Tonight’s protest: Animal rights activists to rally against Shrine circus

When Jason Miller started Bite Club of KC, the group’s focus was squarely on saving the deer in Shawnee Mission Park. But the Lenexa resident is making good on his promise that the organization will target other forms of animal cruelty manifesting in Kansas City.
 

Last month, a band of demonstrators gathered near the University of Kansas Medical Center to highlight the use of monkeys in brain-function experiments. Tonight their target is the Ararat Shrine Circus.

According to Bite Club:

Shrine Circuses have been notorious for their unmerciful cruelty to elephants, lions, and other forced circus performers. Not only are the circus animals at constant risk of injury and death, but so are those attending the show. Remember, elephants and tigers are wild animals, who have been stolen from their natural environment and placed into a very scary situation.

The protesters are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. at the main entrance of Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City.