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PETA stages circus protest at Hempstead school

Circuses and animal rights groups have long clashed, but now a local battle has emerged for the hearts and minds of children.

Last week, protesters from PETA showed up at a Hempstead elementary school, unannounced and uninvited, to try to convince youngsters leaving at day's end that circuses mistreat their animals. The protesters handed out coloring books with stickers that read, "Circuses...

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