• AMANDA CALLAHAN
• UPDATED SEP 18, 2021 | POSTED ON SEP 18, 2021
•  https://www.westernmassnews.com/news/animal-rights-advocates-protest-outside-big-e/article_cec92bc8-18e5-11ec-ac05-db0ceb38ecae.html

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Western Mass Animal Rights Advocates is organized by Agawam resident Sheryl Becker.

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Now to West Springfield, where local animal rights advocates came together to protest the use of animals in entertainment at the Big E.

Western Mass Animal Rights Advocates is organized by Agawam resident Sheryl Becker, who said they are working to educate people about what they call the cruel and inhumane treatment of animals in fairs.

“The lifestyle of these animals is incredibly cruel. They’re living in trailers when they’re not at events, they’re not given the proper healthcare that they need, they’re not able to move and interact with each other, they’re kept in tiny cramped confined quarters some spend the majority of their whole lives. In all elements out here, some of them are from tropical climates,” Becker said.

Western Mass News reached out to the Big E, but we have not heard back in time for this newscast.