'Black Magic' hitmakers Little Mix have posed for PETA's new campaign to get animals out of circuses. 

The beauties wore chains for the organisation's striking new advert, which is aiming to ban animals from being used as entertainment in circus productions around the country, and it reads: "Shackled, Beaten and Depressed. Get Wild Animals Out of the Circus!"

Songstress Leigh-Anne Pinnock explained that she and the other Little Mix girls wanted to get involved because they are all big lovers of animals: "We were shocked to learn that wild animals are still suffering in circuses. Animals don't jump through rings of fire for fun - they do so out of fear, and it's time to ban this so-called form of entertainment once and for all."

"There's no reason why animals should still be suffering in circuses, and we hope that by posing for this ad, we'll be doing our bit to help ban the use of wild animals in circuses. We hope, too, that our fans will join us in supporting PETA's campaign to end this cruelty."

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