An Entertainment Abuses Article from All-Creatures.org
Five Best Animal-Free Circuses 2024
From IDA In Defense of Animals
September 2024
A growing number of circuses offer eye-popping and superbly creative non-animal-based entertainment.
In 1831, French animal trainer Henri Martin entered a cage with a
tiger. It was the first time a circus performed with wild animals.
Unfortunately, the idea caught on, and soon circuses everywhere
showcased elephants, lions, bears, and tigers jumping through fiery
hoops, riding bicycles, and standing on their hind legs wearing
tutus and tiaras. For nearly two centuries, this cruel tradition of
enslaving wild animals for entertainment carried on.
Starting in the 1970s, animal rights activists rose up against the
cruelty and ignited a movement to halt the use of animals in
circuses.
By the 1990s, circus owners started seeing the writing on the wall — profits dwindled, then, in 2009, Bolivia became the first country to ban all animals from circuses. After that, more and more cities, states, and countries started banning circuses with animal acts. Today there are 51 countries, 112 U.S. jurisdictions, and 11 states with partial or complete bans on the use of wild animals.
Today a growing number of circuses offer eye-popping and superbly creative non-animal-based entertainment — even one with astonishing animal holograms.
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Posted on All-Creatures.org: September 21, 2024
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