It’s the 21st Century – a time for Netflix, virtual reality, smartphones and cat cafes. In this day and age, condemning wild animals like lions and monkeys to a ‘life’ of constant travel, confinement and forcing them to perform demeaning ‘tricks’ for ‘entertainment’ is not only kind of archaic – it’s straight up cruel.
Yet in Australia, it’s still legal to keep exotic animals in circuses, and legal requirements are totally inadequate to protect their welfare. If you agree that the ‘big top’ is no place for a wild animal, then here’s what you can do if you hear that an exotic animal circus is planning to visit your area.