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• nikelby commented  ·  February 18, 2011 11:06 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I'm so so glad that more and more people are getting on this bandwagon!! i've never been to a circus because my Mother boycotted them and I was raised knowing what horrible treatment these animals have to endure, I, therefore, brought my kids the same way, and I'm proud to say that my grand children are learning to appreciate what we are trying to for them.

• CINDY COLLIER commented  ·  February 18, 2011 10:07 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  ANIMALS SHOULD BE RESPECTED AND PROTECTED NOT USED FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT

• Dona commented  ·  February 18, 2011 9:59 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  As the allegedly most evolved species??? ...it is way past due for humanity to end the exploitation of all animals!

• Dona commented  ·  February 18, 2011 9:59 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  As the allegedly most evolved species??? ...it is way past due for humanity to end the exploitation of all animals!

• Emily commented  ·  February 18, 2011 9:43 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I remember Monkey World rescuing a baby chimpanzee from a circus because one of the people who ran it repeatedly beat her. Fortunatley, the owner got prosecuted for animal cruelty but nothing seems to have been done since then to ban the use of animals in circuses and what happened to this chimp should have been the case for banning it. As other people have said, it's not just wild animals that should be banned from being used in circuses, but all.

• mongibello commented  ·  February 18, 2011 8:47 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  It's a disgrace that animals are used in circuses in this supposedly enlightened age. Even Bolivia has banned them. WHAT are we waiting for?

• Nik commented  ·  February 18, 2011 8:36 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  No animal should be beaten and suppressed to a state where they 'perform' for human entertainment, not just wild animals!
  Ban all animals in circuses, it isn't a natural enviroment for any of them.
  Your hour of entertainment is their lifetime of misery.

• Graham commented  ·  February 18, 2011 7:55 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  This must stop. We live in a society that now KNOWS BETTER. What we dont see in the circus ring is the cruelty involved in training these poor animals to 'perform' for our pleasure. Try looking on You Tube if in doubt.

• T Benjamin commented  ·  February 18, 2011 6:49 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Animals are NOT for entertainment,they belong in the WILD and FREE

• T Benjamin commented  ·  February 18, 2011 6:47 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Animals are NOT for entertainment,they belong in the WILD and FREE

• T Benjamin commented  ·  February 18, 2011 6:46 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Animals are NOT for entertainment,they belong in the WILD and FREE

• Jon La Forgia commented  ·  February 18, 2011 5:51 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  No more Wild Animals in Circuses please

• carmen commented  ·  February 18, 2011 5:44 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  animals do not in circuses belong
  the belong in their natural habitats
  running free and strong
  and those who were raised captive
  need to be free
  living in comfort
  in animal sanctuaries

• karen lyons kalmenson commented  ·  February 18, 2011 4:51 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  animals do not in circuses belong
  the belong in their natural habitats
  running free and strong
  and those who were raised captive
  need to be free
  living in comfort
  in animal sanctuaries

• sopfia commented  ·  February 18, 2011 4:17 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  animals are not for entertainment - they belong in their nature. speak for the voiceless!

• sopfia commented  ·  February 18, 2011 4:17 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  animals are not for entertainment - they belong in their nature. speak for the voiceless!

• Brenda Towers commented  ·  February 18, 2011 2:25 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Circuses are an outdated form of entertainment and are harmful to the welfare and health of the animals.

• bumcheeks007 commented  ·  February 18, 2011 1:43 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Circus animals are enslaved, imprisoned, mistreated, often beaten, hot-shocked, prodded, poked and burned to force them to perform for so-called human "entertainment." Ban them!

• Tracy Hyams commented  ·  February 18, 2011 1:17 a.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  Animals in circuses are antiquated! The likes of Cirque de Soliel have proven this. Why do some still insist on this cruelty as a form of entertainment for man?

• Penny McLaughlin commented  ·  February 17, 2011 2:12 p.m.  ·  Flag as inappropriateFlag as inappropriate  ·  Delete

  I don't understand how in the 21st century we can still be allowing animals in circuses or why we are. Animals deserve more respect than we are giving them and until we give that to them we as a species can not move forward. I implore you to help move the use of animals in circuses to the history books. Thank you.