by Animal Alliance of Canada

About the author: The Animal Alliance of Canada is an animal rights organization based in Toronto, Ontario, that fights animal cruelty through investigation, education, advocacy, and legislation.

Attitudes about our treatment of animals and the environment are changing; we are beginning to realize that we do not have the right to exploit animals or nature. Animals used in entertainment are exploited for profit. This is both unnecessary and unacceptable. Children and adults alike must learn an appreciation and a respect for animals. The tricks performed in anthropomorphic animal shows do nothing to achieve this goal, but instead reinforce the idea of human dominion over animals. Quite simply, confinement, cruelty and abuse are not entertaining.

Circuses

Circuses with animal acts are suffering from an increasingly poor image as the public realizes...