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Stop Circus Suffering USA: 2 The Traveling Environment
14 July 2008
We examine here the issues and challenges raised by the need to adapt both animal accommodation and animal care practices for the traveling environment. These include: 2.1 Long tours, limited periods...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 3 Pilot Study: Animals in Traveling Circuses in the U.S.
14 July 2008
ADI studies the use of animals in traveling circuses all over the world. Methods used include observations, videotape and photography by our field officers, who work undercover in circuses. We relate our...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 4 The Scientific Evidence
14 July 2008
4.1 Effects of Transport A scientific review of research on the transportation of horses concluded: "Although some horses adapt to transport much better than others, transport is generally associated...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 5 The Animal Welfare Act
14 July 2008
The U.S. Animal Welfare Act (AWA) is the federal law that regulates the commercial use and trade of animals for research and in exhibitions (carnivals, zoos and circuses), the pet trade and during transportation...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 6 Recommendations for Action
14 July 2008
Observational and scientific evidence makes it clear that the traveling circus is no place for animals and that these archaic shows should be prohibited. Legislation prohibiting the use of wild animals...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 7 Appendix: Public Opinion
14 July 2008
Appendix: Public Opinion A nationwide ban on all wild animals in circuses is already in place in Austria. This example was recently followed by Hungary, which banned wild animals by government decree...
Stop Circus Suffering USA: 8 References
14 July 2008
1 Broom, D.M. (1991). Assessing welfare and suffering. Behavioral Processes. 25: 117 – 123. 2 Webster J. (1994). Animal Welfare: A Cool Eye Towards Eden. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 3 Webster J. (2005)....
Stop Circus Suffering in the U.S.
14 July 2008
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