You can see I don't work the quote thing very well, but to answer you question if I have ever worked with or around a circus...Yes.
I work for Big Apple Circus and Have had a number of friends on RBBB and have been backstage and on the train many times. I also have friends who own an elephant and in fact saved her from death. She performs with them and is treated as one of their children. Their son refered to her as his sister.
I have also worked closely with a dog act. I have considered having my own dog act because my dogs love to perform. You can't tell me they don't.
I like to see circuses going to acrobatic acts more and more. I am dissinterested in cat acts. But I still hate to hear people being trashed for their choices. Yes there do need to be standards but they do not need to be dictated by the one with the most money. And unfortunatly out court system is set up for the ones with the most money.
So maybe we could agree there are two sides to every story. Each instance should be considered without presumption. And don't make assumptions based on an artical that could be writen with a slanted view.
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