Italian tiger tamer killed by his cats
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
The present government intends to ban wild animals from travelling circuses in England. Such animals include tigers, lions and zebras. The government is drafting a bill to be included in the Queen’s speech. The...
You go to the circus and watch the tigers perform their usual tricks (note: I don’t like that bit of the story). You decide that you need to go to the toilet and while...
by Michael Photo by wolfsavard (Flickr) About 40 years ago only a few people gave a second thought as to whether circus tigers were a bad thing. The world has changed and people are...