Saturday, December 8, 2007

The Circus comes to town, yey! (sic{k})

Circus animals
Elaine Mizzi, Kalkara.
I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern that once again a circus, which exploits animals, will be coming to Malta. Through such shows, animals are forced to perform tricks that are contradictory to their innate instincts and behaviour, which results in substantial injuries. Besides, such performance and training most often entails learning through painful and punitive methods.
Animals in circuses have to sustain long distance travelling to get to the performance destination and during transportation they are often kept in unsuitable and precarious conditions.
The climate of the locality may furthermore be unsuitable for their natural temperament in such a way that they undergo undue suffering. These factors continue to exacerbate the already stressful conditions caused by confinement and transportation.
As a result of this, I am urging animal lovers to boycott this circus and its sponsors to show that animals should not be exploited for profit.

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