*The Circus*

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by bluekat
I've only been to the circus 1 time, and that was a few years ago. I had fun.
But I don't agree with circuses either. or zoos. In a zoo, all the animals are trapped in cages for peoples' entertainment. I just don't agree with that. i don't know about aquariums though.

Um just to clarify, not ALL zoos keep animals trapped in cages, in fact I have only been to one zoo that did that, and it was a small one called the Santa Ana Zoo in California, and it was full of rescued animals. Well I guess the Portland zoo is that way also, but not as bad. I just got back from the zoo and took some beautiful pictures!


Most zoos now a days have very spacious enclosures with several acres of land for the animals to roam on, like the San Diego Wild Animal Park and Wildlife Safari here nearby my home. Plus, a lot of the animals in zoos are rescues, usually from circuses too.......but that's another story lol.


But I love the circus as long as the animals are cared for. I don't like to see large animals though, like camels, zebra or big cats. It just makes me sad. Especially the elephants.

[Cookiebaker]

Originally posted by luckies4me
Most zoos now a days have very spacious enclosures with several acres of land for the animals to roam on, like the San Diego Wild Animal Park and Wildlife Safari here nearby my home. Plus, a lot of the animals in zoos are rescues, usually from circuses too.......but that's another story lol.

The thing that bothers me the most is that yes, man can provide "several" acres of land. How does that compare to THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of acres of land that they can roam in nature.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Cookiebaker
The thing that bothers me the most is that yes, man can provide "several" acres of land. How does that compare to THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of acres of land that they can roam in nature.

That's true, and yes it is best that they be in the wild, but that's not always possible. All I am saying is that it's better for them to be in the wild, but if in captivity they should be allowed as much space as possible. Several zoos help bring animals numbers back, and raise them for release into the wild etc. I never said I agree with the things they do, but if they do do it, they should do it as nicely as possible. If there is such a thing.


I am sure everyone here, or most everyone knows my stand on keeping animals in captivity, as you can plainly see by my signature and icon.

[Uabassoon]

I like going to some zoos. Back home in Texas we had an amazing zoo, all the animals had so much space to roam and such. But the zoo here in Tucson is horrible, I went once and I never want to go back again. I remember I sat down and watched a polar bear pace in it's small pen for an hour. I felt so sorry for it, this giant bear in a space about the size of my bedroom. Then a few years ago I read that they sent the polar bear to another zoo because it was getting depressed, I was so happy to hear that he would be going to another place. But then later I read about how they brought in a polar bear cub which upset me so much.

Originally posted by I Love Brian, Forever <3

I don't agree with circuses.

Same here too! I don't mind the clown , he he!!
I hate to see how they force animals to do things that they would never do in normal environment...

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
and I diffinetly don't agree with aquariums.

Don't agree with aquariums? I LOVE AQUARIUMS! The one I've been to several times is quite far from where we live, but its in the ocean. Well, not exactly, but when you go inside, there's a glass wall seperating us from the ocean, and it feels like we're deep down in the ocean when there. Its SOOOOOOOOO cool and the animals are well, in the ocean, where they would be anyways. Its so cool when the huge sharks come to the glass wall and look at all the humans. Kind of freaky, but cool. You can see how the starfishes live and all the fish going in schools, its just amazing, and a true perpective of how life in the ocean for the fishies is. I love aquariums, and don't see any wrong in them at all.

As for zoos, I'm not very much *for* zoos, although I love to go to them, I get sad to see the king of the jungle in a little cage. It breaks my heart. I really LOVE wild animal safaris though, it which all the animals are in the open, in a natural environment, and the humans drive in cars to their areas. The lions come right up to the window! Its really neat. None of the animals are confined, yet they are secure and the humans can see them too.

One thing I definitely don't agree with are circuses, but I'm glad you had a great time Cookiebaker! I've never been to one.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Sounds like you had a fun time!

I don't always like going to zoos and aquarums. They're cool to look at and see the different animals, but I hate to see animals trapped in cages. I know they give them room and everything, but sometimes I ask myself if the animals are really happy.

[allanimalswelcome]

I suppose my true hatred towards aquariums comes from Sea World and the "Shamu Lie"

They "forget" to mention that Shamu was a female and she died in 1971 after 6years in captivity.

The names of the real whales (in all three parks) are:
Corky II, Katina, Kasatka, Ulises, Tillikum, Kalina, Orkid, Kayla, Taima, Splash, Takara, Kyuquet, Keet, Taku, Keto, Unna, Sumar, Tuar, Tekoa, Nakai, Kohana, and Ikaika.

There is a good website on these issues http://www.dolphinproject.org/

~Rachel

[Cheshirekatt]

One of the things that I think zoos and aquariums are good for is getting people close to the animals. Once a person has been close to an animal they otherwise would NEVER see I think it makes them more empathetic towards those animals.

Of course like everything else there are well run and poorly run facilities. I think a bigger issue is people keeping exotics as pets. This serves no purpose and really rankles me.

[zanzanfergie]

Originally posted by allanimalswelcome

The names of the real whales (in all three parks) are:
Corky II, Katina, Kasatka, Ulises, Tillikum, Kalina, Orkid, Kayla, Taima, Splash, Takara, Kyuquet, Keet, Taku, Keto, Unna, Sumar, Tuar, Tekoa, Nakai, Kohana, and Ikaika.
~Rachel

Heehee, there are three baby seals at Seaworld in LA called Buffy, Willow and Xander Sorry, I know that's not the point you were trying to make. I just couldn't resist mentioning it.