A new Colorado law prohibiting the use of exotic animals in traveling performances will officially go into effect on Aug. 14, ending abusive conditions at circuses across the state.
Lady Freethinker applauds Colorado lawmakers for taking this progressive step forward and thanks all activists who fought for this change, including the more than 37,900 people who signed our petition demanding an end to cruel traveling animal acts within the state.
Senate Bill 21-135, known as the Traveling Animal Protection Act, includes species most vulnerable to the circus industry, such as elephants, lions, tigers, bears, seals, and nonhuman primates.
Multiple studies and investigations have shown that captive animals forced to perform unnatural stunts and tricks in for-profit circuses are under the constant threat of their handlers’ whips and other painful, dominance-based “training” tactics. These innocent creatures are kept in small enclosures that are often filthy and prevent them from roaming, socializing, and engaging in other natural behaviors.
Captive performance animals also often are denied even the most basic fulfillment of their complex physical, behavioral, and social needs.
Colorado now joins New Jersey, Hawaii, and California with its decision to ban wild animal acts. These so-called “entertainment performances” are increasingly falling out of favor, with nearly 150 localities in 37 states moving to ban them in recent years, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
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This should be banned worldwide. Animals are not ours to exploit for profit, or any reason.
Respect for our wildlife , now!
Band wild animals acts.
Stop the abuse and the cruelty. Let animals live in their naturales habitats.
Wild animals belong in the wild or in sanctuaries and good zoos. If people like entertainment go to the movies, see a band, or go to see a ball game.
This is awful. The same should be done to those who harm animals
Its about dam time. I am so happy about this but it is a shame it took Lady Freethinker and animal activists to get something like this accomplished, otherwise these heartless, brainless, nimcompoops wouldn’t think nothing of abusing, torturing and hurting an animal, for entertainment purposes. I would never want to know anyone that could be so disgustingly cruel to any animal.
ANIMALS HAVE FEELINGS AND RIGHTS TOO! PLEASE HELP!
Thanku Colarado. Animals 🐵🐒🦁🐯🐾🐘 were not put on this earth 🌍🌎🌏 to entertain us
We humans are really backward. after all the experience and our past history, what have we learnt? Not very much bu thank to the people who have woken up and are trying to alert the millions who are asleep. Most people have good intentions.
Ffs… Only in the states…. How backward are you! These animals suffer dreadful abuse just to thrill thick stupid fat Americans. Its deplorable!
Animals are NOT ours !!!!
Stop Animal cruelty NOW !!!!!!!
At least after so many wild animals are being put to their untimely deaths, by suffering in the long torture chambers !!!
THANK YOU TO THE SENATE, THOSE WHO VOTED TO BAN/STOP this mass Violence against the vulnerable defenseless Animals.
The 135 Compassionate persons who voted to BAN this cruel industry, YOU ALL WILL SURE HAVE A VERY ‘SPECIAL” PLACE IN HEAVEN ONEDAY. Bless your Hearts. .
Boycot Circuses. You know they are cruel to all the animals
Thank you for speaking out for these silenced animals . Continue the work and I will keep signing.
People who abuse animals have a sickness that requires serious psychiatric evaluation! A slap on the wrist as punishment will simply lead to more abuse and murder!
Hallelujah! May every state follow the example. Surely we humans are evolving out of the ignorant, primitive habits we used to think were normal and acceptable.
Justice pour les animaux
I applaud them as well. Animals do not exist for the entertainment of people or to profit from their exploitation.
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