human co-existence. When we killed them with boomerangs it was for food. Children naturally adore them. I can't think of a kid who wouldn't be pretty upset if they saw their hero of a Daddy punching one in its dear little face.

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