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Post by hissie on Jun 24, 2011 22:14:29 GMT
Hissie has signed & facebooked the link to the petition.
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Post by Chrissie on Jun 24, 2011 22:20:25 GMT
Signed Good to see you MrL Roachie, I couldn't agree more we do have to make our voices heard on behalf of animals.
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Post by tony2stix on Jun 25, 2011 1:19:24 GMT
Hi all went to Blackpool and outside the circus there was a pettion going around to sign to save the circus animals, of course I didn't do it, but the situation in there with the stares and glances we left, I have signed the petition on facebook Tony2
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Post by deesigner on Jun 25, 2011 7:54:20 GMT
Signed and added to my facebook page. I love all wildlife, I think animals should be allowed to roam free in their own environment, not caged and made to perform. Although it will be me that's in the cage next year
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Post by Hanow on Jun 25, 2011 10:58:59 GMT
Well done and thanks to all of you who have signed up. I personally hold the view that these wild animals being used do not naturally want to 'perform'. Therefore, any association, circus or otherwise, cannot possibly make them do so without coercian. That became very evident to me in USA some years ago - at Sea World - when a whale wouldn't comply with the signals being given for him to do whatever was expected. The poolside 'trainers' were obviously embarassed, but went on the explain that due to the whale's failure to 'perform', he wasn't therefore going to receive his food. That is when I realised MY failure, having purchased tickets for this event - where a wild animal, incarcerated for my enjoyment, just didn't want to jump and bash balloons or whatever else he was required to do, and as a result his punishment was to be denied food. It was clear that this food wasn't an additional treat for him, but part of his dietary requirement. Thus the stance being taken by the trainers was that by being denied the food it would assure that he was hungry, and therefore it would make him 'comply'. He's a whale FFS!!!!! - why should he want to bash a balloon? Have to admit, it taught me a lot about myself - and I wasn't to impressed at what I was seeing.
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Post by l15a on Jun 25, 2011 11:07:01 GMT
Sickening
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Post by Perpetua on Jun 25, 2011 16:45:40 GMT
That's awful Hanow, awful.
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Post by deesigner on Jun 25, 2011 17:23:08 GMT
I watch Whale wars every Friday night, it's heartbreaking that these animals are murdered under the guise of research! If I could afford to I'd be off helping the Sea Shepherds stop this awful practice.
It's high time we had more respect for the creatures of this world, it's taken us years to realise that everything is on this earth for a purpose and serves the planet in its own way.
I hate to see animals in small cages, hate to see them abused to entertain people. I know some circus owners have a great deal of love for their animals and are concerned what may happen to them should they be forced to stop using them, but the practice really does need to be stopped.
I can understand many years ago, before TV and the WWW that people went to circuses to see creatures they may never otherwise have a chance to see, but now we're in the 21st century it's a very outdated practice.
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Post by Scylla on Jun 26, 2011 1:23:25 GMT
I spent some years transcribing for the courts... what always ticked me off was hearing the sentence handed down at the end! I couldn't agree more, Hanow > Thank you for bringing this up and linking the petition scylla
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