Bolton Council have allowed a licence to a circus,using live animals, i don't know what animals are involved, is this still legal?
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Punch n judy are dead, i think, they are banned 
I am suprised that the circus can survive in this electronic age.
Sad to see wild animals being exploited in this way, lions and tigers etc belong in the wild.
Sad to see wild animals being exploited in this way, lions and tigers etc belong in the wild.
You obviously haven't been to Cirque Du Soleil in Orlando ... An amazing circus and NO mistreatment of animals whatsoever.
Whilst I agree in principle with
it is a little naive.
If it wasn't for the many well run captive sites many of todays animal wonders of the World would be long gone.
Key thing is legislation to ensure that the animals are respected and well treated.
MW
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oompah
And that stops cruelty does it?
Yes ... In the same way that speed cameras stop speeding
The law is all we have Oompah, what would you suggest?
Let all the animals go free presumably and end up on the dinner table of the Roma Gypsies perhaps ... Or the odd scouser?
And I don't mean the single odd scouser ... Or did I?
MW
The law is all we have Oompah, what would you suggest?
Let all the animals go free presumably and end up on the dinner table of the Roma Gypsies perhaps ... Or the odd scouser?
And I don't mean the single odd scouser ... Or did I?
MW
Why is there an assumption that all circuses mistreat their animals? if the argument is that animals shouldnt be "exploited" then shouldn't this apply to ALL working animals everywhere, including police horses,racehorses , greyhounds, police dogs etc
Its a shame that a generation of children have missed out on the magical spectacle that was a circus.
Its a shame that a generation of children have missed out on the magical spectacle that was a circus.
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EddieM
No it's not, they were dead tedious in my day (1835) Anyone remember "Billy Smarts Flying boredom" on a Saturday night, jesus! I only watched in the vain hope that the trapeze artists would miss, and fall spectacularly to their death
Maybe on the box but Billy Smarts and Bertram Mills circus's in the flesh as it were were special as a kid.
No it's not, they were dead tedious in my day (1835) Anyone remember "Billy Smarts Flying boredom" on a Saturday night, jesus! I only watched in the vain hope that the trapeze artists would miss, and fall spectacularly to their death
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EddieM
Maybe on the box but Billy Smarts and Bertram Mills circus's in the flesh as it were were special as a kid.
No it's not, they were dead tedious in my day (1835) Anyone remember "Billy Smarts Flying boredom" on a Saturday night, jesus! I only watched in the vain hope that the trapeze artists would miss, and fall spectacularly to their death
They were even worse in the flesh, at least on TV you couldn't smell the s**t !!
P.S. I Hate Zoo's as well, just as tedious.
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oompah
Its what is done to get the animals to perform.
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