“No you do not need sticks to beat animals to do things!
To train most animals a traget system is used which they learn to follow , they are also tuaght signals and rewarded for completing tasks .”

“So, James thinks that he can state unequivocally in his comment that the animals are not hit with sticks. No of course they are not the tigers and elephants all understand English and are taught their tricks by their trainers whispering in the ears. Using animals in circuses is abhorrent and such things should be relegated to the annals of ancient history.”

“I think that the man in the video is wrong saying the animals are hit with sticks when they are not. The posters and leflets lead people to belelave that the animals in the circus are the ones on them, when infact they are not .
I think the animal rights protesters have a point and do generally care for animals as do the circus people .
The thing is i dont see protesters at other animal atractions such as the jungle (thoughh there is a protest on sunday for national zoo awareness day) and pleasure island who have performing sea lions and birds. I would also hope that all the protesters know where there meat comes from and do not buy battery eggs.
The thing is if the circus was to close the animals would be out of a home as they obviously cannot go back to the wild which is wat some people think, and organisations such as the RSPCA do not have the facilities etc to care for exotic animals. I think the main argument is over the big cats and elephants rather than the other animals which are classed as domesticated even the bactrian camel as all captive camels are domesticated both dromendary and bactrian.

I think maybe a total ban would not be the best option but maybe more regulations especially bringing new animals in to the circus, and also maybe to giver the cats larger enclosures.”

“I would like to say Thank you to Kate, Robby, for your say. I would like to ask if people can email or text when you have been the show what you think.

Circus at Grimsby

Emai: circusatgrimsby@googlemail.com

Text: 07817320795

Thank you the texts and emails I have had.”

“im fed up of being told i need educating!!!! I will make my own mind up and am gonna go to the circus and should these protesters aprroach me with one of their leaflets i will return the leaflet were the sun doesn't shine!!! I am fed up of people trying too tell me what i legally can i can't go to watch if i want advice ill ask if not go away!!!! UP THE CIRCUS!!!”

“Clown- why not go back to school and improve your punctuation and spelling? Then you might be able to get a different job. If you want to get your view across, at least try to articulate yourself properly.
Marc- 'we don't see protestors at showjumping grounds do we?' Check out The League Against Cruel Sports.
Bob- protestors don't give their time up to show people how righteous they are (I'm sure you know that already). The animals can't stand up for themselves. If people didn't think for themselves and question the accepted values of the society they were living in, we would still have the slave trade and South Africa would still have apartheid. If people feel strongly about something then of course they will try to do something about it. There is no use telling protestors to stay at home!”

“My last post should have read acceptable, not accessible.”

“At last...... found where I can get an elephant from for this stew;

1 elephant, 2 rabbits, salt and pepper to taste.

It serves 3800 people

Alternatively, stuffed camel, serves 150

Some local schools have lost their hot meals provider, so I am tendering to replace”

“Sonia from Grimsby makes a very good case from the point of view of the protesters, but I would urge her to do what she herself suggests and do some research.

Far too many people who get caught up in these animals rights protests are people who have been shown a handful of photographs, been told things are a paricular way and subsequently are fighting for a cause without knowing the whole story. In other words, sheep following the pack.

It has happened before to a very well known circus in London, that protesters were handing out leaflets full of photographs claiming to represent the training and conditions of an animal's life in the circus. After taking the group to court, the circus won, because A - none of the photographs in the leaflet were of animals in that particular circus, even though the wording suggested as such and B - the photographs were not of circus animals at all, but from a wild animal training school in Europe that supplied animals for displays in zoos and parks. This circus was the target of a sustained campaign by this animal rights group for 2 years, a group that obviously had no real evidence to support their claims at all otherwise they would have been using it and/or been able to present it in court.

This is all too common, animal rights activists could teach our politicians a thing or two about spin, especially on how to get away with it. They are experts on portraying any kind of animal captivity, capture or training in the most negative light posible, even if that is a poor representation of what is actually happening.

And as for the RSPCA, I might also point out that whilst the RSPCA do not support animal use in circuses and are actively campaigning for improved conditions etc, they are part of the working group appointed by teh government to look into this matter and even they admit that circuses are able to provide a perfectly accessible standard of living.”

“Most of the wingers probably have a pet themselves that they keep in captivity, drag around on a lead, perhaps they have a horse that they throw themselves upon for their own pleasure. They probably were also entertained by that idiot with the dancing dog on Britain's got talent.”