ANIMAL-FREE CIRCUS WOULD BE BETTER.Reading about the new concept created for the Ringling Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . and Barnum & Bailey circus (U cover story, July 13), I thought, ``Hmm. This is a circus my family might enjoy.'' But then I read producer Nicole Feld's words, ``Our strong animal record has always been a part of Ringling Bros., and our animals are really a big part of our family.'' Feld and the others profiting off the suffering of animals must know: Most families don't obtain their children by kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. them, hit them with bullhooks, chain their legs, confine them in cages for 20 hours a day, and deprive them of food and water as a training method. Animals used in circuses are deprived of the lives nature intended them to live. I agree with all the animal protection groups: There is nothing entertaining about animals in captivity. Until Ringling Bros. adopts an animal-free policy, my family and I will happily be attending the Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. . -- Rory Freedman freed·man n. A man who has been freed from slavery. freedman Noun pl -men History a man freed from slavery Noun 1. , Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. |
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