Tiger In Need of Help - UniverSoul Circus, Buffalo NY

Please support only those circuses that do NOT use animals!

It's not just the training of the circus animals that is cruel...

* Animals in the circus often suffer from inadequate care. They spend most of their lives in small, dirty cages, released only to perform. The circus deprives animals of their basic needs to exercise, roam, socialize, forage, and play.

* Many circus animals are leased seasonably from dealers; therefore they go from one circus to another, providing little incentive for circus owners to keep them healthy. Their access to food and water is limited. They are typically "cared for" by seasonal or temporary circus workers who have little or no experience in caring for exotic animals. Veterinarians qualified to treat these animals are not always present and, as a result, circus animals frequently suffer.

* The only federal legislation regulating the treatment of wild animals in circuses is the Animal Welfare Act, which sets minimal standards for their handling, care, and transport. Not only are these standards inadequate, they are inconsistently enforced. Moreover, facilities that do not comply with the Act are often given several opportunities to remedy violations.

*information courtesy of Last Chance for Animals and Mercy For Animals

Video taken 07/05/2011, UniverSoul Circus site, University at Buffalo parking lot, Main St near Kenmore Ave. © 2011 Animal Advocates of Western New York. www.animalswny.org

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[BuffaloSharpShooters]

who is laughing at this...disgusting!!!

[animalswny]

@BuffaloSharpShooters A male onlooker (from the public) was laughing. If you listen closely you can hear a female voice saying to him, "No he's hurt... he's hurting" - but it sounds like the guy still laughs after that.

[1981meagan]

Fucking Pigs

[dwanye78]

You people are absolutely ridiculous not only is this very well over exagerated but your logic on that circus owners are making these wild animals lives miserable and more dangerous is complete bullshit in fact im sure any animal would give up fighting in the wild to be cared for without having to survive amongst other animals

[ebooklibrary27]

the tiger was fucking suffering you sick fucks, the only joy I can take from your miserable excuse for existence is that it might end under unusually cruel circumstances similar to this poor animals

[GARAisSANDMAN]

@paoadabelle for someone who has apparently experienced or seen cartels and a drug war you use alot of emoticons and you dont understand my point... Im saying that we should take care of the genocide, starvation, and people suffering before we deal with god damn cats but apparently as long as this cat is stuck in a gate, which unless you've never handled animals you should know happens when it can CHEW OFF YOUR FACE! but i see your point, lets focus on this cat while those drug wars rage on.

[paoadabelle]

@GARAisSANDMAN :-| Wow. I have EXPERIENCED and seen MANY horrible things (for example with cartels in the drug war) and I still don't think "minimal" suffering should be ignored. If something is wrong, it is wrong. :-|

[GARAisSANDMAN]

@freddythecanine oh really? i have helped to rescue animals in the past, i have debated everything from American politics to economics to fucking space, im fairly sure its people like you who make the world worse by judging without proper information besides you think im mean because people are starving to death and people are getting killed but the news felt a cat who wasn't treated right deserves my sympathy? go fuck yourself

[freddythecanine]

@GARAisSANDMAN Please kill yourself, as you are the kind of person who makes this world hell.

[GARAisSANDMAN]

They are cats, deal with it, the're are people that could use help and I'm pretty sure people take priority. Bring peace to Africa and end hunger before you mention helping an animal that can't do either of those things... Priorities people, get some

[animalswny]

@BundySetPieces Yes it sure is horrible. Let's hope that through education we can help to turn things around for the animals. Unfortunately it's not going to happen overnight, but we have to just keep on trying...