Comments on: 12 Reasons to Boycott the Circus https://theequinest.com/boycott-the-circus Horse breeds and equine information Mon, 19 May 2025 18:52:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Hmmmmmmmm https://theequinest.com/boycott-the-circus/comment-page-1#comment-52760 Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:56:19 +0000 http://www.theequinest.com/?p=12332#comment-52760 This list of reasons to boycott circuses is missing something:
13. Humans who are paid to perform idiotic unnatural inhumane stunts against their will

]]> By: Icare https://theequinest.com/boycott-the-circus/comment-page-1#comment-26689 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:55:01 +0000 http://www.theequinest.com/?p=12332#comment-26689 Animals are not for entertainment or sport, for fashion, for food or for science and research. The animals of the world exist for their own reasons; and those who are bred to supply such practices only want to live the life they were given free of harm and worry. Live and Let Live

]]> By: Rokcet https://theequinest.com/boycott-the-circus/comment-page-1#comment-24953 Thu, 19 May 2011 13:09:52 +0000 http://www.theequinest.com/?p=12332#comment-24953 Animals are not for entertainment. They are for education, studying, and admiring, yes. For meat, milk, eggs, and as beasts of burden, of course. And certainly for enjoyment and company.
But irrespective of their ‘purpose’ all animals deserve a decent animal’s life. With sufficient space, environmental variation, and diverse social interaction.
They are not getting that in circuses.

“But the circus – with animals – is an important part of our culture.”

Certainly. But so is witch burning, and quartering protestants, etc. It all happened. And we should remember that. But it doesn’t happen anymore. Because we have changed since then. We’ve learned. We’ve evolved.
Well, some of us have, anyway.

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