Action
CALLS TO ACTION
Complete the Calls to Action listed below to help animals in Minnesota! ARC will add/edit this list as needed. If you have any questions, please contact Kelsey@animalrightscoalition.com.
CINCH RODEO
Cinch World's Toughest Rodeo is coming back to Minneapolis to exploit animals for "entertainment." This rodeo includes bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, and barrel racing. The horses, bulls, and steer, often suffer broken ribs, backs, and legs, torn tails, punctured lungs, internal organ damage, ripped tendons, torn ligaments, snapped necks, and agonizing deaths. Join us in peacefully protesting outside the Xcel Energy Center on Friday, February 2nd, and Saturday, February 3rd from 6:30-8:00 PM. We'll gather outside at the southwest entrance (the corner of Kellogg Blvd. and W 7th St.).
We're also asking you to do at least TWO challenges from the Call-to-Action options below:
Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/BullridingisBS
Post on social media (X-Twitter, Meta, Instagram, TikTok) about the Cinch World's Toughest Rodeo and tag the Animal Rights Coalition, Cinch Rodeo, and Xcel Energy Center.
Create posters and join us at the protests. Slogan ideas for rodeo signs: Only Bullies Ride Bulls, Stop Bull Riding, Bull Riding is Cruel, or Rodeo Animals are Electrocuted, Tormented, and Terrified.
Tell your local newspaper, TV news station, and radio station about the protests.
KSTP-TV tip page - Submit a news tip.
Star Tribune tip page - Submit a tip, contact a reporter, share an event, etc.
MPR tip page - Submit a news tip to newsroom@mpr.org (651-290-1424)
Pass out ten copies of the Rodeo B.S. Fact Sheet
Leave a Google Review for the Cinch Rodeo and Xcel Energy Center hosting the event:
Search for the business you want to review on Google.
Scroll down to the bottom of the business’s profile page.
Click on the “Write a review” button.
Select a star rating and write your review.
Click on the “Post” button to publish your review.
Contact Xcel Energy Center and encourage them to only host cruelty free events at their venue. Let them know that animals are forced to participate in the rodeo, putting unnecessary stress and harm on the animals. Xcel doesn't need to benefit financially from cruelty to animals and can refuse to host them.
175 W. Kellogg Boulevard, Suite 501
Saint Paul, MN 55102
Administrative Office Phone: 651-265-4800
info@xcelenergycenter.com
SCI WORLD HUNTING EXPO
The MN Safari Club International (SCI) World Hunting Expo will be held at the Minneapolis Marriot Northwest on Saturday, February 24th. SCI will auction off trips to slaughter animals across the world. They claim “to make a positive contribution to wildlife and ecosystems” while referring to hunted animals as “trophies.” Killing is not conservation. This event is a sick excuse to allow people to kill wildlife so they can snap a photo, hang the animal’s head on their wall, or use their skin as a rug. Join us on Saturday, February 24th, from 10:00-12:00 pm outside Minneapolis Marriott Northwest to send a message to SCI and the public that trophy hunting is a cruel and unnecessary “sport” that needs to stop. We’ll gather at the intersection of Northland Dr N and Boone Ave N at the stoplight.
We're also asking you to do at least TWO challenges from the Call-to-Action options below:
Post on social media (X-Twitter, Meta, Instagram, TikTok) about the SCI World Hunting Expo protest and tag the Animal Rights Coalition, SCI, and Minneapolis Marriott Northwest.
Create posters and join us at the protest (we do have posters available too). Slogan ideas for trophy hunting signs: Not Your Trophy, End Trophy Hunting, Hunting is Not Conservation, and Honk Against Trophy Hunting
Tell your local newspaper, TV news station, and radio station about the protest
KSTP-TV tip page - Submit a news tip.
Star Tribune tip page - Submit a tip, contact a reporter, share an event, etc.
MPR tip page - Submit a news tip to newsroom@mpr.org (651-290-1424)
Leave a Yelp and Google Review for the businesses and the venues hosting the events:
Search for the business you want to review on Google.
Scroll down to the bottom of the business’s profile page.
Click on the “Write a review” button.
Select a star rating and write your review.
Click on the “Post” button to publish your review.
Reach out to the Minneapolis Marriott Northwest and share your concerns that a respected establishment would host an event that promotes violence towards animals. Remind them that trophy hunting is a cruel "sport" that needs to stop.
7047 Northland Dr N,
Minneapolis, MN 55428-1506
1 763-536-8300 (Press 0)
OSMAN SHRINE CIRCUS
The St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus continues to promote animal shows that include elephants, camels, bison, and ponies. Animals used in circuses for human entertainment are deprived of anything that might satisfy their complex physical, behavioral, and emotional needs.
Circus animals travel at least 9 months of the year in cramped quarters and in all kinds of weather. When they are not performing, they spend their time chained or in cages. They suffer like this just to provide us with “entertainment.”
Many of the tricks the animals perform are unnatural, physically uncomfortable, and can cause serious injuries. Please choose circuses that do not use animals, like The Pickle Family Circus and Le Cirque de Soleil, or visit vegan sanctuaries.
Join us at any of the following times to stand in solidarity against animal exploitation and cruelty:
Thursday, March 21st, 6:00-7:30 PM
Friday, March 22nd, 1:30-3:00 PM
Friday, March 22nd, 6:30-8:00 PM
Saturday, March 23rd, 9:00-10:30 AM
Saturday, March 23rd, 1:30-3:00 PM
Saturday, March 23rd, 6:30-7:30 PM
Sunday, March 24th, 2:00-3:30 PM
We're also asking you to do at least TWO challenges from the Call-to-Action options below:
Sign the petition: End the Use of Animals at the St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus
Post on social media (X-Twitter, Meta, Instagram, TikTok) about the circus protests, demanding animal free circuses, and tag the Animal Rights Coalition, St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus, and Shriners International.
Create posters and join us at the protests. Slogan suggestions - Honk for Human(e) Circuses Without Animals. Not Born To Perform. Free Betty. Sanctuary for Betty. Stop Clowning Around- Free Betty. Look for the whips and bull hooks. Animals Aren't Objects. Humane Performances = Humans Only. The Circus Hurts Animals. No Fun for the Animals. Elephants Suffer in Circuses. Stop Circus Suffering.
Betty is one of the elephants used at the St. Paul Shrine Circus. The Carden family, who supplies the elephants to the St. Paul Shrine Circus, continues to force Betty to perform despite the fact that she is chronically lame. She does not bend her left front ankle, which is evident when she walks or give rides. Betty also continually drags her trunk along the ground as she walks. It appears that she is using her trunk as a crutch to remain balanced or to hold her upright.
Tell your local newspaper, TV news station, and radio station about the protests.
KSTP-TV tip page - Submit a news tip.
Star Tribune tip page - Submit a tip, contact a reporter, share an event, etc.
MPR tip page - Submit a news tip to newsroom@mpr.org - (651)-290-1424
Leave Yelp and Google reviews for the St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus, and the MN State Fairgrounds hosting the circus:
Review sample 1: “Wow, the St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus is still using animals at their events, and resorting to bull hooks in this day and age. Outdated! Even if these amazing animals were treated well, fed well and cared for it is NOT our place as civilized people to use them for our entertainment & amusement. The Shriners are a terrific organization but they can NOT lay claim to the building of character while they continue this abuse of animals.”
Review Sample 2: “The St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus has exploited animals in their circuses for 100 years. That’s not something to be proud of. Evolve! The only humane circus is one that offers only human feats!”
Reach out the St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus. Share your request that they stop using animal acts at their circus. Let them know that if they are unwilling to evolve, you’ll be peacefully protesting at every animal-abusing circus performance that they put on and work to create a local law prohibiting the exhibition and performance of traveling exotic animals.
St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus
Brad Batdorf
2750 Sibley Memorial Hwy
Eagan, MN 55121
(651) 452-5662
St. Paul Osman Shrine Circus (osmancircus.com)
Contact the MN State Fairgrounds directly and encourage them to only host events at their venue that doesn’t exploit animals. Let them know that animals are forced to participate in the circus, putting unnecessary stress and harm on the animals. The MN State Fair doesn't need to benefit financially from cruelty to animals and can refuse to host them.
Minnesota State Fair
1265 Snelling Avenue North
St. Paul, MN 55108-3003
651-288-4400
Pick up stickers at Ethique Nouveau on February 1, 8th, and/or 10th from 12:00-5:00 pm to share the message and help promote animal-free circuses.