tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9080849568004310876.post8117089697345717549..comments2024-01-10T16:40:39.497-05:00Comments on The Jack of Hearts: Animal Rights Group Protest Shriners' Circus TodayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9080849568004310876.post-92081233982889198642008-07-04T03:15:00.000-04:002008-07-04T03:15:00.000-04:00Conservation claims made by circuses are merely ve...Conservation claims made by circuses are merely veiled attempts to justify the exploitation of animals for commercial gain. Endangered animals born in circus "conservation" programs have never been released into the wild — they are doomed, instead, to life in captivity. They are simply breeding elephants to stock their profitable circus.<BR/><BR/>In the wild, native species are at risk due to environmental threats brought about by human behavior, not because the animals have difficulty breeding. While circuses line their pockets with money from the ticket prices, wild animal populations continue to drop due to a lack of funding and support for enforcement of protection laws, educational programs, and habitat preservation in the animals' native lands. Circuses do nothing to address these problems. The truth is captive breeding in circuses does nothing to help endangered species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com