The "Manchester by the Sea" star, who is up for a Best Actor honour at the Oscars, has teamed up with PETA officials for a new video calling on families to avoid circuses that use live animals, reported People magazine.
In the video, Affleck said that tigers and other big cats used for entertainment are confined to tiny barren cages and whipped to perform tricks.
"I choose to work in the entertainment industry, but animals in circuses and other travelling shows are never given a choice," he said.
Affleck has joined a growing list of celebrities, including Olivia Munn, Jason Biggs, Edie Falco, and Anjelica Huston, who have teamed up with PETA to speak out against circuses that use and abuse animals.
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