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 … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
PETA wanted to promote a fake video made by an ad agency which served their purposes. It’s a shocking video. But it is misleading. It shows a grey cat being abused by a man who wants the cat to jump … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
People ask, ‘why do animals in the circus get abused?’ – so I’m going to try and answer the question in this post. I accept that we all have our own points of view. The first point to make is … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
Do you still go to the circus? If, yes, do they have wild animals? Do you question whether you should go to the circus or boycott them? If you like animals and if the circuses that you go to have … Continue reading →
‘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 … Continue reading →
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? … Continue reading →
