I picked this post off our webfoot.womf.com site this morning. The proposal is worthy of discussion.
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Ban on Animal Circuses in Clatsop.
Because of the horrendous cruelty involved in training animals to perform in circuses, because of the lack of veterinary care, and because there are many excellent non-animal circuses, I am proposing a ban on animal circuses. I will submit my request to the County Commissioners on Wednesday 21 April. Will you sign a petition in this regard? Or,if you support such a ban please email me at janellicott@earthlink.net.Thank you.Janice Robertson, Astoria.
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The old fashioned style circus Jan talks about is a dinosaur from another era. It is difficult to prove cruelty in training and that has been argued for years but there is a larger principal involved here. It comes down to a single question: Are we being good stewards?
Elephants in captivity is a great example of bad stewardship. The argument is that somehow we are doing these animals a favor by taking them out of the wild and using them for our personal entertainment. People point out that man has had a working relationship with these animals for centuries. People say these elephants have been born in captivity and were never wild. What would happen if we just stopped breeding them? How about another? Why are we holding Killer Whales in captivity? What is the point to that other than to add to the coffers of the companies that use them for entertainment?
I tend to agree with Jan. Banning animal circuses from Clatsop County is not going to change things on a worldwide level anytime soon. It is a step in the right direction.
If that's your opinion thats fine.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion is to ban all cell phones. After observing people from age 6 to 80 in schools, airports and autos the fascination with this piece of costly metal and plastic junk may get people off their butts. We are only a small non-descript area but this may, as you stated be a "step in the right direction." Parents use these as a full time baby sitting tool for children thinking the kids will do as said even tho no one is actually observing them. This texting continually is a dangerous sight unseen hobby.