Zoos, Circuses, Safaris: A Gallery of Captivity

[Jeffrey]

(01-17-2018, 12:34 PM)peter Wrote:

(01-17-2018, 04:01 AM)Jeffrey Wrote: A captive Lion and Tiger attack a horse during a circus. One of kany reasons I'm against animals in circuses . (noticeble their limited hunting skills in comparison with their wild once)


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...ircus.html

The video was posted by PC not so long ago. It resulted in the exchange on this page. Just saying.

Opinion on what you saw appreciated, Jeffrey. Thanks for the input. My advice is to use another source of information. The Daily Mail, to put it mildly, isn't the most reliable of newspapers. Reading it online can have consequences for your computer as well (adds). 

As to the circus in China. Based on what I have, chances are that a ban is likely in the near future. 

A wild cat needs a lot of time to learn how to hunt. Only those who graduate will survive. Captive big cats, as you noticed, are mere shadows of their wild relatives.

The poor horse had a scare, but it did very well. I've seen mixed acts in Europe. It takes an experienced trainer to do it right. Accidents between captive big cats and large captive herbivores were few and far between, but they happened. In the great majority of cases, the cats failed. Half a century ago, when quite a few had been caught in the wild, things were different.

Exactly.

And thanks for the information, really appreciate it.

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