AR-News: (AU) Animal libs call for circus ban

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Herald Sun

18apr04

EMBRACE the change because it's coming, animal liberationists have told an 
Australian circus.

About 45 protesters gathered at the front entrance of Stardust Circus in 
Sydney today to deliver a simple message – the time of animal circuses was over. 
Stardust is one of the last remaining animal circuses in Australia, touring 
year-round with 14 horses, five lions, four monkeys, and two elephants, Arna 
and her new companion Gigi. 
Executive Director of Animal Liberation NSW Mark Pearson said it was time for 
Stardust to return to traditional circus values, which emphasise human skill 
and not the novelty of exotic animals. 
?It's just not right to keep animals this way,? Mr Pearson said. 




full story:

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9318088%255E1702,00.
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"True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to fore only 
when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test 
(which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those 
who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a 
fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it." 

Milo Kundera 
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