CIRCUS

The CIRCUS is NO FUN for the animals...
Big Cat Rescue does something called Operant Conditioning to teach our cats to do things we need them to do for medical reasons, such as lean against the fence to get their shots or open their mouth so we can look at their teeth.  We do this with rewards and the cats have fun because they are smart and bored and love the attention.  We never punish or withhold food to make them do something, and the cats only do it when they want to -- not on our schedule.

But because tigers and lions in circus acts must perform specific acts at precise times and "the show must go on," positive reinforcement is not the only method used by circus trainers or night club magicians.  Often the cats are beaten, starved and confined for long periods of time in order to get them to cooperate with what the trainers want.  And life on the road means that most of a cat's life is spent in a circus wagon in the back of a semi-truck or in a crowded, stinking box car on a train or barge.

The messages the public gets from circus acts couldn't be worse.  These acts either show man dominating one of nature's most magnificent creatures, which would never happen on an even playing field, or worse are promoted as illustrations of the "special bond" the trainer has with his captive.  The latter just fuels the trade in big cats as pets and that never ends well for the cat.

Last, but not least, circus acts are transient and often are a way of moving big cats across state lines or even in and out of the country.  Because the endangered species protection acts are so poorly enforced, this transience creates a legal cover for the illegal importation and exportation of exotic cats.  If a circus act leaves the U.S. with 10 tigers and comes back with 25, they can just say that the 15 additional tigers were born on the road -- there is no way to prove it if they were taken from the wild.  No U.S. government agency tracks the ages nor the individual cats in private collections.

YOU CAN HELP STOP THE POACHING AND ABUSE BY NOT SUPPORTING THE CIRCUSES THAT FORCE ANIMALS TO PERFORM - http://www.bigcatrescue.org/site/faqs-animal-abuse/1903-circus-is-no-fun-for-...

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[4Champ2and0]

Does your organization have any affiliation w/Animal Planet? If you do, PLEASE ask them to make a nature show that DOESN'T show wild animals struggling to survive, but instead how HAPPY they are! Ppl seem to be getting the wrong idea, that these animals are HAPPIER in captivity bc of food, housing, "safety"...We NEED shows showing how much they ENJOY life in the wild & maybe ppl will gain empathy for animals in captivity! OR a show exposing training/breeding methods for performing animals..??

[BigCatRescue]

@4Champ2and0 We're not affiliated with t hem but we have been featured on AP and will be on nov 18th in an episode of Fatal Attractions. It's interesting I have never thought of that, we get quite a few comments where people say the cats are safe and better off in captivity, we definitely need a show exposing training/breeding methods for performing animals, that will be the best solution.

[Scullnblades]

Thing is, there aren't many circuses like this anymore, and it's mainly because of the cruelty. You included a bunch of ancient pics.

[BigCatRescue]

@Scullnblades Like what? I don't understand what you are referring to? We included all the ancient pis not only to show people what circuses were like in the past, but to show people how little as changed.

[Megahammerheadshark]

What can we do to help these animals?

[BigCatRescue]

@Megahammerheadshark Demand animal free entertainment, sign petitions, let the circuses know you disagree with animals being "performers" if the public stops attending circuses using animals they will have no option but to change what they do :)

[SoulBloodJVL]

Circus should be banned.All of those fucking abusing trainers should burn in the deepest part of hell.

[0kidavenger0]

You people are fucking jokes.

[ImCleatus]

How do you think we domesticated dogs? What about the horses many hold so dear?

[eovogt]

Good luck in changing the world, at this point I've lost all faith in humanity. Too many ignorant people.

[cndianmouse]

I have people asking, where did the numbers come from in the statement that for everyone 1 animal trained 30 die?

[gingerisevil02]

This almost made me cry. I hate people. And I hate zoos, circuses, and whale shows. Why can't people leave wildlife the heck alone?? I would like it very much if these people died a slow and painful death I hate them.

[TheJzonmago2010]

I HATE THE CIRCUS (not The song just like a circus)

[asbulldogs]

i hate when people take animals out of their habit and abuses them.

[TsukiTheHusky]

Circus's are terrible.:( Wild animal's should be free. Not locked up in cages.:(

[4Champ2and0]

@BigCatRescue Oh I'm glad to hear of ya'lls appearance on the 18th! I hope ya'll can convince AP to start exposing breeding/training methods of performing animals in ALL industries. Race horses, circuses, sea world.. the possibilities of places to expose is almost endless.. You could tell them too, that it would be great after their (in my opinion) HORRIBLE show 'Jockeys'. AP should be HELPING animals, not promoting industries that destroy them! I'm sorry, I get upset..but thank u for all u do!