Circus Activity Book

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Help Ele Leave the Circus MazeElephants dont want to be afraid and lonely in the circus. They desperately want to live withtheir friends and family in their natural habitat. Help Ele leave the circus behind and rejoinher family!

Circus Chains: Color in the ElephantElephants in the circus are forced to spend most of their time in chains. Choose colors torepresent the sad elephant.

Life in the Circus Word FindIn the wild, social animals l ike elephants live with their families and spend most of their timetogether. They always watch out for each other. In the circus, they never get to decide whatto do or where to go.

Connect the Dots: Horsin AroundFind out who is trying to hide from a cruel circus trainer by connecting the dots.

Quick Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Animals in the Circus?

Do tigers jump through hoops in the forest?

Are You as Smart as an Elephant?Elephants are some of the most intelligent animals in the world! Test your math skills withour color-by-numbers activity.

An Elephants Life ComicFollow along as Daisy is captured, put into the circus, and then rescued! Learn how you canhelp other elephants have a happy ending.

Circuses Hurt Animals Crossword PuzzleAnimals in the circus dont get to think about anything but how scared and lonely they are.Put your thinking cap on, and use the information in this booklet to figure out the answersto this crossword puzzle.

Animal-Friendly Reading ListLearn more about tigers, elephants, and other animals by reading these fun andinformative books.

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Color in the elephant with sad colors.


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In the wild, tiger cubs stay with their mothers for three years. In the circus, they are taken away from their mothers when they are still babies.

Tigers are meant to roam for miles every day.In the circus, they live in cramped cages.

Zebras are shy animals who avoid people, but in the circus, they have to perform in front of loud and scary crowds.

Camels like to walk around and explore, but circuses like Ringling keep them in small pens

and trucks.

Horses live in family herds and like to graze and run in fields. Circus life means spending most

of their time in boxcars or trailers andarena basements.


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1. One thing that a tiger l ikes to do is:

a. jump through a flaming hoop.

b. cool off in a mountain stream.

c. dance on his or her hind legs.

2. Lions have very strong legs so that they: a. can run quickly over long distances when hunting for food.

b. can jump high enough to get through a circus hoop.

c. wont get tired while walking from their enclosure to the big top.

3. One of a zebras favorite activities is to:

a. run around in a circle while being threatened by a guy holding a whip.

b. sleep standing up.

c. be hauled from town to town in a trailer.

4. An elephants trunk is important because it:

a. helps him or her balance on a ball.

b. gives the person riding the elephant something to hang on to.

c. can reach up into trees to collect leaves and fruit to eat.

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Test your math skills and color by number. Color each section based on thepercentage and decimal that the fraction equals.

50% or 0.5 = Gray 25% or 0.25 = Brown 100% or 1.0 = Green


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elephants are the largest land animalson earth. they have the largest brainsof any land mammal.

elephants talk to each other.researchers have discovered70 different types of calls thatelephants use to communicate witheach other.

elephants trunks arestrong enough to pickup trees but sensitiveenough to pick aflower.

elephants use sticksas tools to sweeppaths, to scratchthemselves, to swatflies, and to draw inthe dirt.

elephants are goodswimmers and use theirtrunks like snorkels.

elephants use plants and mineralsto keep themselves healthy. someuse their tusks to mine minerals incaves to supplement their diets.

elephants live together in familygroups. they help each other whentheyre in trouble. they join togetherto care for and rescue their young.


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what agreat

circus!

thats my aunton the trapeze!

wow! look at thestrong man!

but where are allthe animals!?

this circus doesnt useanimals, leo.

but i like animals!

if you really likedanimals, you wouldnt

want to see them kept incages and unhappy.

the circus is over ...lets go see my aunt!

hi, aunt athena! these are my friends,tricia and leo!

hi, ann! im glad you cameto the circus!

you were flyingon thattrapeze!

how did you like the circus?

it was great ... but ireally wanted to see an

elephant!


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i like elephants, too! but theydont belong in circuses!

do you kids want to go seesomething really exciting!?

YEAH!

where are wegoing?

to see an oldfriend!

why are you so interested in

elephants, leo?

elephants are awesome!theyre the biggest land

animals on earth!

all wild elephants live in africa

and asia!

elephants live in famly groups called herds. a herd usually has severalfemale elephants, their young adult daughters, and their babies. the oldestand OFTEN largest female elephant is the leader of the family. adult maleelephants live apart from the herd most of the time.

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the baby elephants arecared for by their mothers.aunts, cousins, and sisters

also help take care ofthe babies.

baby elephants spend much of theirtime walking, playing, and drinking

their mothers milk.

elephants care for sick or injured

family members. when elephants die,their families moan, cry, and burythem under branches, grass,

and earth.

did you know that elephants can talkto each other?

elephants talk with trumpets, squeaks, and rumbles. mothersquietly hum and sing to their babies to keep them happy.

elephants can talk over longdistances with rumblings thehuman ear cant even hear!


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lets take a break-i brought a snack!

alexander, how do you know so muchabout elephants?

we used to work in a circus thatused elephants. it made me want to

learn more about them.

we even became friends withone elephant.

her name was daisy. heresher picture!

we learned that daisy was intelligentand sensitive. we started visiting her

between performances.

then, one day ...

come on, you dumb beast!get going!

stop that! whatare you doing!?

we got a show to put on! i gottamake her move!

take it easy! that bullhookhurts her! ill be watching you!

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we decided to learn more about daisyand how she got to the circus.

tell us, aunt athena!

i always wonderedwhere circus

elephants came from.

daisys story is the sameas those of MANY captiveelephants! she started

life with her happy familyin the wild.

she played with her

brothers and sisters asshe explored her world.

but her peaceful life wouldsoon be changed forever ...

men invaded the elephants home. they were paid to capture babyelephants to sell to circuses.


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daisy would never seeher family again.

what happenedto her?

baby elephants are chained andsometimes beaten every day to breaktheir spirits ...

daisys legs were chained so she couldnt move. sometimes

elephants are chained tightly around their necks so they cant evenmove their heads. often they are chained for long periods to makethem obey.

elephants are trained or punishedwith sharp pointed hooks or whips.these giant creatures have sensitive

skin and feel great pain fromthis treatment.

an elephantslife in the circus isvery different from

life in the wild.


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elephants walk up to 30 miles a dayand may have up to 140 square milesof territory.

Elephants are chained in place andkept in small enclosures.

elephants use leaves and mud to keeptheir bodies cool and prevent sunburn.

elephants are often chained in thesun or on hot train cars for longperiods of time.

elephants eat a variety of fresh grasses,leaves, fruit, bark, and water plants.

elephants are usually only fed driedhay and grains.

female elephants stay with their familiesall their lives. male elephants stay withtheir families for 10 to 15 years.

elephants are separated from theirfamilies when theyre very young.

elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild.with such unnatural treatment, captive elephantsusually live only about half that long.


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all elephants in circuses have a hardlife in captivity ... and daisy was

no different.

we realized that the circus usedanimals only to make money. they

didnt care if the animals were happy.

we heard about a new circus thatdidnt use animals.

we decided to join it andstop helping the circus that

hurt animals.

i thought a circus needed animals!

after what i just heard, im glad youdont use animals in your circus.

yeah! besides, im amazed whatpeople can do! you guys

were awesome!

are you guys readyto hike?

sure,lets go!

where arewe going?

to see ourold friend!


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are there other circuses thatdont use animals?

yes, and more circuses arelearning they dont need animalsto entertain people.

in fact, some towns have bannedcircuses with captive animals

because they are dangerous topeople. sometimes elephants

crack under stress, try to runaway ... and are shot!

whatever happened to daisy?

our old circus was fined formistreating its animals. they

decided to sell daisy.

everybody who knew and liked

daisy gave money to help usrescue her. we also got fundsfrom an association thathelps captive elephants.

the day finally came when daisy wasto be rescued. she seemed to sense

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it felt great to break daisyschains.

we can all help break thechains of other elephants in

circuses, too!

how can we help!?

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Dont go to circuses that usecaptive animals! If people stoppedpaying to see elephants, circuses

would stop using them.

speak up for elephants!! tell yourfamily and friends why animal-free

circuses are better!

ask your parents to

tell local officialsthey dont want circuseswith captive animals!

find out how you can

help protect animals.contact organizationsthat care for and help

protect animals.

if everybody helps, we can breakthe chains of captive animals

in circuses.

so, whatever became of daisy?

remember that old friend i toldyou we were going to see?


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there she is!

hello, daisy!

wow!

Daisy is lucky! she lives in anelephant sanctuary, where

she can roam free.

most captive elephants neverget their freedom!

its best to let wild elephantsstay wild!

We need to let circuses knowthat we dont want animals heldcaptive for our entertainment!

good-bye, daisy!

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