Comments on: The Circus without Elephants http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/ Green Parenting for Non-toxic, Healthy Homes Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:42:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jen http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-12932 Jen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:16:20 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2898#comment-12932 Thank you so much for this article. I have never been to a circus and will never if they continue to use animals like elephants. I have seen some of the training videos and it is shocking what they do to these beautiful creatures. When my nieces and nephew have asked about going to a circus I have told them I will not take them and I explain to them why. If we tell our kids (and parents) the truth about circus animals then the demand for this type of "entertainment" will decrease and perhaps companies like Ringling Bros. will rethink their use of animals. I would actually be happy if circuses did not exist at all. Thank you so much for this article. I have never been to a circus and will never if they continue to use animals like elephants. I have seen some of the training videos and it is shocking what they do to these beautiful creatures. When my nieces and nephew have asked about going to a circus I have told them I will not take them and I explain to them why. If we tell our kids (and parents) the truth about circus animals then the demand for this type of “entertainment” will decrease and perhaps companies like Ringling Bros. will rethink their use of animals. I would actually be happy if circuses did not exist at all.

]]> By: Brenna http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-12931 Brenna Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:02:24 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2898#comment-12931 Oh, I hope they succeed in eliminating elephants from the circus. I used to love the circus as a kid, before I understood the abuse those animals faced day in and day out. I will never take my kids to the circus as long as elephants are a part of it. Oh, I hope they succeed in eliminating elephants from the circus. I used to love the circus as a kid, before I understood the abuse those animals faced day in and day out. I will never take my kids to the circus as long as elephants are a part of it.

]]> By: James S. Cole http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-12933 James S. Cole Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:24:04 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2898#comment-12933 Circus animals, including elephants for the most part revieve very good care. I'm the guy who will stop my car on the side of road to lift a turtle out of harms way, then continue on to the circus to enjoy the performing elephants, ignoring the "animal rights" protesters outside. I then go home and take car of my cat that I rescued from the local animal shelter. If these animal rights do-gooders want to really see some animal abuse, tell them to look in their own local communities. Dogs left out all night chained in sub freezing weather, stray cats living in dumpsters, horses out in the hot sun with no shade or fresh drinking water, abandoned pets injured or killed on the roads...I don't see these conditions at the circus! For animals, the circus enviorment provides far better than avarage living conditions and care as compared to what many thousands of other animals have to live with. There are more urgent animal welfare issues that could be dealt with in the Courts than circus elephants! Circus animals, including elephants for the most part revieve very good care. I’m the guy who will stop my car on the side of road to lift a turtle out of harms way, then continue on to the circus to enjoy the performing elephants, ignoring the “animal rights” protesters outside. I then go home and take car of my cat that I rescued from the local animal shelter.

If these animal rights do-gooders want to really see some animal abuse, tell them to look in their own local communities. Dogs left out all night chained in sub freezing weather, stray cats living in dumpsters, horses out in the hot sun with no shade or fresh drinking water, abandoned pets injured or killed on the roads…I don’t see these conditions at the circus!

For animals, the circus enviorment provides far better than avarage living conditions and care as compared to what many thousands of other animals have to live with.

There are more urgent animal welfare issues that could be dealt with in the Courts than circus elephants!

]]> By: Amy Jussel http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-12930 Amy Jussel Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:28:06 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2898#comment-12930 oops...typo above, 'are' sorry! ;-) oops…typo above, ‘are’ sorry! ;-)

]]> By: Amy Jussel http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/02/the-circus-without-elephants/comment-page-1/#comment-12934 Amy Jussel Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:17:14 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=2898#comment-12934 Human tricks at Cirque de Soleil is about as close as I'll get to a circus performance until policy for animals changes. Thanks for writing this up, as I've been called a party pooper for ages among parents who 'think it's sad' that I'd boycott a 'circus experience'...Ironically, my teen was even more vehement than I am as an animal lover, even as a wee one! Go figure! ;-) Human tricks at Cirque de Soleil is about as close as I’ll get to a circus performance until policy for animals changes.

Thanks for writing this up, as I’ve been called a party pooper for ages among parents who ‘think it’s sad’ that I’d boycott a ‘circus experience’…Ironically, my teen was even more vehement than I am as an animal lover, even as a wee one! Go figure! ;-)

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