Its disgusting animal act circuses are still going in the UK. Thanks for all you UK campaign groups are doing to get rid of them, you have our full support here at Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in Ireland.
With all due respect to pspbricker but your comments are lame. The only right treatment for wild animals is for them to remain in the wild and failing that, as close to possible. They do not belong in circuses or zoos. Abuse continues in circuses even with regulations in place. The UK can pride itself on taking the lead in many animal welfare issues and maybe other countries will then follow our lead. Lead not follow. One can hope.
@bellhops08 Respectfully - I partially disagree. Yes, animals belong in the wild. However, the bigger problem is keeping enough of the planet "wild". The call to ban animals in circuses is a kneejerk reaction to a video of an elephant being abused by a uneducated idiot. If regulation were in place, he would not have been allowed to go near the animal. There is no option to free these animals to the wild, no country would ever sanction that. There are sad cases of animals "liberated" into (cont)
@bellhops08 (cont) sanctuaries in Africa, only for them to be slaughtered by poachers days after being released into the sanctuary. AR activists will not be satisfied by ex-circus animals being re-housed to zoos/safari parks in England, so the only option would be to re-house them to those sanctuaries. Longleat were initially hailed as heroes for helping with "Anne", but one only has to go to their Facebook page to experience the venom that AR activists display because Longleat (cont)
@bellhops08 (cont) has not acquired MORE elephants, so that "Anne" has company. Why can't we treat people as individuals? I don't expect all dogs to be liberated just because one policeman left his dog to die in an overheated car - so why are people in the circus receiving death threats for having well treated, much loved domesticated animals? Sadly, animal abuse is a human failing - those people should never work with animals again - which is why we need regulation and licensing... not a ban.
A ban doesn't help the animals - it just assures that the animals don't work in England. There's nothing stopping the same animals performing in Germany, Holland, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg or Switzerland - those countries have had regulation and licensing for years instead of a ban. Regulations would mean circuses would have to give the animals the right treatment and facilities or face prosecution and loss of their animals.
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Its disgusting animal act circuses are still going in the UK. Thanks for all you UK campaign groups are doing to get rid of them, you have our full support here at Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) in Ireland.
irishveganboy 6 months ago
With all due respect to pspbricker but your comments are lame. The only right treatment for wild animals is for them to remain in the wild and failing that, as close to possible. They do not belong in circuses or zoos. Abuse continues in circuses even with regulations in place. The UK can pride itself on taking the lead in many animal welfare issues and maybe other countries will then follow our lead. Lead not follow. One can hope.
bellhops08 7 months ago
@bellhops08 Respectfully - I partially disagree. Yes, animals belong in the wild. However, the bigger problem is keeping enough of the planet "wild". The call to ban animals in circuses is a kneejerk reaction to a video of an elephant being abused by a uneducated idiot. If regulation were in place, he would not have been allowed to go near the animal. There is no option to free these animals to the wild, no country would ever sanction that. There are sad cases of animals "liberated" into (cont)
pspbricker1 7 months ago
@bellhops08 (cont) sanctuaries in Africa, only for them to be slaughtered by poachers days after being released into the sanctuary. AR activists will not be satisfied by ex-circus animals being re-housed to zoos/safari parks in England, so the only option would be to re-house them to those sanctuaries. Longleat were initially hailed as heroes for helping with "Anne", but one only has to go to their Facebook page to experience the venom that AR activists display because Longleat (cont)
pspbricker1 7 months ago
@bellhops08 (cont) has not acquired MORE elephants, so that "Anne" has company. Why can't we treat people as individuals? I don't expect all dogs to be liberated just because one policeman left his dog to die in an overheated car - so why are people in the circus receiving death threats for having well treated, much loved domesticated animals? Sadly, animal abuse is a human failing - those people should never work with animals again - which is why we need regulation and licensing... not a ban.
pspbricker1 7 months ago
A ban doesn't help the animals - it just assures that the animals don't work in England. There's nothing stopping the same animals performing in Germany, Holland, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg or Switzerland - those countries have had regulation and licensing for years instead of a ban. Regulations would mean circuses would have to give the animals the right treatment and facilities or face prosecution and loss of their animals.
pspbricker1 7 months ago