“The circus is a Great British institution"
is it??
people actually go to the circus these days?
it sounds like he has friends in the circus biz with deep pockets.
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miss fortunate last posted ages ago, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 19:50,
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The few circuses I've been to since I had kids
Have all been with no animals, but are still fairly 'traditional', and IMHO are way better than the ones with animals as they've put a load of creative thought into the performances. The ever increasing quality of wildlife documentaries has convinced me that in nearly every case the most interesting things wild animals do is in the wild.
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 20:53,
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This
or at the very least a well run zoological collection where the animals can at least do their own thing, not jump to like regimented clowns. Environmental tourism is probably going to be the solution for a lot of animal wildlife, which is the next step on from modern zoos. They'll have a better chance of not being poached, though part of the problem with African reservations is quite simply how massive the place is. Trying to protect reservations half the size of a small European country is as you would imagine practically impossible. And poaching shows no signs of diminishing.
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Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 21:47,
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That is why I asked. I think I have been to one circus I was 5 and hated it.
When my kids were little they much preferred a trip out to the everglades or nature reserve with some educational thing attached than a zoo. a circus would have had them crying as they all have a healthy fear of clowns. I seriously had no idea travelling circuses with elephants and things still were a thing people do, no less something someone would claim to be 'an institution'
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miss fortunate last posted ages ago, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 21:57,
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I would just let your kids run through Miami on a Saturday afternoon. More freaks there than a trainload of circuses.
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gunmetal drove slowly in the passing lane on, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 22:07,
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That always makes for an educational trip out.
'Kids, keep your hands inside the vehicle, and don't feed the wildlife'
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miss fortunate last posted ages ago, Fri 5 Dec 2014, 22:11,
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