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Outlaw the Animal Circus!
Cruel and impoverished environments, contstant travelling, isolation and oppressive training regimes: AAQ investigates local animal circuses and calls for a council ban.
Circuses: No fun for the animals! Unnatural, cruel and oppressive.The circus is no place for animals and only provides a restricted, cruel and impoverished environment. Circuses are constantly travelling across the country, with animals locked in small cages for long periods of time. Circuses set up temporary cages and enclosures when they reach their temporary destination. Circus animals spend most of their lives in this boring environment. If a member of the public were to keep at dog in these conditions they could incur a hefty fine. AAQ has investigated a number of circuses in the Caloundra City Council Area and documented cruelty witnessed at Charlie Ridgways Circus, Lorraine Ashton’s Classic Circus, and the Eden Bros Circus. All three circuses breached the Animal Care and Protection Act 4. (1) (b), (d), and RSPCA’s Five Freedoms. "The life of circus animals is harsh and demanding. Although some circuses are better than others at caring for their animals, no circus can ever provide an acceptable way of life for an animal. Hours, even days are spent travelling between different sites and however well managed the travelling arrangements, Confinement and restriction of movement are inevitable." (RSPCA UK) Circus animals are not provided with an adequate environment due to constant travelling, isolation from others of their own species, being made to perform tricks, oppressive training regimes, restrictive and unnatural living conditions and what appears to be a complete lack of understanding of animal’s basic needs by circus owners based on the investigations by AAQ. Recognising that circuses are an inadequate home for animals, 36 councils around Australia have passed laws banning circuses with animals from council controlled land. These Councils are Hindmarsh-Woodville, Noarlunga, Marion, Tea Tree Gully, Elizabeth and Thebarton. Australian Capital Territory In 1992 made it illegal to confine exotic animals in circuses. Primates may only be brought into the Territory with the Minister's approval. Exotic animals are banned from Perth. The RSPCA has lobbied councils in WA. Mitchel Shire in VIC has adopted a policy to ban exotic circus animals. Based on the recent local evidence of cruelty offences by circuses in the Caloundra City Council Area and the extensive history of acts of cruelty, AAQ requests that the Caloundra City Council ban circuses from performing in the Glass House District. Inside “Outlaw the Animal Circus!”Learn more about the “Outlaw the Animal Circus!” campaign (links to these pages can also be found in the left navigation column):
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