Animal rights activists protest outside circus
Animal rights activists protested against animal cruelty outside the Orfei circus this evening, shouting slogans such as "Torture... Freedom... Animal circus, animal cruelty."
The group of some 150 walked from City Gate and walked towards the circus in Floriana accompanied by a small group of policemen. The activity was organised by the Animal Rights Coalition.
Near the circus, they stood behind barricades, booing at people there - just as they did during a similar protest last year.
TV personality Moira Delia said that although the circus organisers claimed the animals were treated well, the reality was that these animals lived in captivity and had been made to undergo harsh training to go against their natural instincts and perform. This, she said, was cruelty.
She said the coalition wanted the government to step up to its commitment to ensure animal welfare and ban circuses with animals.
Meanwhile, inside the tent, the audience that was mostly made up of children was oblivious to the protest outside and people could be heard cheering and clapping during the performance.
Silvio Zammit, one of the circus organisers, insisted that the animals were not ill treated and animal welfare officers carried out regular inspections.
He said the animals were born in captivity and would not survive a day in the wild.
Those taking part in the protests included Moviment Graffitti, Animal Rights Group, Ananda Marga, Association for Abandoned Animals, Island Sanctuary, Cetfree, Greenhouse, Alternattiva Demokratika Zaghzagh, SOS Animals, St. Francis D'Assisi Foundation, Nature Trust, SPCA (Malta), Centru Tbexbix, Stray Animal Support Group, Street Cat Rescue, Share Malta, Noah's Arc, National Cat Society, International Animal Rescue, World Animal Conscience, Youth for Social Action (University of Malta Junior College) and SDM Junior College.
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David Vella
Dec 23rd 2011, 18:52
And how many of those present at the protest have a caged bird back home!!!!!!!!!!
Paul Micallef
Dec 22nd 2011, 14:34
I saw a very sad scene to day before the BOMBI about 11, i was going back home on an ARRIVA bus and saw a little girl about 12 on her knees crying over her dog and it was cruesome the animal was dead, I bloody cried for her, how will she be consoled??? The mut must have run of, but to see that, and i am no animal lover, realy makes me think that people that are animal lovers must realy be distraught to see animals like that. Well i hope that the little girl will get over this trauma.
Jake Atkinson
Dec 22nd 2011, 01:47
If God wanted animals to preform they would have been born doing so. Using animals for entertainment is cruel, inhumane and above all, backwards!
Alex Buds
Dec 22nd 2011, 19:10
brilliant analogy...
If God wanted people to work at a 9-5 job they would have been born doing so...
If God wanted people to pay VAT, they would have been born doing so...
etc. etc.
Mr R.E. Saliba
Dec 23rd 2011, 09:21
@ Jane Atkinson
God has nothing to do with this.
If anything you should know that the church teaches that animals do not have spirit.
Please don't bring your misguided belief into this. True Roman Catholics had enough bad publicity in the divorce debate without appearing like fools when it comes to animal welfare too.
fleur marie cilia buckett
Dec 23rd 2011, 12:06
well said Jake!
Jonathan Gauci
Dec 21st 2011, 23:39
It would have been more appropriate not to list the organisations and declaring that there were 150 people in the same article. Around 6 persons from every organisation reflects poor participation.....just thinking...
Marsha Roberts
Dec 21st 2011, 20:38
Mela Fuq dawnn tamluu il protesta imabad fuq dawk tal marsa xjn ma tamlu ml dikk mhux xorta mohqrijaa jew ?!
Marsha Roberts
Dec 21st 2011, 20:21
Mela Fuq dawnn tamluu il protesta imabad fuq dawk tal marsa xjn ma tamlu ml dikk mhux xorta mohqrijaa jew ?!
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 23:35
qatt rajna lilek tipprotesta il-marsa jew? ghalinqas dawn qed jipprotestaw fuq xi mohqrija mhux bhalek!!
Joseph Borg
Dec 21st 2011, 16:46
@Jo Grima
jiena wiehed li kontra l mohqrija tal annimali, qed inrabbi kelb li gibt mil island sanctuary, laqqamtu, ntieh jiekol, nahslu , nohorgu, nilghab mieghu u sahansitra jorqod mieghi fuq is soddha.
Pero lets be fair.....il kummenti tieghek huma ta bniedem bla ebda rispett lejn individwi ohra. Jekk haddiehor fl opinjoni tieghu jahseb li ma hemm xejn hazin ma jfissirx li INT ghandek timponilu fuq il fehma tieghu. Ghandek KULL DRITT tiprotesta u tipprova twassal l messagg tieghek pero MA GHANDEK EBDA DRITT timponi fehmek fuq haddiehor.
Ma ghandek ebda dritt tajjar lin nies MURDERERS u NJURANTI.
Nerga nghidlek , jiena kontra l mohqrija tal annimali u jekk trid tkun taf la mort u anqas qatt ma jiena behsiebni nmur cirkli anzi qed nigdeb mort xi darba meta kelli xi 7 xi tletin sena ilu ma tal iskola. Ghax ma ghandix interess li nmur nara animmali jibuzullotaw...diga narha balla nies jaghmlu l buzullotti kuljum f hajti!
Pero nixtieq insaqsik wahda u nispera li ghandek risposta ghal dak li ser insaqsik......inti u l bella kumpanija li qed tidhlu tghiru lin nies hawn injuranti......fejn tkunu jkull nhar ta sibt u hadd u fejn kontu dawn l ahhar 40 sena meta tinzel il marsa u tara balla zwiemel iduru dawra tond u gerrej ibaltilhom bil frosta? Jew dak accettat! Ghax IMKIEN qatt ma rajt la lilek u anqas il bella kumpanija tieghek jiprotestaw il Marsa....ghamilt sahansitra search fuq il gazzetti lokali kollha online ha narha jekk qatt saritx xi protesta il korsa tal Marsa imma ma sibt xejn haga tal iskantament........forsi hemm tibzaw tinzlu????tghid ghaliex........??
Jekk tridu tipprotestaw ghandkhom kull dritt u tajjeb li twasslu l messagg taghkom ...pero ma ghandkhomx dritt tmorru f post u tinsulentaw lill kull min hu diehel u tajru lin nies injuranti u qattiela. Jekk tahseb li b dan l atteggament qed tigbdu xi simpatija sejjer zball...anzi ic chances huma li dawwru hafna nies kontrikhom.......anki min BHALI jaqbel maghkom u mal kuncett taghkom!
maria borg
Dec 21st 2011, 13:13
dak l iljunfant jew tigra qala aktar swat milli qala cappcip biex tghalem jghati xi qabda nies egoisti minuta pjacir....
vera ta qalb kbira...l ewwel jien it tieni jien u t tielet jien
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 12:03
To all those that see nothing wrong in the circus or think the animals aren't mistreated, go google a bit and see for yourself the real truth.
Coem on it isn't rocket science to realise that wild animals don't belong in cages, and no matter how 'well treated' they are or comfortable cage' they are put in, it still can never substitute their natural home - the wild savannah
Its a real shame that so may parents still take their kids to the circus, claiming its their only way how to enjoy animals, stupid excuse. When I was a kid I use to spend hours watching National geographic and animal planet watching documentaries. My mum use to buy me animal encyclopaedias to read about animals and I use to spend my time on the internet watching videos on you tube and reading from Encarta...my dream is that when i'm older I'll have enough money to visit Africa and watch these animals brought to the circus in their REAL natural environment. Certainly not the case today. most children instead spend hours playing ps3 on COD shooting or chatting hours on facebook...not thats its wrong, but we aren't showing our children our world and the greenery around us !!
We've arrived at a state that the only bird our children see is a pigeon at Valletta, the only mammal is an abandoned cat or rat, the only tree is a fake plastic one and the only wild animals are in circuses behind bars performing silly tricks !!
society has become so artificial and sad
But I'm not surprised that so many parents take their children to the circus, it only reflects the poor mentality these people have and the lack of awareness of our own natural environment maltese too.
As for how animals should be really enjoyed, here's a video that sums it all up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thuViaxRd_w
maria borg
Dec 21st 2011, 14:51
very well said
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 15:14
STEVE, if one thinks its ok to have animals caged and slaved into doing tricks for human entertainment...then i very much doubt they would know what Google is !!
Rosalind Agius
Dec 21st 2011, 11:42
It is a shame that at this time and age, parents are still taking thier children to the circuses, there is enough animal welfare awareness that by now they should know better. Also shame on JS Productions who keeps on bringing the animal circuses but money means everything for certian people. That animals are being whipped and chained every day of thier sad miserable lives means nothing.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 11:01
WE the ones that attended the protest were not afraid to show our faces in public, and to sound our voice in order to express what we KNOW is wrong. on the contrary the many of you posting pro circus comments here are too cowardly to be seen, how about you post a pic of yourselfes together with your comments
you post your comments because you are hiding behind you computer screen ! how about you organize a protest against the protesters !! if you so strongly believe that cruelty to animals is right why dont you do anything about it. you can have a section in ISTRINA and collect money for whips and chains, and then donate them to the circus owners,
a bunch of murderes thats all you are !!
Alex Ellul
Dec 21st 2011, 11:49
Jo Grima, calm down please
Jacob J. Micallef
Dec 21st 2011, 12:06
Jien l-annimali inħobbhom ħafna! waħda mir-raġunijiet għax qatt ma tara jew tisma' annimal jgħid jew jikteb kummenti bla sens bħal tiegħek Jo Grima! Aħjar tefgħu lilek iċ-ċirku u neħħewlek l-internet...
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 15:10
thanks jacob...I love you too
jennifer camilleri
Dec 21st 2011, 10:56
I teach the children in my class to respect all living creatures but it is useless if any parents then take them to see such circuses as they are not teaching them what really happens to these poor animals.
M Farrugia
Dec 21st 2011, 11:12
very well said jennifer. Education is suppose to start at home.
Ms Jessica Spiteri
Dec 21st 2011, 10:18
Apparently most people submitting comments have no clue what they are talking about and also lack a sense of morality.
First of all, most people commenting on this article have things confused. They keep comparing animals kept in circuses to pets at home, birds in cages, goldfish in tanks and the likes. Yes, all these animals were initially taken out of their environment but over the thousands of years they were domesticated. Early humans were responsible for this and we are dealing with the aftermath. The point is not that these animals are thought tricks or what not, but the method used to do so. I doubt any dog owner HOOKS or BEATS their dog just so they could teach him to sit. Right? Well an elephant in a circus is constantly beaten and battered with objects because he is not an animal that is easily domesticated. As they say, you can take an animal out of the wild but you will never take the wild out of the animal!!
Secondly, what is terribly frustrating is that parents find excuses to go the circus because they take their children. I was at the protest yesterday and let me tell you that I was SHOCKED at the quality of children their were present entering or exiting the circus. Horrible little brats with no respect for animal or human life, making faces and obscene hand gestures.... these are the kids of today?? It scares me that we have such a profound lack of education and that these children are lacking the most basic of manners. Taking them to the animal circus continues to condition these children into thinking they have the right to take control over animals.
With this sort of mentality it is no wonder that we are seeing such monstrous acts of animal cruelty lately....... Malta get your act together and stop thinking about your pockets for once in your life and start thinking about the very thing you preach when you go to Sunday Mass!!!!
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 11:04
im not surprised that all you saw was horrible little brats with no brains and no respect for animals or human rights. Im sure you did not expect anything better. !!
Alex Ellul
Dec 21st 2011, 11:48
The point is that our politicians, EU and local ones need to do somethingabout it. Similarly they need to do something about the suffering birds have to endure when these get shot and injured, surviving for a few hours or days until they die of the injury, suffering pain in the process. Circuses are not only the ones that are performed under a big tent, but there are other circuses, open air, creating much sufferibg to birds. Lets close down animal circuses and hunting too. They are at par, with hunting being even worse.
What's the difference between mistreating an elephant and mistreating a bird?
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:54
Well said
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2011, 09:59
For those who think that proof is still needed:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370050/Britains-circus-elephant-Anne-Battered-kicked-stabbed.html
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:38
thanks Franco, Great "sad " article :(
im sure most people here will argue that this did not happen in Malta, thinking that will justify their argument, i doubt these people have brains that would be able to process the simple fact that no circus is any different to any other and that they all share the same methods of training and transportation and so on !!
that's the majority of the Maltese race for ya !!
Chantelle Mifsud
Dec 21st 2011, 09:59
Xejn gravi hi . Kullhadd jghid li kontra ic-cirklu imma fl-istess hin imaqqdru in-nies li marru jiprotestaw . Intkhom nies bla sinsla ghax l-unika haga li tafu taghmlu -Tmaqqdru minn wara il-kompjuter bil-mug tal-kafe .:-)
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:34
LIKE !
Mr A. Mifsud
Dec 21st 2011, 09:49
can the protesters provide proof that these animals - in this circus in particular are being tortured or physically mistreated? If yes I'll be the first to join their plights.
Being tortured is one thing, being trained to perform during a show is another. I don't see any harm in the latter case, after all we humans are daily performers too. To earn our living some sit in front of a monitor for over 8 hours a day, others perform repetitive manual operations to produce things in factories, and so an and so forth. We're all forced to do something in one way or another whether we like it or not.
Most of these animals in their wildlife would most probably end up butchered and tortured in the most brutal ways by other species. But for the animal rights activists they'd rather see an animal die in the 'natural way' than kept in captivity. Isn't that even more cruel?
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:12
http://www.starbreezes.com/11/circusabuse.html
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/circuses.aspx
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/circuses.aspx
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/animal-cruelty-circus-animals-starved-and-beaten-1142580.html
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=animal+circus+cruelty&oq=animal+circus+cruelty&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1135l13378l0l14351l21l21l0l8l8l0l253l2099l1.9.3l13l0
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:53
This circus has 4 lions, they're being kept just on the side of the road where cars and people are constantly passing. They only have a small cage in which to run around, they sleep in the cold and the only comfort they have is bare tarmac under their feet. isn't that mistreatment? do you actually think Lions belong in such an environment
As for your last paragraph, what reasoning is this? Are you so implying that we should catch every animal to keep in captivity as if not it would end up being killed? its called the food chain !! Either way i've never seen a lion being butchered by any other species. Would you rather see an animal die in a cage rather than its natural habitat? Its like saying you would prefer if a man dies in prison or at home
Mr A. Mifsud
Dec 21st 2011, 12:53
we've been reading the same articles from the links you provided over and over again. I won't deny that a few isolated circuses may be using aggressive methods to train their animals. And this is to be condemned and the guilty prosecuted. But not a single link provided is referring explicitly that this particular circus in Floriana. Is it?
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 15:23
so what you are saying MR Mifsud, is that THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUS IN FLORIANA, has a special way to treat the animals, has a special way of transporting the animals ?? if so why have'nt all the other circuses around the world adopted ORFEI's special ways, and avoid all the crap written about them ??
can you please send me (1 (one) thats all i'm asking) link proving that THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUS THAT YOU SO MUCH LOVE AND ADORE provides 5 star acomodation and training classes for its animals. Im waiting for your reply !! ( with the link of course )
Yaz Tabone
Dec 21st 2011, 09:43
in a facebook group they have almost 700 who said they would attend.. then only 150 turned up.. legalizing weed seemed to be more important.
i will be taking my son to the circus.. glad the 'protesters' reminded me bout it :)
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:08
and after you have taken him to the circus, go back home, chain him to the wall outside your house, and if he disobeys whip him or electrocute him....... AHH and dont forget, when you are travelling overland, put him in a cage or a beast wagon and drag him behind your car , the cage does not need to be so big, just enough for him to be able to change positions from left to right.
Ms Jessica Spiteri
Dec 21st 2011, 10:25
Yes that goes to show that we ve got our priorities backwards.
As for taking your son to the circus, if you truly believe it is appropriate for your son to such such acts of cruelty then go right ahead. If you want your son to grow up thinking that it is ok for humans to incarcerate animals as we incarcerate humans in jails, only this time we are using them to make a buck, then go for it. But if you want to teach your son the beauty of this world and everything in it, do yourself a favour and spare yourself the money. Instead save some money every month and when your son is old enough, take him on an African Safari and give him an experience he will never forget. This is the way we should be exposed to such majestic animals and not in circuses tied up in chains.....
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:54
adding to my first comment...please update us with pics and postcards, we would love to see how he is enjoying his caged and chained life !!
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:50
Great reasoning yaz, keep it up
then take your son home and open National Geographic and show him a lion or herd of zebras in the wild savannah and see which he enjoys watching most...animals in the wild or in small cages behind bars???
Joe Abela
Dec 21st 2011, 12:52
lil yaz tabone jien nghidlek hudu kemm trid lit-tifel ic-circus u thalliex lil dawn l-erba li il-hin kollu jiktbu u jghajru lil dawk li jridu jmorru jaraw circus ghax biex jippruvaw jirbhu argument kapaci biss jaghjru lil ohrajn
tas-sirja nhar il-hadd kellhom iktar nies minnhom
Graziella Bencini
Dec 21st 2011, 13:47
I invite you to take your son to visit the lions' cage while you're there. And if your son asks you why the lion is circling his cage and shaking its head, I hope you will be honest enough to tell him that the lion is showing obvious signs of frustration and would rather enjoy wild green pastures than a cage on a stone paving. Oh, and if your son asks you how the lions and elephants learned to do such "amusing" tricks, do not forget to add that they are chained, abused and beaten by same people whose pockets you are fattening. Enjoy your afternoon at the circus!
Alison Bezzina
Dec 21st 2011, 09:25
Find me an animal circus and I'll find you whips, chains, sharp hooks, electric prods, muzzles and choke collars.
Find me an animal circus and I'll find you wild majestic animals on the road in cramped trailers for over 40 weeks a year.
Find me an animal circus and I'll find you animals deprived of the ability to engage in even their most basic natural behaviour.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20111218/blogs/they-re-just-animals.398783
P Pace Balzan
Dec 21st 2011, 09:38
@Alison Bezzina
Replace the two words "animal circus" in your comment with "Homo Sapiens" and you will get a more profound meaning.
If you try to expand your comment further by this replacement you will end up with extremely long list and not just " animal circus".
Mr Etienne Camilleri
Dec 21st 2011, 09:23
ban politicians, they cause human cruelty! lool
E Schembri
Dec 21st 2011, 09:12
What a fuss! I never go to the circus as animals jumping through a ring of fire is not my type of entertainment. However, probably in our days, animals are more safe in a circus than in the wild.
Better these organization teach pet owners how to take care of their pets, and how to keep public places clean from poop as our country is a disgrace because of these selfish dog owners.
As for Graffitti, please go back to making deadlocks, seems its the only thing they are good at.
Ms Maria Vella
Dec 21st 2011, 09:35
All you think of is poop? (although I agree with you that dog owners should clean up after them) - these animals were born in captivity but they should not be allowed to breed so that we do not continue this practice of animals being kept for such silly entertainment.
Stefan Enge
Dec 21st 2011, 09:06
LOL, probably most of the 150 people are locking their dog or cat for the day in a small flat without any animation. I feel more sorry for those locked dogs and cats!
Graziella Bencini
Dec 21st 2011, 10:26
I was one of the 150 people who attended yesterday's protest and along with me were friends and fellow animal lovers. I can assure you, Mr. Enge, that niether myself nor any of my friends lock our much beloved pets in a small flat. My dog and cats can roam the house and yard freely and I walk my dog 4 times a day, rain or shine. The only reason why I don't allow my cats to roam the streets is because they can get hurt, contract some disease or, worse still, die an agonizing death because some good Catholic soul decides to poison them. Moreover, they are not chained from their legs or forced to do unnatural tricks to amuse people like you. They are pampered and loved. I feel sorry for people like you who cannot tell the difference between a domestic and wild animal!
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:29
can you provide us with the "new reports" where it says that animals in circuses are happier than animals in zoos !! i would love to see it on black and white, and please let us know who wrote and where the report came from !!
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:47
Try to make us laugh Stefan?
For your info, yes I have two cats at home. I picked up these cats from the streets when they were just kittens. One of them I found it under a garbage skip in the middle of nowhere, in the hot summer heat without food or water. Now it has a home and its the most loving creature I have. So your argument is pointless and rather silly
as far as I know, i have yet to meet a dog or cat owner who locks up their cats or dogs in small cages, forces them to perform silly tricks as a mean of profit and transport them from one place to another for the sake of entertainment
Victor Vella
Dec 21st 2011, 08:47
The usual Christmas bout of bluff and nonsensical demonstrations. We are giving a lot of attention to animals while forgetting those that this Christmas, unlike animals, 500+ Air Malta employees are going to end up not in cages where somebody is thinking for them to give them food, but outside the labour market suffering hunger while ending up without any human dignity together with their families.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:37
in that case if you feel so strongly about your issue...then organise a protest yourself and do as you please.....some find the animal issue a bit more important, we dont all share the same views. you need to learn to respect that
M Abdilla
Dec 21st 2011, 08:27
There seems to be a lot of intelligent people here, thinking that what they see during a performance or during an expected visit backstage is what goes on in everyday life! Well then, allow me to enlighten you. Watch this video and you will realise that no circus is justified to hold animals simply to make money off of their suffering. Beautiful animals such as these deserve to roam the great plains of Africa and not spend their lives jumping through rings of fire and being gawked at by children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQbeL-Hw00c&sns=fb
Mr M Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 08:15
Nistaw nghalqu il-petshops kollha mela, ghax xi darba l-ghasafar / l-animali kienu jghixu fis-salvagg!!!!!
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:56
thats the next step...not to worry ! hope to see you there
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:44
As far as I know Lions, Zebras, Camels, Cows etc were never sold in petshops
Before commenting next time do make the distinction between dogs, cats budgies and canaries; all animals domesticated for thousands of years to wild and exotic animals that no matter what don't belong behind bars!!
Richard Caruana
Dec 21st 2011, 08:05
A mini protest after the circus has been running for weeks!
Will these people ever realise that these animals are no more than pets, like the dogs and cats we keep at home? They are grown within the circus and not captured from the wild. If they had to be released in the wild they probably won't survive a week.
And as for forcing them to perform, don't we all teach our pets a trick or two? It's 'cute' when we see a pet dog obeying commands and 'cruel' when it's done in a circus! Pathetic!
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:34
PATHETIC is the way you reason !! how can you compare the way animals are treated in the circus with the way we teach our dogs to do a trick or two !! our dogs are not put into a cage come shine or rain or snow or ice for 18 hours a day, our dogs are not beaten with whips or electrical divices, our dogs are not chained from the legs to stay in one place for hours on end tillmit is time for them to perform. our dogs are not put into beast wagons and made to travel long distances !! get your facts right. Find me one (just one) video or write-up anywhere on the web that explains how these animals are treated properly .
http://www.starbreezes.com/11/circusabuse.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVsuGOpvUxc&feature=autoplay&list=SPBB7CC8DDE817329C&lf=list_related&playnext=3
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:41
Pathetic is your reasoning and comment
Since when is a lion or zebra considered a pet?
Not captured from the wild? So you actually think that these animals were always in circuses, and their parents were too? These animals are wild animals and even if these were born in captivity, some point in time before they were captured from their natural habitat.
Put a lion in a cage in the savannah and open the door, and see for yourself if the lion will remain in the cage or not
Is your dog kept in a cage? do you make your dog balance on a ball or jump in rings of fire? oh come on
Read a bit will you and inform yourself on the subject
F. Pisani
Dec 21st 2011, 07:50
explain this:-
did you know that Korean and Vietnamies eat dogs?
did you know that Shark Fishing is only made for their fins?
did you know that the British see Us, Maltese, as Strange due to the fact that we Eat Rabbits?
as far as I can see Circus is another form of culture that may be strange or different to us. And in any case do you have proof that these cruelities take place? even so it was utterly stupide to boo at the people going to the circus, becuase this means that there is no tollerance between the protesters and the people who want to see the show! if the protesters have the right to protest, rather patetically one has to admit, the people who paid for the show have the right to see the show in peace.
and another thing, please we already have to much politics in malta, don't politisis this issue to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stefan Enge
Dec 21st 2011, 09:04
Tue, in fact newer reports show that animals in circuses are much happier than in zoos. Do we want now to close all zoos as well?
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:54
wake up.....GOOD MORNING !! what do you mean by saying " and in any case have you got any proof that these cruelties take place " if you are posting comments here then i guess you know how to use your computer.....all you need to do is a simple procedure...Google "animal circuses" and see for yourself what you find , don't even bother with typing in the word CRUELTY after "animal circus"its all done automatically, all you need to do is sit back for a few hours and read everything you get your eyes on ....if you manage to find me a website explaining that the cruelty is not true...please re-post it back to me !!
THERE IS YOUR PROOF...simple !!
F. Pisani
Dec 21st 2011, 15:14
@jo Grima
forgive me if i am wrong, but can you be always curtain that what you see on the internet is true? or was it the work of some fanatic, like you are, who tries to give a bad name to a zoo or circus? just go to you tube are see for your self what i am talking about. have you produces ice by simply adding to water salt and pieces of toileties? who is the fool now?
yet i am like Sant Thomas, do you know who he is, if you google search, sant thomas, go to wikipiedia and read, you will find that he didn't belive that christ had resuracted unless he could see the wounds on this hands,and place his finger on the christ wound which he had on his torso, do you recall? so as long as i don't see, or even you will see with your own eyes, you cannot say how much torture circuses are bailing out.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 15:52
@ F Pisani. i did not quite understand the make up of your sentence ending with the word "toileties"( whatever that means) you would benefit a great deal from a few English grammer classes ....perhaps that could be your new year's resolution !!
and yes i forgive you, cause you are wrong !!
Ms Francesca Saliba
Dec 21st 2011, 21:29
and did you know that you are speaking nonsense?
yes certain people eat dogs,
yes shark finning is used mostly for shark fin soups but now there is also an ongoing ban so that instead of just detaching the fins, they are being killed and then the fins are cut off later.
yes certain people eat rabbits and certain people eat slugs and certain people eat kangaroos.
BUT seriously what does this have to do with the circus? two wrongs dont make a right. there is enough proof if you see it from the emotional aspect and not just the physical. lets exclude the fact that they hit the animals to perform, they are still confined and they still travel and that is already stressfull and taken from their natural habitat and their freedom is a lot to indulge. then there is the other argument of born in captivity, if a person is used to abused and confined areas, would you just say well they are born that way and let the abuse continue?
teach respect not abuse
F. Pisani
Dec 21st 2011, 23:06
@jo Grima
Don’t you think you are Roald Dahl? Yet that was not a nice thing to say to a person with a certain condition, but I take critics and these things just make me stronger.
But in spite of you trying to be clever, you have not proven anything. You have no True evidence that there is animal torture in Circuses, and by quoting internet, it is not a true source of information.
Bring me true, first person evidence than we can talk again.
F. Pisani
Dec 22nd 2011, 07:22
@ Jo Grima
Don’t you thing you are Roald Dahl? But seriously I can take a critic and people like you should try to be more cautious when speaking in public because you have no idea of who or what you are speaking to, but such critic can only make me stronger.
Yet despite you trying to be clever, which you aren’t, you and all how wrote here have not brought up a single evidence of what you’re saying. And sorry to disappoint but Internet is not a believable source.
Carmel Garcia
Dec 21st 2011, 07:40
I agree with this protest, But I also like you all to go and protest near the Marsa Race Horse Track. These horses are also being flogged so as to win the races. It's also cruelty to animals for the sake of sports. Is-it sports?
R Psaila
Dec 21st 2011, 07:34
Prosit tar-riklam b'xejn li taghmlu kull sena ghac-Cirklu tal-annimali.
Stanley Colombo
Dec 21st 2011, 08:23
Ma tantx ghidt kliem...imma hallini nghidlek li l-kwalita' ta' kliemek tisboq bil-wisq il-kwantita'...prosit tassew. Ftit kliem imma hafna sens!
John Spiteri
Dec 21st 2011, 07:07
Is keeping fish in an aquarium cruel,Is show jumping cruel? Is horse racing cruel? Is teaching a dog tricks cruel? Is eating meat cruel? Is experiment on animals to improve medication for humun health cruel? Is taking insulin from a pig to treat diabetes cruel?
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:39
YES
Maria Muscat
Dec 21st 2011, 06:57
He said the animals were born in captivity and would not survive a day in the wild.
alinqas let them stay in a zoo where they have a semblance of their natural habitat and can be used for conservation and education purposes. there is nothing natural about animals performing for the sake of people against their naturaol behaviour and then confined in small spaced as they are shipped from country to country for entertainment purposes!!!
J Fenech
Dec 21st 2011, 03:03
I've been to the circus and the animals seem well taken care of. They seem very healthier and in a much better state than animals i've seen in zoos.
I am surprised these organisations don't protest near chicken slaughter houses and or the marsa racetrack.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:05
perhaps you should go to the circus when they are doing their training sessions, perhaps you should follow the circus on their long journeys between countries and see how healthy the spaces that the animals are confined to are. yes of course the animals may look healthy while performing, i suppose you also put on your best clothes, brush your hair and wear make up when you are out for the evening ! or dont you ??
Steve Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 11:37
Re: 'I've been to the circus and the animals seem well taken care of''
LOL good one
I went to check from outside yesterday
Zebras in small cages, cows in a cage they can barely move and lions on tarmac
Well what am I expecting? they're animals in a circus...they don't have enough space and the acts go against their own nature
hence the point that animals don't belong in circuses
Alex Ellul
Dec 20th 2011, 23:40
Moviment Graffiti? Are these still in existence? Where were these few chaps when the Libyans were beingmassacred by the tyrant gaddafi? Graffiti went into hiding the,.Uually they are the first (few) people out on the streets protesting against some US ship entering harbour, or a soldier shooting a protestor in the leg in the gaza strip. But where were they during the 6 months of Libya's fight for freedom? And what are they doing about Syria ans the daily massacres? Let's save the children, women and men in syria, Egypt, and elsewhere from the tyrants. Animals may need protection, but human beings stand at a higher plane than the poor animals. Hypocricy is alive and kicking in the corridors of the extreme left.
Reuben Zammit
Dec 21st 2011, 10:34
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110227/local/two-nationalist-mps-join-anti-gaddafi-protest.352194
Check the list of participating organisations and say sorry
Alex Ellul
Dec 21st 2011, 11:42
Rueben Zammit: Graffiti were not at that anti-gaddafi demo to protest against Gaddafi BUT to try to ridicule Dr. Gonzi, and in a not so subtle manner supporting the tyrant. From then onwards, Graffiti NEVER took part in any sort of public demo in support of the Libyan freedom seekers. Now, after the Libyan saga seems to be stabilising into normality, Graffiti have come out from under the rock trying to feel the air. I just hope they know that people are being massacred in Syria, Egypt, Iran besides animals being mistreated in Malta.
Hypocrites.
Alex Ellul
Dec 20th 2011, 23:34
Let's first protect ourselves and families:
How about protesting against the creation of a variant of the H5N1 virus designed to spread between mammals? Our man in the EU John Dalli knows about it and does not seem worried.
http://thebiggreenlie.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/wtf-is-there-a-new-pandemic-being-thrown-at-us/
A highly contagious mutant strain of H5N1 bird flu that can be transmitted between mammals has been deliberately created at Rotterdam’s Erasmus Medical Centre, the London Independent reports.
Now plans to publish details of how the deadly virus was created in the lab are being castigated by government officials and health experts.
The findings were scheduled to be published in the US journal Science, however, officials at the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity have demanded that they be allowed to screen the details first.
“The worst-case scenario here is worse than anything you can imagine,” an anonymous senior US government advisor told the Independent.
“The fear is that if you create something this deadly and it goes into a global pandemic, the mortality and cost to the world could be massive.”
In comments to The London Telegraph, EU Health Commissioner John Dalli said that the Dutch government has assured him the virus is being kept secure.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2011, 08:46
Quote: 'Let's first protect ourselves and families:'
Another very intelligent remark! (sic)
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:14
how about we do the protest simultaneously.....one issue is not more important than the other
Gerry Cowie
Dec 20th 2011, 22:42
I hope one day that people will stop mistreating animals.
And without shame I say I wish that people would make such a fuss in favour of human life! People are tortured to this day in many countries, generally because of political or religious beliefs; unborn human beings are daily suctioned out of the womb in which they were peacefully growing!
Surely we should make at least as much fuss about such things!
And if you have a problem with me saying this then you have a problem with valuing human life!
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 09:46
go ahead organise the protest....i will be there
M Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 22:23
jista jghidilna is-sur Zammit jew inkella l-animal welfare directorate f'xi kienu jikkonsistu dawn l-inspections. Bir-rispett kollu lejn dawk li marru jghamlu l-inspections jista xi hadd jghidulna jekk dawn l-inspectors humiex kwalifikati sabiex jaghmlu inspections fic-circus. Jafu dawn in-nies li hemm code of ethics apposta kif wiehed jispezzjona animali li normalment jghixu fis-selvagg imma jintuzaw ghal entertainment allavolja dawn jkunu twieldu fil-malghuq. Nistennew risposta.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:15
prosit !! well said
C. Sammut
Dec 20th 2011, 22:08
No one deserves to be a circus clown all their life not even animals..
Rachel Borg
Dec 20th 2011, 22:04
"He said the animals were born in captivity" You had me at that. That is the problem, they should not be born in captivity solely for the purpose of human entertainment. That mentality is what put us in trouble to begin with.
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:17
Rachel, All you need to do is read most of the comments here in favour of animal circuses, then you know what mentality the majority have. I am asheamed to say i make part of this still so IGNORANT society !!
Gustav Svensson
Dec 20th 2011, 21:58
Well done, shame in Circus visitors..
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:45
LIKE !
jesmond zammit
Dec 20th 2011, 21:43
hija kien hemm prezenti attenda c cirku , flimkien mat tfal tan nursery , gew insultati u kien hemm min mill attivisti , beda aghamel mossi oxxeni b subaghajh u insulti il hin kollu , tal misthijja , protestaw kemm tridu anka lejl shih imma m ghandkhom l ebda dritt tinsultaw lil hadd , imbghad inthom li tiprotestaw kontra l liberta tal annimali, ghandkhom ukoll tirrispettaw id dritt ta wiehed x jara u ma jarax.
Cecil Herbert Jones
Dec 20th 2011, 21:30
Thanks to this protest the Orfei Circus got its five minutes of fame in the Maltese Media! What a circus affair!!
j camilleri
Dec 20th 2011, 21:28
Firstly I am against circus events. But still I feel that once these animals look very well kept, clean and fed, I see nothing wrong with that, they only need proper space to stretch and enjoy nature. At least in some larger zoos. What I'm mostly against is the ''supposed'' domestic animals that are far maltreated and some owners do get away with it. I'm sure many readers if not themselves they do know of anyone that they keep their dog or cat closed in a box room or some balconies or roofs until they come back from work. So think well before pointing out any fingers. I'd rather see an animal that plays with his owner than waiting for his owner just to fill up its bowl and shut the door.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2011, 08:45
J. Camilleri - Please, stop looking up to the end of your nose.
j camilleri
Dec 21st 2011, 22:04
What's wrong with you francis farrugia? mela you have a pet on the roof jew? what are you trying to say?
M. Cardona
Dec 20th 2011, 21:04
Some nice animals on show at this circus.
Rachel Borg
Dec 21st 2011, 09:16
highly inappropriate comment...
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:44
you must have been sitting infront of a mirror !!
joseph briffa
Dec 20th 2011, 20:43
Why didi not take the birds in the cages with them ?
Joanna Borg
Dec 20th 2011, 20:43
I have a question for the competent authority: Why are circuses allowed to use public property to set up their business? The Granaries are public property and I for one object to their use by groups or individuals who abuse animals.
@ J Debono, this is one of the many links you can find online about circus animals so called training. Read the facts and watch the video. http://www.animalsaustralia.org/factsheets/animal_circuses.php
Mr Robert Gatt
Dec 20th 2011, 20:26
Quote: "Near the circus, they [the protesters] stood behind barricades, booing at people there... "
Why booing at people? The people who bought tickets for the shows have every right to attend for such shows if they want to. If animal rights activists have anything against animal circus shows being organised, they should address their protests towards the circus organisers and not to the general public. It baffles me how animal rights activists want to draw people's sympathy towards a cause they believe in, and at the same time they boo at people.
Ms Francesca Saliba
Dec 21st 2011, 18:42
Booing is a part of showing the shame towards the people because they should teach respect not abuse. The circus organisers were also adressed not just at the protest.
Andrea Portelli
Dec 20th 2011, 20:05
the usual minimalist crowd, random drum beats, booing show goers and so on.... yet another failed (civilized) "silent march"
Note: I am against Circuses yet I refuse to take part in these embarrasing displays. Issues like these, just like I had said on the cannabis article, can be dealt with more diplomatically by arranging necessary meetigns with the relevant ministries or speaking to MPs representing you on your district.
However there are a lot of these "f___ the system" posers who think they're johnny rebel enough to do it solo.... sad really.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 20:20
At least, the people present, even if they form a 'usual minimalist crowd', had the nerve, the interest and the courage to BE THERE AND STAND UP TO BE COUNTED in their fight against animal cruelty.
Sure you say that you are 'against circuses' - but what do you do about it? Eh? Sitting in your seat all day and do nothing, yet write inane comments?
And do you think that the people involved have not been through 'diplomatic' (?) 'meetigns' already with absolutely no positive result because of the situation as it is?
I think that it's comments such as yours that are 'really' 'sad'!
Peter Murray
Dec 20th 2011, 20:20
it is indeed "sad really" that you inhabit a parallell universe in which you think that merely "arranging meetings and speaking to MP's or the relevant ministries will resolve anything" as we have been doing just that,very unsuccessfully for many years.Thanks for your erudite and thought-provoking input and you should have offered that same advice to the Libyan people,the Egyptian people ,the Syrian people and the American,Greek,Portuguese peopel et al -as civilised conversation and polite discussion will resolve all disputes or wrongdoing surely-won't it.Hake a reality check will you!
W Cassar
Dec 20th 2011, 21:24
Couldnt agree with you more! They are just doing it for show nothing more!
Chantelle Mifsud
Dec 20th 2011, 21:25
Andrea ; Skuzani . Allura inti x tip ta azzjoni hadd ? Ghax biex imaqdru l-ewwel niehdu . U hija idea hazin li nghidu li protesti huma ineffettivi . Jekk titneha din l-idea in-nies jigu pupazzi u din igenerali . Ihallu kollox ghaddej b qalbhom matuwa ghax ilhna fil-vojt . Allura nerga nsaqsik inti li qed tikritika u ma taqbilx ma circusx tip ta azzjoni hadd ?
Rachel Borg
Dec 20th 2011, 22:05
And you really think that going to relevant ministries and speaking to MP's will get you anywhere close to a solution/even heard? That's sad really.
J Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 22:11
Yeah like diplomacy works, mp's joke of the year.
What planet you living on ???
Graziella Bencini
Dec 20th 2011, 23:01
Speak to "the relevant ministries" or the "MPs representing you on your district"? Are you serious? Do you actually believe politicians give a toss about animals? It's all about fattening someone's pocket at the expense of the voiceless. What are politicians doing for animal sanctuaries who struggle financially to give a decent living to the homeless cats and dogs? What are the politicians doing for the hundreds of cats and dogs who sadly roam our streets because sanctuaries are too full to take them in? Weren't we promised a shelter for strays in Ta' Qali to curb the problem of strays? We all know too well what the Ta' Qali shelter turned out to be. And all along NGOs are in continuous discussion with Government! Has anything concrete been done? Today's protest was a failure because people like you enjoy sitting pretty on their sofas and are quick to criticize and point fingers. All I can say is the few who attended responded to their conscience and had a heart to speak for the voiceless.
Deborah Sultana
Dec 20th 2011, 23:19
If issues like these can be dealt with in the ways you've described, then how come we still see animal circuses in Malta year after year? If you are against the circus too, then you should take action and arrange these meetings, make your voice be heard where it matters.
It may be embarrassing to you, but we have a right to make our voices be heard. You may think that it was 'failed' and 'sad', but the children going in to see the circus saw our banners and I am sure that they will be thinking about this before they go to bed tonight.
In my opinion, to fight for something when there is nothing in it for you is neither embarrassing nor posing.
Alex Ellul
Dec 20th 2011, 23:44
how true
Jean Paul Galea
Dec 21st 2011, 00:09
let say you and other like you have become complacant
Seamus Riolo
Dec 21st 2011, 01:17
What about if your MPs or relevant ministries don't calculate you and come up with some excuses and never do something about it?
No, People must make their voices heard and the more people that stand up the more they get what they want, luck its actually happening with the cannabis case... suddenly MPs and president and lawyers and what not are starting to advice changes to the law, altough this is just a small stop, if we didn't do that and made ourselves heard (not only by the protest) their would have been nothing, when people tried to contact MPs and political people, they just said they don't agree and that was the end of it....
NOTE: I don't support these animal rights protests.. altough I don't like animals treated badly, These people are actually doing more harm then good, cause if these captive born animals would be released in the wild as some said they wouldn't survive... and if no one went to the circuss that is what would happen.. animals would be released or killed, which actually both lead to death..
BUT I do believe in protests... They do induce changes if enough people support it and make their voices get heard :)
Mario Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 02:43
Have you ever been to France to witness how protests are really made? This animal circus issue has been with us for these last 4 years and a lot of talk has gone down the drain. It's action that's needed and not bla, bla, bla.
Please tell us what is embarrasing about such a display?
David Caruana
Dec 21st 2011, 07:53
What's sad is the amount of armchair critics we have on this island!
Andrea Portelli
Dec 21st 2011, 09:26
Franco Farrugia, Chantelle Mifsud, - I did my bit by not attending the circus (the show that is as not to get confused) thank you very much, I don't need to go on screen posing that and "caring" only when a circus shows up once a year.
Mario Grima - booing at show goers (and don't tell me it's not true) it's enough to warrant enough embarrasment
It's also rather entertaining to know that some people in that crowd belong to what we'd call "hippies" or bob marley / dalai lama wannabes in my books.... yet all this talk about "fighting" and "resisting" is the total antithesis of the peace , love, joy and whatnot that they so brag about.
Therefore this "silent march", once more, was a failed one simply for show.
Now, as usual, another circus will show up next year, the same odd 150 (maybe another 5 people if your lucky) will be present banging on drums and the vicious cycle will repeat itself ad infinitum.
carry on lads.....
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:24
this is by far the "saddest" comment i have read so far
Ms Maria Williams
Dec 21st 2011, 21:52
Do you really think that your suggestions haven't already been tried, not just about the circus issue but about other animal related issues as well? Do you know how many e-mails need to be sent before you get anywhere, that is, if you are even afforded the courtesy of a reply. MPs seem to think that animals don't matter as they don't vote. Maybe you have an MP who listens to you, in which case good luck with passing on the message.
I don't enjoy taking part in protests but sometimes that is the only option left for people to try to raise awareness, that is not to say I am embarrassed as I believe strongly in the issue and I think you shouldn't be embarrassed by doing what you consider to be right. So what if people have their hair in dreadlocks or are considered hippie types, at least they are prepared to get off their backsides, it's easy to say that you are against Circuses and leave it at that. Anyway, I can assure you that the crowd consisted of people of different ages and from different walks of life and were certainly not all hippie types!
The one thing they had in common is the belief that wild animals should not be kept in small cages and transported from place to place to perform unnatural tricks simply to make money for greedy people. To those people who say it's ok as they were born in captivity.....many slaves were born in captivity, does that mean we should not have abolished slavery? If anything it is even sadder that these creatures will never experience natural life as they were intended to.
Some say they look healthy, well so do many people who have mental problems, it's the same with animals, there is physical health and mental health. An apparently healthy lion can show stress by pacing or moving round in circles, there are persons who are trained specifically to examine these signs and only a trained animal behaviourist should state if the animals are mentally healthy.
It is true that one cannot believe all that one sees on the internet but some studies have been carried out by serious organisations shttp://www.rspca.org.uk/ImageLocator/LocateAsset?asset=document&assetId=1232714755621&mode=prduch as Bristol University : These come out heavily against animal circuses.
Incidentally I agree that there are other forms of animal cruelty and in my small way I will try to do my best to oppose them, whether it be by boycotting certain products/places, writing letters, attending protests if necessary and using my vote as I see fit when the time of reckoning comes, anything to give animals the voice they do not have.
J. Debono
Dec 20th 2011, 20:01
If you have proof that these animals are being mistreated, I will be the first to back you up,
otherwise please SHUT UP.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 20:17
I, for one, will NOT shut up! There is nothing in this world that will make me shut up when I speak in favour of animals and against cruelty of all kinds.
Instead of showing what a poor education you hold, use the Internet and see for yourself the 'proof' that is needed.
Next time you go to the circus, why don't you yourself go in the middle of the ring and see for yourself how easy it is to perform?
Steve Zammit
Dec 20th 2011, 20:39
You want proof?
You should go to the circus area yourself and see where the animals are being kept, 4 Lions in a cage they can barely run around in, dumped just near the road with cars pass all the time. Left in the cold tarmac outside...isn't that mistreatment? Its a lion not a cat !
Check out the internet will you, go on youtube, you'll find countless videos to start with
These are wild animals, it goes against their own nature to perform. Even if they were born in captivity, it still doesn't justify that its right, a wild animal still has instinct....a lion belongs in the savannah and not behind bars...
M Mealclaff
Dec 20th 2011, 20:51
J Debono...Use your eyes Man ! You want proof of Animals being Mistreated.
Elephants made to perform Tricks / Stand on their hind Legs.
Animals made to parade by walking backwards around the ring.
How would you like it if you were Made to Roar ( through pain ) then had a whip cracked in front of you.
laurent caruana
Dec 20th 2011, 21:16
Shut up you! They are living in a circus when are supposed to be in their natural habitat....
A Cardona
Dec 20th 2011, 21:25
Google up the query and you ll get enough proof.
I guess if anyone of us is one of those animals s/he would prefer to stay in a cage and get the occasional treat and run around a circus arena rather than enjoy the natural freedom.
Graziella Bencini
Dec 20th 2011, 21:33
What proof do you need? Suffice to say that no wild animal naturally or instinctively delights in jumping through hoops of fire or parading on their hind legs. If this is not proof enough, then go to the granaries and check for yourself. I saw 4 lions today caged in an area that isn't larger than my sitting/dining room. One of them was going round in circles, shaking its head. If this is not mistreatment, then I dare you to lock yourself up in a similar cage and spend the rest of your life in it!
Cristian Darmanin
Dec 20th 2011, 21:55
If you prove us that you are able to spend your life in a cage, do all the performances under strict training, beatings and humiliation, giving entertainment to the people, getting transported for long hours in dark containers
then we just SHUT UP
F Goodwin
Dec 20th 2011, 22:00
The video above is not sufficient? I suppose you think they asked that elephant nicely to dance and stand on its hind legs and it happily agreed out of sheer love of performing?
M Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 22:26
miskin ma tafx min xiex jghaddu dawn l-animali matul il-vjagg. Nistaqsi lilek inti lest li tghix hajtek kollha go kamra restritta ta ftit metri, jekk iva jien inkun l-ewwel wiehed li nappoggajk.
Emma Xerri
Dec 20th 2011, 23:02
Well what proof do you need, just the fact that the animals are in cages or doing tricks is enough evidence. I Do not think that any of these circus animals are in their natural habitat.
Deborah Sultana
Dec 20th 2011, 23:47
The fact that they are kept in cages (some of them barely twice the size of the animal), and transported from place to place in even smaller cages, is already proof of mistreatment.
The fact that they are made to do stupid tricks, such as the elephant seen sitting down in the video on this very page, for humans to clap and whistle at them, is mistreatment too.
If you take the elephant for example: Naturally elephants live in groups, communicate together and spend most of their lives walking. Circo Orfei has only one elephant, imagine the loneliness that eats through his/her day.
In the same way that we have no proof on how the animals were exactly trained, Circo Orfei hasn't shown any videos of their training methods.
G G Debono
Dec 21st 2011, 00:25
try living in a cage !
Maybe "otherwise please SHUT UP" applies to you too !
Sergio Azzopardi
Dec 21st 2011, 01:01
A lion living in a cage is a lion in prison for life just for the fact that he is a lion ....if you want to see a lion go to Africa for a safari ! These animals belong to the wild and not for your entertainment !
saviour deguara
Dec 21st 2011, 08:08
they might not be mistreated now that they are trained, but logic tells you that if to house train a dog you have to use a few slaps can you imagine what you have to do to animals like tigers and elephants to perform in a circus?? so please don;t tell anyone to SHUT UP... if you have a brain think about it..
Jo Grima
Dec 21st 2011, 10:51
Just do a simple google search !! SHUT UPand spend your time reading , get informed.
Joe Grech
Dec 20th 2011, 19:52
22 associations and only 150 people protesting....that's rather strange!
I suppose everybody has a right to express his or her opinion, no matter what.
Mario Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 20:15
Dead right, Mr. Grech.
Lots of wannabes who have their priorities all wrong.
I am totally against cruelty to animals, but these people simply take it too far and want to change the whole world as we know it.
Like you said - 22 associations (associations????)... and 150 people in all!!! What a joke!
How about protesting against what is REALLY trouble brewing on the near horizon? - the Eurozone problem!!
M Farrugia
Dec 20th 2011, 22:27
dawm l-ghaqdiet mhumiex xi partit politiku li jorganizza l-privats ghal meetings habib. anki kieku kien hemm inqas dawn xorta ghandhom lehen sabiex jiddefendu lil ma ghandux lehen-- lil animal.
G G Debono
Dec 21st 2011, 00:26
RE 22 associations and only 150 people protesting....that's rather strange!
Erm ? Not bad when one considers that it is only three shopping days to Christmas ?
M Farrugia
Dec 21st 2011, 11:11
mario ghal dak ix-xogjol hemm xi hadd iehor sabiex jipprotesta kulhadd ghandu l-ghalqa tieghu u jahdem fiha u nahseb li inti tafu dan.