This petition calls on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to ban the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes such as circuses and movies due to animal welfare concerns. It notes that traveling circuses cannot meet the physical and psychological needs of wild animals, which suffer confinement, social deprivation, and violence. It also cites public health and safety risks from large stressed animals escaping from temporary enclosures. The petition further argues that captive animals used for entertainment exhibit stress behaviors and premature death, and are forced to perform through fear and deprivation.
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Petition to ban the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes in Ontario.
This petition calls on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to ban the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes such as circuses and movies due to animal welfare concerns. It notes that traveling circuses cannot meet the physical and psychological needs of wild animals, which suffer confinement, social deprivation, and violence. It also cites public health and safety risks from large stressed animals escaping from temporary enclosures. The petition further argues that captive animals used for entertainment exhibit stress behaviors and premature death, and are forced to perform through fear and deprivation.
This petition calls on the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to ban the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes such as circuses and movies due to animal welfare concerns. It notes that traveling circuses cannot meet the physical and psychological needs of wild animals, which suffer confinement, social deprivation, and violence. It also cites public health and safety risks from large stressed animals escaping from temporary enclosures. The petition further argues that captive animals used for entertainment exhibit stress behaviors and premature death, and are forced to perform through fear and deprivation.
WHEREAS- To ban the use of exotic animals in Ontario for entertainment purposes. (television/movie, circuses, holiday/festivals) WHEREAS- Traveling circuses cannot meet the physical, psychological or behavioural needs of wild animals, which suffer severe confinement, social deprivation, long periods of time in transporters, brutal control methods and physical violence. WHEREAS- Public health and safety. Keeping large, dangerous, stressed wild animals in close proximity to the public in lightweight, temporary enclosures have proven disastrous. Workers and public have been killed and maimed; lions, tigers and elephants have all escaped. Around 12% of Asian and 2% of African elephants in North America have tuberculosis, which is transmissible to humans. WHEREAS-Enforcement of animal welfare regulations is difficult as circuses are constantly moving; this justifies a restriction. Public tax dollars are not sufficient to cover the cost of enforcing regulations WHEREAS- There is compelling evidence that captive animals used for entertainment suffer both psychological and physical stress caused by their environments and constant performances as well as premature death. Captive animals regularly exhibit repetitive behaviours such as swaying, head bobbing, swinging, pacing, biting, over grooming and aggression, all signs of stress and lack of stimulation. Fear, intimidation, violence, emotional deprivation and withholding food, forces animals to perform.
WE the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows
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Adopt Me Canada, 1624 Bloor Street East, Unit 112, Mississauga,Ontario,L4X-2S2