Dear Carleton University Activity Board, 

It has come to our attention that you are hosting Rays Reptile Zoo at Carleton. We are asking you to cancel this event. 

Why:
-Rays reptile zoo pretends it is a sanctuary while using the animals as a traveling circus act. The point of a sanctuary is to free animals of exploitation and to let them live out their lives free. NOT to use the animals for selfies, travel constantly and go to loud events.
-The zoo puts animals in small cages to transport them, this causes high stress on the animals.
-WIld animals are not meant to interact with hundreds of students. It is noisy and the environment is terrifying for them. 
-Carleton supporting this event is saying it supports animal exploitation, animal slavery, and abuse.
-No matter how you mask this event as informative, it is NOT. You may pretend it is to educate students, but there is nothing educational about showing how to abuse an animal. Students lives will continue if they do not have a photo of an Iguana. However, the stress this action takes on the animal WILL leave the animal to a life of agony, exploitation, abuse, and suffering. 

Show our capital and students we are not a school that supports ABUSE. Cancel this event! 

Sincerely, 
The Carleton Animal Defense