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Originally posted by eman
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/263864.stm
I'm sure there are many people who, as children, enjoyed watching animals perform, but are now totally supportive of animal-free circuses. I know I am. Some of the training methods were crude and cruel.
There are many other areas where animals are abused for peoples' entertainment. Dancing bears, for example.
Call it political correctness if you like. To my mind it's more a case of giving respect where respect is due.
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Bollocks.
Ab...so...lute bollocks!
Agreed, animals may have had a a raw deal in the past, I'm sure many grisly horror stories abound.
Tightening legislative controls, ensuring animals are not being mis-treated, this is the way to deal with the tradition of something like a circus.
You don't just remove the animals from a circus. You make sure controls are in place to ensure their safety and happiness.
It's like closing down the porn industry because of child porn. You stop people committing child porn, you dont remove all the legal-age, professional, "well-treated" models.
Again...booooo....larks....