A Michael Broad Blog
An Italian tiger tamer, Ettore Weber, 61, was mauled to death during a training session at his circus, Circo Orfei. It is Italy’s best-known circus. At the time the circus was in Triggiano, in the Puglia region of Italy. We are told that one tiger knocked him down before the other three jumped on …
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 from one stool to another. The abuse is horrendous. It looks very real. But …
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 …
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 that not all animals in circuses get abused. However, you can successfully argue that …
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 performing wild animals you should make a personal commitment to boycott circuses from now …
The British government is dragging its feet over the banning of wild animals in zoos despite the generally held international view that the British public are animal lovers. We voted this government into power but they appear not to be carrying out the views of the electorate when it comes to zoo animals. The …
This is the story of Magnus, a lion cub. He was an abused lion cub. There are many. Lions are bred for commercial purposes such a photo-shoots and canned hunting. Magnus was born in captivity. Soon after he was born he was separated from his mother. He was abused as a tourist attraction at …
THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN The lights, the signs, the tents, the price All meant to lure us and entice. We watch those beautiful animals cringe when the whip is cracked and they feel unhinge. They dare not show what they really feel lest they risk not getting a meal. What we see has …
