Sarah Carabott
‘Animals are well-treated’
The owner of the Orfei animal circus, which has set up the big top in Floriana, yesterday invited the Animal Rights Coalition to check for themselves the welfare of his animals.
The call came after the coalition expressed its disappointment that “once again”, an animal circus had been welcomed to our shores.
Massimo Orfei, whose circus hails from Naples, said the coalition had every right to protest but argued that unlike other acts, his animals were well treated.
“We are aware that animals are maltreated in some circuses but you cannot put everyone in the same pot. I have grown up with these animals... They are my family. They were all born on the circus and they remain in my family till death does us part,” he said when asked what happens to the animals when they are too old to perform.
A colourful pavilion was this week set up near the Floriana Granaries, inviting passers-by to be entertained by some 40 animals. This immediately called the Animal Rights Coalition into action. Representatives of the coalition yesterday urged the government to abide by the Animal Welfare Act and conduct regular animal behaviour checks. It commended the Education Ministry’s policy of not organising school trips to the circus as well as the position of the Church’s Environment Commission which condemned the training of animals in circuses as a form of animal cruelty.
It called on the authorities to ban such circuses from coming to Malta and asked the public to take an informed decision on whether to visit the circus, because cruelty “is not just limited to domestic animals”.
A representative of the coalition said the animal welfare directorate gave a narrow definition of what constituted cruelty.
“It is against their nature to perform circus acts and entertain an audience, and this is not justifiable even if the animals were born on a circus. Is cruelty justifiable just because one is used to it,” she asked, adding that most animals were taught tricks through punishment and spanking.
Mr Orfei, a member of a celebrity Italian circus family, however, insisted his animals had never been trained through punishment but lured with food.
The Animal Rights Coalition, made up of 23 animal rights organisations, will be holding a symbolic protest against animal circuses on December 20 at 6 p.m. starting from City Gate, Valletta.
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fleur marie cilia buckett
Dec 14th 2011, 13:55
Peru, Bolivia, UK and many more have BANNED THIS! lets hope Malta will soon join them!! Signing petitons behind your computer can bring power to the people!! Go and see the cages at the "fosos" the lion was pacing up and down constantly, and the zebras cage isnt big enough but people persist to take their children cos its cute an elephant wears a tutu!! It all boils down to education and I hope that the science subject in our local schools DOES cover Animals!!
Chloe Waterfield
Dec 10th 2011, 21:45
And what did the Animal Welfare Act report on the living conditions on these animals, not the issue as to physical cruelty or not is occuring. Mental cruelty is just as severe, but many consider these 'wild beasts' as oblivious to any form of intelligence or feelings.
joanna attard
Dec 9th 2011, 23:36
What Does The Circus Really Teach Kids About Animals? Article written by a child psychiatrist
http://www.globalanimal.org/2010/04/18/what-does-the-circus-actually-teach-children-about-animals/11531/
Online links to condemnation by attorney general in Italy of the Orfei circus and only recently in October the Viviana Orfei circus abandoned all it s animals when the place the circus was in flooded..
The links :
http://www.lavika.it/2011/10/circo-viviana-orfei-allagato-a-catania/
http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20040628/026558.html
ANIMALS DO NOT BELONG IN CIRCUSES ....!!!!!!!
Julie Russell
Dec 9th 2011, 21:37
I just saw a clip my friend sent me about circus animals, how do you think they train the animals? Do you think they were talked through their routines like humans. And how many times we see elephants going mad and turning on the crowd. What do they do, they shoot the poor thing. Good for the protesters at least they know it's wrong.
Mr R Rizzo
Dec 9th 2011, 16:28
Isn't that how we live? We're hit by our laws and regulations to fear them and do what we're told to do? Should we now start idolising animals as gods? Should we cut ourselves open and pray a hungry lion to feed on us now? It's all bullocks, like these so-called-animal-movements! If you weren't taught how to read and write you would all be animals... perhaps you wish to replace them in the circus.... your protests are already an entertainment to laugh at because you're becoming a nuisance and annoying. Why don't you protest against people keeping pets and making their pets wear clothes? Jew fejn jaqbel lielkom tghidu li l-annimali ma gewx biex jaghmlu hekk? Jekk il-principju kien wiehed tajjeb tant esagerajtu li qazzistu lil kulhadd.
Anthony Spiteri
Dec 9th 2011, 18:25
Well said Mr. Rizzo - You could'nt have said it better. It's now so exagerated that it's turned super rediculous. Why don't the 'animal lovers' protest at the holding of dogs in owner's arms, and the doning of human type clothes on them. Do these pets actually enjoy it? Or perhaps an' animal lover' actually sells these contraptions. Does the training of pets. horses, police dogs, and dogs for the blind involve cruelty? Why has the notion to train an animal must always mean that cruelty is the only means. So please, 'animal lovers', keep your thoughts to yourselves.
Julie Russell
Dec 9th 2011, 21:40
Does it mean we have to be hit and shackled and kept in cages. We have a voice, they don't. Someone has to stand up for them. And yes they are Gods because he put them on this planet first.
Marc Buhagiar
Dec 9th 2011, 21:53
We'll cage you up, torture you to perform tricks for people when you're vulnerable and then I'm guessing you will know what actual fear is Mr. Rizzo. You'll also discover what cruelty is. Shameful. You lack human empathy and compassion.
Mr Steve Micallef Eynaud
Dec 16th 2011, 23:06
Wow!.. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about..
So you're saying that an elephant thrashed with a hook until it stands on one foot is receiving the same kind of love and attention that a family's dog receives or an old lady's cat?
Give it a little thought before you decide to be hurtful on the internet.
Marianne Tabone
Dec 8th 2011, 20:27
How could an animal trust you if you hit it?? It won't trust you if you hit it but it will learn to fear you!!!!! And that is cruelty!!!
Julie Russell
Dec 9th 2011, 21:44
Nicely said, someone has a heart.
Kenneth Grima
Dec 8th 2011, 20:11
freedom is good but for these animals is too late as they were born in captivity and generation after generation these are like domesticated animals. one can shout how much he wants but these are not wild animals anymore, if one puts them in the wild they will be dead in matter of days. it is like a human being from a city thrown in the jungle. i know what many are trying to say but beleive me it is too late domesticated or not animals are animals and free is the way they should be but with our selfishness we ruined their lives, there is nothing one can do freedom will kill them. what one can do is treat them well and give them the most comfortable life possible like our own pets.
Gerry Cowie
Dec 8th 2011, 20:09
Perhaps circuses are a thing of the past - or at least those with animals in.
After all if we are going to treat animals well we should also make sure that we treat human beings well.
Sadly the fate of human beings just never seems to get people going in these comments columns!
Rosalind Agius
Dec 8th 2011, 19:18
Shame on the Maltese authorities for allowing another animal circus to come to our shores. Wild animals belong in the wild, as simple as that, not performing stupid tricks for stupid people.
Kenneth Grima
Dec 8th 2011, 20:17
it is useless to describe them as wild animals as they are not these were born in captivity and they will never be able to live in the wild. these were breed in captivity for generations and many of them cannot be considered wild anymore these are kind of domesticated. what you are saying is stupid. why don't you put your own dogs in the wild?
Dr.Kyle Francis Borg
Dec 9th 2011, 09:10
The animals enjoy themselves i went to watch the show and everyone was having a good time !
Mrs Marie Caruana
Dec 8th 2011, 17:19
Yesterday I took my son and his friend (age 8) and they thoroughly enjoyed the whole show and I saw the same expression on people of every age.
The acts where any animals were involved were all kept short and they all looked healthy and many of them were doing the tricks pretty much on their own. They didn't seem uncomfortable being touched and one of the camels was even bucking, which is a sign that an animal is happy, to most people who know anything about animals.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 8th 2011, 18:50
Then why don't you also allow yourself and your son and his friend, aged 8, to start living in a cage and in a circus for the enjoyment of people? Do you have any idea at all as to what goes on behind the scenes, behind the curtains? Why don't you use the Internet for a good purpose, and check for yourself about what animals go through, even psychologically, in a circus?
But then, all these are wasted words, wasted on people who are ignorant enough as to only see up to the end of their noses!
Maria Sammut
Dec 8th 2011, 20:57
Well said Franco wasted words on ignorant people. I have 5-year-old twins and I find somewhere different to take them,to their and my enjoyment, every weekend. It's incredible how much goes on for families and there's no need to have fun to the expense of cruelty to animals. It is so saddening seeing that that are still people with this mentally and as long as these 'ignorant' people continue to go, the animal circus will continue to be brought to Malta.
Yaz Tabone
Dec 9th 2011, 08:28
Marie, can't wait to take my lil boy and his friends.. they're so excited :)) ignore the others when they call you ignorant, remember bout the "pot calling the kettle black"
Victor Pulis
Dec 9th 2011, 13:41
I'm quite sure your son, his friend and the humans who paid to see these animals'perform'enjoyed themselves tremendously. You could see it on their faces.But how can you tell that the animals were enjoying themselves? Were they smiling? did they tell you they were happy? Doing tricks on their own comes from conditioning not happiness.A touch may be a reminder of more painful memories.
Anthony Spiteri
Dec 9th 2011, 18:37
You did the right thing Mrs Caruana. Although others call us ignorant, perhaps it's better than imbeciles or brainwashed. Police dogs, horses and pets are all trained including dogs for guiding blind people around. None of them do their stuff naturally and certainly they are not hurt in any way during training. Just because some people are sadists and are cruel to animals as we read some time back about tortured dogs, does not mean that everybody tortures pets, or hurt animals.
joanna attard
Dec 9th 2011, 23:42
Read this Marie ....
http://www.globalanimal.org/2010/04/18/what-does-the-circus-actually-teach-children-about-animals/11531/
F. Azzopardi
Dec 8th 2011, 15:34
...ghax il bniedem tost! Lest li jirrovina hajja ta annimal biex juzah kif irid u x'hin irid u jaqla lira tajba minnhu. Il-veru ma nafx ghalfejn meta xi hadd ikun kattiv jissejjah 'annimal'
Denise Caruana
Dec 8th 2011, 15:09
Why can someone be so cruel and pretend that he is doing the right thing? Does anyone enjoys to stay in a cage? Does anyone likes to be hit so to obey orders? Are these the values we want to teach to our children? Shame to you all organisers and authorities permitting these events!!!
Anthony Spiteri
Dec 9th 2011, 18:41
Ms Caruana, is everyone who keeps a pet locked indoors and can only go out at the owner's whim not the same as keeping it in a cage. Use your brains and work things out and not just quote the dubious.
Mario J Spiteri
Dec 8th 2011, 14:35
I like to see & enjoy watching animals IN THEIR PROPER PLACES NOT INTHE CIRCUSES! God had created animals FREE like every body on earth & we are not their bosses ok!!
Francesca Abela
Dec 8th 2011, 14:24
It is no life for any animal to be caged all it's l;ife and enticed or coerced to perform tricks and perform in front of a public! If people want to see live exotic animals then at least create some sort of safari park where they can roam FREE not be googled at by hundreds whilst inside a cage! The Circus is the worst place to see animals, at least Zoos have a better ambjent where wild animals can live.
Ivan Calleja
Dec 8th 2011, 14:07
Shame on the Maltese Authorities that have once again given the permission for a circus with animals to perform in Malta. This says a lot about the awareness of these authorities when it comes to animal welfare!! Any statement from the animal welfare department? Or are they part of the Animal Rights Coalition? Did they have a say when the permit was granted to bring over this animal circus? Hope i get some answers. Thanks
S. Briffa
Dec 8th 2011, 13:28
The only reason that these circus still exsist is only because many are still paying money to watch and enjoy these wild animals be made fun of, cannot compare any circus with zoos or what an individual do at home not that I like zoos or birds in cages, but a pet at home is loved and not kept in a cage, and travelled in a cage, sleeps in a cage fed in a cage....and so on!!
Point remains that this CIRCUS is allowed again on our island, we are a circus then!!!!!
debbie Voss
Dec 8th 2011, 13:14
Well treated? How can a lion living in 8 square meters be deemed as well kept? I suppose the MAN from sliema bringing over the circus is doing it out of heart breaking feelings for these poor animals not for his own personal gain (sic huh).
Anthony Formosa
Dec 8th 2011, 12:37
I believe that if an animal is not satisfied with its conditions, it will die. If we believe that this is cruel, then we should release our pets from our homes, birds from our cages, fish from our aquariums and horses from our stables. Furthermore zoos should be closed and fish and animal farms will become illegal. Also we should release prisoners.
debbie Voss
Dec 8th 2011, 13:16
dear Anthony my zebra (bird) lives in a cage that is one hundred times its own size. Is a lion at orfei in the same cubic envoirement?
Ms Maria Williams
Dec 8th 2011, 15:13
Mr Formosa
Even a child knows that there are wild and domesticated animals. In the case of domesticated animals it is their owners' responsibility to see that they have a good quality of life. Wild animals should be left in the wild. I agree with you about zoos and fish farms and birds in cages, especially trapped wild birds, some bird breeds too have become domesticated. As for prisoners, they are being punished by having their freedom taken away from them because presumably they have done something wrong. Yes loss of freedom is a form of punishment. The thing is circus animals have done NOTHING wrong to merit being deprived of their freedom. But then to some people animals are just there for humans to do as they like with them be it capture and imprison them, make them perform, test products on them or even shoot and kill them. Yes unhappy animals will die eventually but why should death be a release from their misery, why shouldn't they be left to enjoy their life in the wild as they were created to?
A Camilleri
Dec 8th 2011, 18:09
bla sens tal prisinors :) the birds, pets, fish etc arent in their coz they did something wrong! pff
Seamus Riolo
Dec 9th 2011, 00:56
Really ? As far as i was tought.. Prisoners are in prison to be turned from bad people to good people. but if being locked up in a cage does psychological damage and what not crap people are saying, especially for a human which has the intelligence to travel around the whole world... how much more cruel is that?
Joseph Borg
Dec 8th 2011, 12:27
"It commended the Education Ministry’s policy of not organising school trips to the circus as well as the position of the Church’s Environment Commission which condemned the training of animals in circuses as a form of animal cruelty."
Since when is the Church involved in circus and animals as well?
Can someone explain please?
Michael Grech
Dec 8th 2011, 17:50
A church that represents a loving God cannot condone or turn a blind eye to cruelty against His/Her creatures. The church should be commended for finally beginning (and I emphasise this word, since much more needs to be done) to clean up its act regard the welfare of non-human creatures.
Michael Grech
Dec 8th 2011, 18:19
A church that represents a loving God cannot condone or turn a blind eye to cruelty against His/Her creatures. The church should be commended for finally beginning (and I emphasise this word, since much more needs to be done) to clean up its act regard the welfare of non-human creatures.
Matthew Muscat
Dec 8th 2011, 12:22
may be disturbing for some people...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQbeL-Hw00c
Julie Russell
Dec 9th 2011, 21:50
I am so glad you posted this. I wanted too. This is so heartbreaking. Thanks, this says it all. Ban the circus for good.
Victor Pulis
Dec 8th 2011, 12:13
Animal acts are just an ego trip for the animal handler. He is saying "look at me, I can control a lion. I can make him obey me. I'm so clever and strong." what's so educational about that?
rossy farrugia
Dec 8th 2011, 12:12
animals just want to sleep and eat they are not designed to satisfy our need of entertainment ,such animals cannot be domesticated for entertainment purposes even if as said above 'lured by food'.live and let live ...
Elvin Agius
Dec 8th 2011, 12:02
As far as I am concerned, animals are to live in their natural habitats and not in cages!!!!
Elvin Agius
Dec 8th 2011, 11:59
... As far as I am concerned, animals are to live in their habitat not in cages !!
Maria Agius
Dec 8th 2011, 11:54
The sad thing is that there is another circus in Malta at the moment, that has no acts that involve animals at all. I went last Friday and it was practically empty. It is an enjoyable show with quite talented acrobats, jugglers, clown etc and a breathtaking motorcycle sphere of death act. Animal lovers should support circuses such as this to encourage them to return, not simply protest against the other kind. If schools were discouraged from taking children to the circus because of animal cruelty issues, they could have been encouraged to attend the alternative to educate the children that a circus does not necessarily have to include animals to be enjoyable.
Ms Maria Williams
Dec 8th 2011, 16:05
Dear Ms Agius
I agree with you that animal lovers should support non-animals circuses and I have always made it a point to do so in the past. I presume you are talking about the circus at Splash and Fun in your comment. Call me suspicious but if I am not mistaken when I passed by that Circus I saw the name Orfei on their tents, that was when I decided to give it a miss as the Circus at Fosos Floriana is also Circo Orfei. I would not like to be the victim of a con by which I give money to a supposedly non-animal circus, which is then used by an animal circus. Unless I know that the two are completely unconnected and have been brought over to Malta by different promoters, I remain unconvinced. I also have a problem with the venue chosen as I am against the exploitation of all animals, which includes animals in dolphinariums.
Martin Cassar
Dec 9th 2011, 00:42
Maria rest assured that the circus at Splash and Fun does not have any animals. Just saw this enjoyable show today and all the acts are performed by people. The only animal I saw was a pet dog near one of the circus caravans.
Ms Maria Williams
Dec 10th 2011, 15:20
Mr Cassar and Ms Agius,
Unfortunately that is what the Circus wants you to believe, I had my suspicions and did a bit more research and found two adverts on Malta.com.
Click on the first url www.malta.com/en/events/kids-family/2011/december/circo-viviana-orfei-circus-show-splash-and-fun and you find an advert for the Circus between Nov 12 and Dec 13. It even states 'Animal lovers don't worry, this is an animal free show with only professionally trained people taking part.'
So far so good but click on the second URL www.malta.com/en/events/kids-family/2011/december/circo-viviana-orfei-circus-show-floriana and the same advert appears with the last sentence removed. Both Circuses are advertised as Viviana Orfei, that is one and the same circus.
In an y other country they would be had for false advertising and that includes the promoters. Unfortunately it seems my suspicions have proved correct and the Maltese public is being taken for a ride. In any case a search on the Internet shows that Vivian Orfei is a circus WITH animals. Who do they think they're fooling!
M Farrugia
Dec 8th 2011, 11:26
Min tridu jaghmel ic-checks fuq l-animali fl-animal welfare direcorate jekk ma hemm had li jifhem jew inkella li studja dwar il-bzonnijiet tal-animali selvaggi. Jiena ghaliha bir-rispett kollu lejn l-inspectors li jmorru izuru dawn il-postijiet, ftit li xejn jafu dwar il-bzonnijiet ta dawn l-animali. Hemm bzonn li l-gvern jibda iharreg nies f'dan il-qasam ta ispezzjonar.
Tony Borg
Dec 8th 2011, 11:17
Must have pressed 'submit' before I finished what I wanted to say.
Yes how many people have a large backyard and/or garden for the dog to run around. I remember people keeping the dog on the roof of the house, come rain or shine. don't you think that is cruelty too?
A Camilleri
Dec 8th 2011, 12:51
how right you are, my next door neighbour has a cat always on the roof, summer and winter, dont know why they want a pet if you can call it a pet in this instance.
Ms Maria Williams
Dec 8th 2011, 15:36
You are right Mr Borg, it is cruel to leave dogs on roofs. I can assure you people who care about animals care about ALL animals. The same reply goes to M Farrugia below. The Animal Rights Coalition is made up of a number of organisations which also work on other aspects of Animal Rights and Welfare including the ones she mentioned, such as animal sanctuaries, people campaigning for shelters for karozzini horses etc. In Malta all these are carried out by volunteers and often there are so many issues going on at the same time, that the Coalition cannot focus on all of them throughout the year, that is why they have to concentrate on what is needed most urgently, for example, in summer the needs of the karozzini horse and in winter the circus. However, if people like M Farrugia who obviously cares about animals came forward so that there is a bigger pool of volunteers it might be possible to concentrate on separate issues throughout the year. Incidentally much work is held behind the scenes, meeting with local councils and other organisations, researching the situation in other countries, discussing legislation, sending e-mails, letters etc. - not all the work carried out makes the news. Obviously, there is always more that can be done and I am sure all member organisations within the Animal Rights Coalition would be delighted to have more people volunteering to help out with the various campaigns.
M Farrugia
Dec 8th 2011, 21:45
Ms. Maria Williams, naf li hawn hafna issues fiol-pajjiz li ghandhom x'jaqsmu mal-welfare tal-animali. Il-punt tieghi huwa hemm kemm ghaqdiet involuti biex jiggieldu kontra dawn il-hnizrijiet li jsiru li ma tistax taqbad maghhom kollha f'daqqa. Kif semmejt inti il-kampanja tal-karozzini. Din hija wahda minn dawk li bdiet snin ilu, komplit u gabet rizultati tajba ghalkemm mhux dak forsi mixtieq, ghaliex ghax bdiet u komplit. Il-kampanja tal-qtil tal-ghasafar bdiet snin kbar ilu, u gabet successi kbar ghax kien hemm kampanji aggressivi, mahsuba tajjeb, li hallew il-frott. Mhux qed nghid li huwa hazin li wiehed li ssir protesta anzi xejn min dan imma jiena tal-fehma nista inkun zbaljat li biex ikun hemm hemm success kampanja ghandha tkun organizzata tajjeb hafna fuq numru ta xhur dik li l-Inglizi jghidula hard hitting. Veru li hawn hafna issues ghaddejja malta bhal ma ikun hemm f'pajjizi ohra wiehd ghandu jaghti l-prijorita tieghu ghal dak li jrid jilhaq. Li kieku il-gruppi kollha li hawn Malta li qed jaghmlu hafna u hafna gid ghal animali fosthom dawk rsponsabbli ghas-santwarji jiftehmu bejnithom u jghid din is-sena se nahdmu fuq tlett aspetti differenti, jigri x'jigri fil-pajjiz is-successi ikun hemm akbar. Jiena nirrejalizza li kultant l-imhabba vera lejn l-animali ma thallikx taghmel dan imma jekk trid vera tirnexxi ma tridx tahdem bis-sistema ta crisis management. JIena min qalbi nawgura success lil organizaturi ta din il-protesta.
Robert Callus
Dec 8th 2011, 10:47
Confining a wild animal in a small cage in the most urbanized country in Europe can't not be cruelty. Forcing him to do tricks that are absolutely not in his nature, can't be done without cruelty.
There is nothing educational. If I had children, I wouldn't take them not only because I boycott the circus but also because it's anti-educational. A real lion is seen in its real habitat, chasing his meal and mating. Not performing tricks and showing how submissive he can be. If I can't afford it, I prefer National Geographic. What you see on the screen is much closer to reality than an elephant turned into a clown.
Victor Pulis
Dec 8th 2011, 10:23
The fact that the animals are made to act in ways that are not natural to them is considered cruelty. There is such a thing as dignity even for animals.
Joseph M Scicluna
Dec 8th 2011, 09:43
"...........training of animals in circuses as a form of animal cruelty." ....while the training of humans in circuses is not a form of human cruelty, say the trapeze act, and other elaborate and risky shows. There were never any protests against horse trot racing at Marsa and elsewhere, when the only natural run of the horse is the gallop. Is not pet neutering another form of cruelty? Let us enjoy the sight of such circus animals especially thrilling children with the sight of some jungle-related animals who can do no harm, not like jungle-related people.
Reinhard Azzopardi
Dec 8th 2011, 11:01
Coming to think of it, I believe you're quite right about trotting horses. Thanks for pointing it out. Would anybody in the know care to share his thoughts?
M Farrugia
Dec 8th 2011, 11:34
Joseph nahseba li qieghed thallat il-hass mal-pastard. Iva kontra it-tlielaq taz-zwiemel fil-marsa kien hemm zmien li kienu sarau kampanji u b'rizultat ta hekk il-kundizjonijiet tjiebu hafna. Jiena xorta wahda ma naqbilx. Inti ghandek id-dritt bhal kull cittadin iehor li tgawdi l-animali bhala ma jiena u hafna ohrajn ghan id-dritt li ninfurmaw il-pubbliku miniex jghaddi animali fic-cirkli madwar id-dinja. Jiena personalment ma naqbilx ma dawn l-ghaqdiet li jaghmlu il-protsti ghax mhux qed jaghmlu bizzejjed sabiex il-pubbliku isir konxju mic-cirkli. Pajjizi ohra fl-ewropa l-kampanja kontra ic-cirklu hija xi haga is-sena kollha u mhux sempliciment protsta ta darba fis-sena sabiex fosi itelfu ftit bejgh ta biljetti. Jekk veru dawn iridu li xi darba Malta tkun hielsa mic-cirklu ghandhom jiffukaw fuq ic-cirklu is-sena kollha bhal ma isir f'setturi ohra bhal kampanja tal-karozzini, tal-ghasafur, animali abbandunati ect.
Victor Pulis
Dec 8th 2011, 12:09
Trapeze artists and other risk taking circus workers can up and leave any time they please. No one is forcing them to risk their lives swinging high up in the air. Not the same can be said for the animals. A few years ago an elephant decided he had had enough of 'training'and éntertaining and ran out of the big top. he ended up dead, shot several times in the street by police. i am against any form of animal exploitation be it in the circus or on the track.
Peter Murray
Dec 8th 2011, 09:43
Sad to say but we only have Mr.Orfei's word for it and ,in any event,wild animals are given that ttile that for a reason-that is that they should live in the wild and not cages.