Animal crackers' animals "freed" as boxes get new look August 21, 2018 / 1:26 PM EDT / AP After more than a century behind bars, the beasts on boxes of animal crackers are roaming free.

Animal crackers, long depicted behind bars in iconic packaging that resembled circus boxcars, are going cage-free. Bowing to pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals — and ...

After 116 Years, Animal Crackers Have Been Freed From Their Circus Cages A new redesign of the iconic treats shows animals walking across a savanna. ... The crackers’ new look was spurred by PETA.

Barnum's animal crackers new box design features its animals no longer inside a circus boxcar. (Photo: Trent Musho) However after major pushback from the People for the Ethical Treatment of ...