SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – A small but passionate group of animal rights activists stood outside the Sarasota County Fairgrounds where the Loomis Bros. Circus performed over the weekend.
The protesters held signs along Fruitville Road, urging people not to support Loomis Bros., one of a handful of circuses that still use animals in their shows.
Activist Traci Lipton told ABC7 that the Loomis Bros. has had a checkered past concerning their animals. “They’ve been cited by the USDA numerous times for actual animal cruelty,” she said, “they’ve had starving zebras, they had ponies living in really bad conditions.”…