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People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?

Animal Person

Henican writes: The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the chance to visit the wilds of Africa and Asia, assuming there are any wilds left in the decades to come. The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo.

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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. It’s all very well to advocate the should that tigers should not be poached from a reserve in India. And therein my quarrel with those that oppose game hunting in Africa.

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