My circus friend/student Victoria from Russia. Circuses with performing
animals now have a bad name. Some people advocate a ban of using
animals. Do you agree?
Victoria is a clown with her husband,
When I was a child, the best thing was going to the circus with my
family. For me, it wasn't the animals but the trapeze flying from one
end to the other that attracted me most.
Even at a
young age, I felt that it was
cruel for the
circus ring master in his
coat and tails, to crack his long whip at the big cats. I was worried
and frighten that the cats might jump on the ring master. It wasn't
entertaining when I was was afraid.
The
animals are kept in small cages, and they hardly have space to move
around. So they pace
back and forth. Today, animal psychologists say
that animals are stressed in the confined space. It is animal cruelty
and should be stopped.
We now have modern circus where
there are no animals. The Canadian Cirque du Soleil
tour the world and
are popular everywhere they go.
The Chinese State
Circus is phenomenal, and animal free. They are entertaining,
intelligent. They keep people clapping for two hours.
In
America, there are many circus that are animal free. They wear
wonderful costumes and their acrobatic acts are awesome. Young people
performing in American Youth Circus
Organization should be encouraged
and patronised.
So, is there a need for circuses to have performing animals? I say no, there are plenty of no animal circus to entertain us.
I read this in the New Zealand Herald.
Circus
elephant crushes man
5:00AM Friday
December 28, 2007
A person has died after being crushed by a circus elephant at Yamba on the New South Whales north coast, police said.
The Stardust Circus, with elephants Arna and Gigi among the star
attractions, was due to begin its Yamba performances tonight.
It had been setting up at the Angourie Road Sports Reserve when the accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
"It
appears an elephant in being unloaded in preparation for a circus at
Yamba this afternoon has fallen on a person, believed to be a man," a
police spokeswoman told AAP.
An ambulance spokesman said the person was crushed by the elephant and suffered a fatal
cardiac arrest at the scene.
Early reports suggested the victim was one of the elephant's handlers.
Police said the
industrial workplace accident body
WorkCover had been called in to investigate the incident.
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