Circus means 'cruelty to animals'

Alison Bezzina

Sep 14th 2009, 16:56

Life's a circus as it is....we certainly don't need animals........http://www.timesofmalta.com.mt/blogs/view/20090914/alison-bezzina/lifes-a-circus-as-it-is

Iosif Galea

Sep 13th 2009, 20:19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1739/2005 of 21 October 2005
laying down animal health requirements for the movement of circus animals between Member States ..... i urge the readers to view this link.....

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:279:0047:0062:EN:PDF

.... Even the EU issues directives and regulations about circus.... and please note circus animals are born in captivity and not captured from the wild.... for the millionth time.... a circus without animals is no circus at all

Alison Bezzina

Sep 13th 2009, 11:54

I know hundreds of people who will boycot FOR LIFE any commercial enterprise be it as sponsors or retailers of drinks, popcorn or what have you, that associate with the circus. I'm no economist but in this economic climate I don't think that any enterprise can afford to lose any clients and I will be the first to join this action. Money is the only language these people understand.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 13th 2009, 09:12

@ Carmel Serracino-Inglott: You are right about the AWD. Unfortunately, it is very badly understaffed and it lacks the powers to do much. That is where the Ministry comes in. That is why I have been harping, time and again, about the need for a Commissioner for Animals - one who would be on the same footing as, say, the Commissioner for Children, and would only be answerable to Parliament! Imagine, the Government appointing such a person - on what high status it would be putting animals!

edward bartolo

Sep 13th 2009, 09:03

Excuse me for playing the part of the Devil's Advocate, but don't you realise, that lions, and for that matter, any carnivorous animal, lives in a way that completely refutes what some are saying?

While I make an effort not to be arrogant, because I don't want to be, what shall humanity do to persuade carnivorous animals to stop killing and eating other animals?

The pivotal questions in my humble opinion are:
Is it right to treat non-human animals like humans?
Do they have the same rights?

All these arguments stem from the felt need to minimize suffering on the part of non-human animals. Humans suffer too: What shall humanity do to get rid of all suffering especially that stemming from social injustice?

I beg your pardon for having the temptation to believe that all this, is stemming from making the wrong assumptions of what non-human animals are and should be.

Carmel Serracino-Inglott

Sep 12th 2009, 21:50

If ( and many a time it is true) animals suffer at circuses THEN ban these circuses. Any body who give permission and anybody who goes to watch this suffering is guilty of cruelty. Animal Welfare Department please note because on you is the burden.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 12th 2009, 19:40

@ Marvin Mizzi - I am not quite sure what you are getting at. But in order to be on the safe side: of course, there are ideas and there are beliefs, beliefs in the rights of others. These are not merely 'ideas', as you put it.
Allow me to put you into the picture: in America, there was this great division between North and South, over the belief that it was a God-given right for Whites to own - that's right, own! - slaves and to do with them as they pleased. The Whites owned them, body and soul and they had what they term as the life-right over them: they could kill them at will! Now, many Northern states believed that slavery had to be abolished. This is where YOU come into the equation, with your 'belief' that nobody has the right to impose one's 'ideas' over others. And that is where you are dreadfully wrong because if the Northerners had to follow your dictum, slavery would have still been around us today. The same can be applied to the rights of animals. Future generations will scoff at you and me for the way we treat animals.

Marvin Mizzi

Sep 12th 2009, 17:11

We are fed up or arrogant people who pretend that they have the right to impose their ideas on others. I am not saying your ideas are good or bad but you do not have the right to impose.

Franco Farrugia

Sep 12th 2009, 13:03

@ Miguel Micallef - Well done. I couldn't have expressed myself better.

j.cutajar

Sep 12th 2009, 12:24

@J Farrugia
"give the Maltese public a chance to see wild animals in the circus." ????
Wild animals are found in the wild not in a circus....if you want to see wild animals go on a safari,you can even play with the "wild" lions if want.....other than that you can entertain yourself with clowns.

Miguel Micallef

Sep 12th 2009, 10:49

@ J Farrugia

What if we want arrogant, argument-less people like you whose only mentality is 'we don't care about anything, and the authorities must make sure we get what we want' such as yourself to be jailed so as to stop the senseless abuse of animals - should the authorities also make sure WE get what WE want?

Franco Farrugia

Sep 12th 2009, 10:39

@ J Farrugia - Who are the leftwingers you are talking about? And why are you talking in the plural? No, animals should not and will not be in circuses in Malta.

Raymond Sammut

Sep 12th 2009, 10:06

Animals in circuses is becoming a thing of the past. Even in zoos, enclosures are being restructured to provide animals with a more nature-like environment. The authorities in Malta would need to reconsider and ask the company to tailor a program not involving animals. The quality of a circus should be based solely on the ingenuity of its troupes -- such as the girl, for example, who can maneuver an umbrella with only the soles of her feet. That would surely beat any act involving animals.

J Farrugia

Sep 12th 2009, 09:54

We dont care what these left wingers feel but we want to see a live circus with animals. And it is about time that the authorities see to it that we get what we want. JS Productions should be applauded for ignoring all opposition and give the Maltese public a chance to see wild animals in the circus. I'm yearning to see such displays. Roll on the circus.

C.Sammut

Sep 12th 2009, 09:46

I totally agree!