In celebration of Alisha's birthday we went to the circus last night at the American Bank Center Arena. I know there are some that are opposed to the circus due to the treatment of the animals. I understand where you are coming from, but let me say a couple of things.First, I think Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey is making a good faith effort to provide the best possible living and working conditions for the animals in their shows. I believe the trainer have a genuine affection for the animals and do whatever they can to keep them safe and healthy.
Second, I think that Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey is doing some good work in the overall conservation effort for these animals globally. As sad as it sometimes makes me to see majestic elephants doing tricks for my pleasure, I have to also realize that without agencies like the Center for Elephant Conservation (started by Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey) we might someday reach a day when these animals don't exist.
Before we put all the blame on the circus, we need to think about how our individual and corporate choices affect these and other grand animals around the world. I always hold on to the hope that a child sitting in the audience will see those lions and elephants, fall in love and grow up to find a way to ensure their future.
What do you think?
More on the circus later.
peace,
will
1 comment:
There's a great new ad.
It's done by the blood bank.
It has a guy explaining his attempts at saving the world.
He wrote the companies that use child labor in the production of blue jeans saying, stop doing that.
And then they cut down several trees to send him coupons for said blue jeans.
There are several of those scenarios.
And then it ends by saying: saving the world is hard, saving a life is easy. Give blood. It saves lives.
That was an interesting combination of dispair and hope. It was an interesting combination of powerlessness and the power we all have to make a difference.
We can do some things.
We should do the things we can.
We should do something.
I like the fact that you are thinking about what you can (and can't) do.
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