• The Environmental Club At Daniel Hand High School Is Planning a Boycott of the Guilford Fair

• Their Reason: The use of animals, and animal cruelty at the Guilford Fair

• Leader of the Club Chris Pagliuco was not a fan of Hawthorn Corps. use of caged, domesticated, rehabilitated, and exotic animals

• The boycott will use a petition. The petition will hope to discontinue Hawthorn Corp. at future Guilford Fairs

(Guilford Fairgrounds)

• Fair Organizer Harvey Smith said he plans to book Hawthorn Corp. for Guilford’s Fair next year

(Guilford Town Hall)

• Harvey Smith, former marine biologist and Yale graduate said the animals were given the best possible care.

• Smith said the USDA signs off on the animals used, and signs off on the use of caged animals.

• EX: The Bronx Zoo

• Smith said cats in particular don’t need to move around a lot. He cited the term “catnapping”

• “Catnapping”: Cats sit around all day, kill/eat their prey, and then sleep and/or sit around some more.

• Pagliuco said the animals used looked “mangy”. He said there were several tigers to a cage

• Pagliuco said the tigers were pacing back & forth and looked angry.

• He said the clothing of the animal trainer was leather. They used whips, and communicated messages of domination

• According to PETA, Hawthorn Corp. has a 20-year history of being fined by the USDA.

• They’ve been fined nearly $300,000

• Pagliuco plans to cite Hawthorn’s legal troubles in his petition

(Daniel Hand High School in Madison)

• All parties said previous years only used acrobats

• Pagliuco said he thinks the fair wants to make more money by using circus animals

• Neighboring towns don’t use Hawthorn Corp., circus animals, or charge money to attend

• Like East Haven’s Fall Festival…

• Branford’s Summer Festival…

• Or Clinton’s Blue Fish Festival…