Comments on: Circus comes to town http://www.francethisway.com/wp/circus-comes-to-town/2007/03/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/circus-comes-to-town/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-3806 Boris Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:59:08 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/circus-comes-to-town/2007/03/#comment-3806 That story raises part of the problem - when we were talking to the 'animal inspector' for Lot et Garonne a while ago he pointed out that it wasn't all that easy for them simply to seize circus animals, in part because they have to have somewhere to take them. Such operations are both difficult and expensive. Are attitudes changing? I would guess it's only a small minority around here who would not go to a circus because of animal rights. I think that as a long-standing agricultural and hunting community they really do see animal rights in a different way to the rest of us 'soppy city folk'. Fingers crossed for the future Cheers That story raises part of the problem – when we were talking to the ‘animal inspector’ for Lot et Garonne a while ago he pointed out that it wasn’t all that easy for them simply to seize circus animals, in part because they have to have somewhere to take them. Such operations are both difficult and expensive.

Are attitudes changing? I would guess it’s only a small minority around here who would not go to a circus because of animal rights. I think that as a long-standing agricultural and hunting community they really do see animal rights in a different way to the rest of us ‘soppy city folk’.

Fingers crossed for the future

Cheers

]]> By: Craig McGinty http://www.francethisway.com/wp/circus-comes-to-town/2007/03/comment-page-1/#comment-3801 Craig McGinty Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:29:09 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/circus-comes-to-town/2007/03/#comment-3801 Here, here... ...and I remember reading this story a wee while ago http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/big-cats/big-cat-rescue/three-lions/ Hopefully attitudes are changing and if a circus does come to town it will only feature humans! All the best Craig Here, here…

…and I remember reading this story a wee while ago

http://www.bornfree.org.uk/campaigns/big-cats/big-cat-rescue/three-lions/

Hopefully attitudes are changing and if a circus does come to town it will only feature humans!

All the best

Craig

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