"We would consider it cruel to confine a dog permanently in a kennel.
Yet we visit zoos where hundreds of wild animals are kept permanently in the equivalent of a kennel." ~Virginia McKenna
What you need to know:
Campaign: Zoo animals facing slaughter... - Abolish Animal Abuse ...
Abolish Animal Abuse: Campaign:
Zoo animals facing slaughter... - a discussion on
Care2.com ... Abolish Animal Abuse.
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Zoos engender strong feelings from both advocates and opponents. Because of the complexity of the issues
surrounding them, it is problematic to characterize zoos and similar exhibitions of wild animals as a homogenous entity. One
basic standard, however, can and must be applied to these institutions: If they are unable to provide animals with appropriate
and humane care, they should not have those animals in their facilities.
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Circuses
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*
The Abuse of Circus Animals * - Associated Content
Training methods for circus animals are harsh, and cruel. ... The Cruelty of Animal Circuses.
What Really Goes on in a Circus?
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Forget the myth of rodeos as all-American sport. Rodeos are cruel and deadly for animals, some are corrupt,
and the crimes of some rodeo people go far beyond animals.
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Rodeos are promoted as rough and tough exercises of human skill and courage in conquering the fierce, untamed
beasts of the Wild West. In reality, rodeos are nothing more than manipulative displays of human domination over animals,
thinly disguised as entertainment. What began in the late 1800s as a skill contest among cowboys has become a show motivated
by greed and profit.
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Forget the myth of rodeos as all-American sport. Rodeos are cruel and deadly for animals, some are corrupt,
and the crimes of some rodeo people go far beyond animals.
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"But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors,
animals would never be a part of a circus." ~Richard Pryor
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Every August the town of Omak, Wash., hosts the *
Suicide Horse Race * as part of the annual Omak Stampede—a rodeo. Reckless and irresponsible, the race has caused the deaths of 21 horses
since 1983.
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