Thursday 11 October 2012

It’s Not, And Never Has Been, About Animal Welfare…

Animal rights protesters are planning to demonstrate when the circus comes to Sandbach this week.
The Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS) is calling on the public to boycott Bobby Roberts’s Super Circus which is in town from today until Sunday.
Well, there’s a cause it’s not hard to be sympathetic to, after all, circuses can hardly offer their captive animals the enclosures that zoos can. And the loss of the freedom of the open savannah, the jungle, the stable and…

Wait. What..?
The show, at Elm Tree Farm in Elworth, will feature horses and ponies as well as various acts including Hungarian whirlwind jugglers, aerial stars from Italy and the Ukraine and the award-winning musical clowns, The Konyots.
Horses? Seriously?
CAPS director Liz Tyson said: “Thankfully, there has been a massive surge in public support for a complete ban on the use of wild animals in circuses over the past year, with Government recently having pledged to ban the practice.
“If wild animal acts are banned, we would be delighted, but we remain concerned for all animals in circuses, whether domestic or wild.”
Ahhh, I see. It’s easy to get people to protest and boycott circuses for lions and bears, less so for horses or dogs.

And no, it isn't just this circus (which has had wild animals in the past), either:
Zippo’s Circus has spoken out against claims by an animal rights organisation that its animals are poorly treated.
Chris Barltrop, a spokesman for Zippo’s, said: “The circus has horses and budgies both of which are non-contentious animals. ”
Budgies. Right. OK…

And no, there's no such thing as a 'non-contentious animal' to these people. If you thought you could appease them, you were wrong. You never appease fanatics. You stand up to them.
Mr Barltrop’s comments come after the Captive Animals’ Protection society called for people to boycott Zippo’s Circus when it comes to Harringay from October 11 to 16.
The group’s local campaigners intend to stage a demonstration outside the circus on the first night.
Because it was never about animal rights, or animal cruelty. It was never really about animals at all.

It was about people enjoying themselves in ways other people didn't  and so they decided to try to restrict the ability of those others to continue to do so.

They are no different to the anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-fast food zealots.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bunny

Can we just ship these anti-enjoyment puritans to another country. Preferably in one without a radio or an engine, or modern navigation equipment. Its been done before.

Twenty_Rothmans said...

CAPS director Liz Tyson

Director? Does she run around in pinstripes with a cigar?

Those of you eating lunch should look away right now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/liz-tyson

Did Michael Gove nick her glasses? Actually, it looks like Michael Gove in a joke wig trying to suppress diarrhoea.

Of course, children should never be exposed to the majesty and intelligence of wild beasts when they could be at home building alfalfa wimmin's refuges or sustainable ethnic buttplugs.

Jesus Christ, how empty must your life be to jump up and down about CAPS? Isn't there just a smidgin of lint in your navel you cannot wheedle out?

Or, to be more serious for a change, isn't there some old person living in your street who'd like some company or some shopping dealt with?

No. Because It's About Me.

Tatty said...

Strange that these people never demonstrate outside the local Traveller camp about the cruelty inflicted on their horses...or the local RSPCA for failing to protect them.

Horses for courses, I guess...

Noggin the Nog said...

Their are plenty of creatures which should not be kept in a cage, but Liz Tyson is not one of them.

Noggin the Nog said...

There, obviously.

Poxy spellchecker.

Anonymous said...

Bunny

Dear god now I understand homosexuals. Thanks for that Rothmans, I googled the lappet hawk, not good.

Twenty_Rothmans said...

I did warn you!

JuliaM said...

"Can we just ship these anti-enjoyment puritans to another country."

I suppose the Taliban would want them. And Liz has a face for a burkha, for sure...

"Jesus Christ, how empty must your life be to jump up and down about CAPS?"

Well, quite. Especially when it's budgies and horses!

"Strange that these people never demonstrate outside the local Traveller camp about the cruelty inflicted on their horses...or the local RSPCA for failing to protect them."

Hold on to that thought... ;)

Chris Hoon said...

Oi, Twenty_Rothmans & Noggin The Twat! Wot you on about, she fucking gorgeous. I may give my current squeeze the elbow.