What affects us affects cats
I was prompted to write about this topic after reading a new story, today, about a lion, Kimba, which escaped from a circus near Ladispoli, north-west of Rome, Italy. The lion prowled the small town’s streets resulting in a curfew for the residents. The police were called and they contacted an expert, Bisegna, on …
A lioness, Vega, savagely mauls a trainer inside a small circus enclosure. The trainer, Maxim Orlov, struggles to get rid of the attacking lioness. He must have been hurt on his legs although he gets up each time. Fortunately, he was not bitten around his head. The second lioness joins in. It looks really …
What do you think of this? It appears to be a permanent show based on trained domestic cats somewhere in Japan. It is like the Moscow Cat Theatre which is relatively famous. As usual the cats have been trained using positive reinforcement. The treat that she gives them must be incredibly tasty to the …
PERU (2015): [Happy ending] — A mountain lion was taken from the wild as a cub and spent his entire life chained up in the back of a pickup truck in-between performing in a circus. The extent of the cruelty is quite exceptional. The pictures are eye watering. His rescue by Animal Defenders International …
Hurrah! This makes me smile inside. It is about time. The days of circus animals are fading away. On 25th April 2017, the LA city council voted unanimously to ban the exhibition of wild or exotic animals for entertainment (note that this is wider than for circuses) including circuses. The ban covers: wild animal …
This is a happy ending cat story although the happiness cannot wash away the unhappiness of being chained up in the back of a truck and used as a circus big cat for a staggering twenty years. Peru banned circus wild animals. The law had to be enforced vigorously because most circuses defied the …
‘Alley the cat’ is one member of a band of circus cats who make up the Amazing Acro-Cats. She’s a calico and currently holds the record for the longest jump by a domestic cat. This has to be from a standing start (incidentally, the world best feline jumper is the cougar). What is special …
Lets remind ourselves what the Moscow Cat Theatre does. Here is a photo and two videos: Here is one on YouTube: OK it’s a kind of cat circus. Now the thing about this unique organisation is what about the cats? And we don’t want to get politically correct or subjective when assessing this theatre. …
