Circus Animals
Animals aren’t actors, spectacles to imprison and gawk at, or circus clowns. Yet thousands of these animals are forced to perform silly, confusing tricks under the threat of physical punishment; are carted across the country in cramped and stuffy boxcars or semi-truck trailers; are kept chained or caged in barren, boring, and filthy enclosures; and are separated from their families and friends—all for the sake of human “entertainment.” Many of these animals even pay with their lives
As horrid as all of this is YOU can help make a difference! Ask the government to keep their promise to end the use of all wild animals in circuses by 2015!
If your local authority has allowed animal circuses on council-owned land, you can write a letter expressing your concern to your local Councillor.
despite all of this some circuses in Britain currently tour with wild animals, including zebras, lions, snakes, tigers and camels. Circus animals are protected by the Animal Welfare Act. Wild animals must be licensed but there is no law to stop circuses using certain types of animals.