Are animal circus's OK?
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The circus has come to town. It's an odd sight to see a big old elephant and other animals across the road from your house. The circus is setting up, and has already attracted a stream of mums, dad's and kids, with camera's clicking. We're all fascinated. It's replaced taking my son to the park, and we just go across the street and talk about the elephant and the camels for 20 minutes at a time. This brings me to the question, is it PC to support a circus like this? I'm kind of sitting on the fence. It's a bit more like a car accident from my eyes, we can't stop looking, but deep down I'm not sure if it's quite right?
What's your thoughts? Would you take your child to an animal circus?
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The circus has come to town. It's an odd sight to see a big old elephant and other animals across the road from your house. The circus is setting up, and has already attracted a stream of mums, dad's and kids, with camera's clicking. We're all fascinated. It's replaced taking my son to the park, and we just go across the street and talk about the elephant and the camels for 20 minutes at a time. This brings me to the question, is it PC to support a circus like this? I'm kind of sitting on the fence. It's a bit more like a car accident from my eyes, we can't stop looking, but deep down I'm not sure if it's quite right?
What's your thoughts? Would you take your child to an animal circus? 
I can understand your concerns, even without having a child. Perhaps a better question (and somewhat easier) is, if the circus wasn't across the street from your house, would you seek it out? I'm going to guess if you saw the flyers and your little one didn't, would you have taken him?
ReplyDeleteIt's a great opportunity to show a little on the animals and talk about them, and then sort of talk about the issues of the circus? Although a tough conversation with a very young child, might be a good one for kids over say 8?
But to answer, if I came across the circus with a young child, I'd have to stop, and maybe I'd research that circus' reputation...
Jacqueline (SF, CA)