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Sign the pledge and help create change for animals trapped in the ‘entertainment’ industry

The circus is no place for animals. Please help to create a brighter future – where animals are seen as the individuals they are, instead of 'things' for entertainment – by pledging to never support animal circuses.

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Sign the pledge and help create change for animals trapped in the ‘entertainment’ industry

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Last updated November 30, 2020

Animals don’t belong under the Big Top

The circus is no place for animals. Still, animals such as lions and monkeys are confined to barren cages all over the world, trucked from town to town, and forced to perform unnatural and demeaning ‘tricks’ in the name of ‘entertainment’. While wild animals aren’t currently used in circuses in Australia, domestic animals like dogs, goats, and ponies are.

What might be an afternoon at the big top for some people can be a life of chronic boredom, confinement and stress for animals who are denied the ability to express their most basic natural behaviours.

Please help to create a better future for these animals by pledging never to support cruel animal circuses.

Two ponies (one caramel coloured and the other darker brown) look through the bars of a barren cage.
All animals – whether wild or domestic – deserve a life worth living. In Australia, ponies, horses, goats and dogs trapped in the circus 'entertainment' industry spend most of their time in confinement, on the road, in training, or under the spotlight.
An elephant with a decorative head piece forced to perform in front of an audience.
Across the globe, 'exotic' animals are used in circuses and forced to perform unnatural behaviours in front of large crowds, bright lights, and loud sounds.
A lion with their front legs up on a stool, forced to perform in the circus.
While lions and elephants are no longer used in circuses in Australia, there is not yet a nationwide ban on wild animals being used in circuses.
A lioness confined to a barren transport cage.
Many of the animals used in circuses would naturally cover large areas of land, exploring and searching for food. Life in the circus is anything but natural for them.

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