DUmmies Discuss Circus Animals

[GOBUCKS]

You can imagine the reaction at the DUmp to the news that an obscure third-world country, Bolivia, has outlawed circus animals. I've been to La Paz, and can assure you that no circus animal lives under worse conditions than much of the population of that dismal city. The same holds true for every city in Central and South America I've seen. But DUmpmonkeys feel a special kinship with circus animals, since they spend much of their time performing for us, howling and grunting at each other, jumping up and down and flapping their arms wildly.

kpete  (1000+ posts)        Sat Aug-01-09 06:15 PM
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Bolivia bans all circus animals- • Law defines use of animals in circus an act of cruelty 
 
• Law defines use of animals in circus an act of cruelty
• 'Groundbreaking' move follows undercover inquiry

Bolivia has enacted what animal rights activists are calling the world's first ban on all animals in circuses.

A handful of other countries have banned the use of wild animals in circuses, but the Bolivian ban includes domestic animals as well.

The law, which states that the use of animals in circuses "constitutes an act of cruelty", took effect on 1 July with operators given a year to comply, according to the bill's sponsor, Ximena Flores.

The law was proposed after an undercover investigation by the nonprofit-making London-based group Animal Defenders International (ADI) found widespread abuse in circuses operating in Bolivia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6200006
I don't much care one way or the other on circus animals, but without them it simply won't be a circus. Can't imagine the critters in a big outfit like Ringling Bros. are mistreated. Little halfassed travelling sideshows may be different. They better let them keep the midgets, though!

Texasgal  (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-01-09 06:17 PM
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1. Good for them! 
Circus's are a disgusting display of animal cruelty! 

DUmmy Texasgal wants Texas schoolteachers to be paid more, including the ones who taught her that plurals demand an apostrophe.

Mrs. Overall  (1000+ posts)      Sat Aug-01-09 06:43 PM
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6. This is good news. Animals forced to perform in circuses is absolutely heartbreaking.

DUmmy Mrs. Overall has a really fragile heart. I love watching the elephants parade in with each one holding the tail of the one ahead. And those little yappy dogs running zigzags. Do you think DUmmy Mrs. Overall has ever been to a circus? The only thing heartbreaking about a circus is the price of the soft drinks, and those damn whirly red flashlights that the kids cry for until you buy them.

[JohnnyReb]

I hope that law doesn't ever apply to the animals in the circus we know as the DUmp.

[Chris_]

I hope that law doesn't ever apply to the animals in the circus we know as the DUmp.

Skins Island is it's own special little protected "game" preserve.

[AprilRazz]

The animals at Ringling Bros. live a better life than most humans. Most working animals do.
The bulls and bucking horses at the rodeo work a whopping 8 seconds and have a life of leisure the rest of the time. Race horses in the top levels race until about 4 or 5 years and are retired to the breeding shed to a life that most of you would kill for.
In the days of the horse drawn fire department many a farmer found out the hard way that they were plowing with a retired fire horse. They loved their jobs so much that when the siren went off the horse would race towards the fire plow and all.
What 99.9999% of the primitives and their ilk fail to grasp is that it does no good to abuse a working animal. The better the animal is treated the better it will perform or produce.