Excellent news for Russian circus fish
edmontonjournal.com September 12, 2010
One of the star attractions of the Great Moscow Circus travelling the seven seas has been its so-called "fountain act." That alleged entertainment included the grisly spectacle of a performer swallowing a large live fish and then regurgitating it.
To its credit, the Australian state of New South Wales would have none of that, delivering a message to the Muscovites that "circuses ... must comply with prescribed standards for the welfare of animals."
Chastened management quickly shelved the act and promised it would be rejigged without using live fish. As Animals Australia executive director Glenys Oogjes summed up, "some circuses continue to claim that performing animal acts are educational. Far from educational, this was an inhumane and foolish act which reflected badly on the Great Moscow Circus."
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One of the star attractions of the Great Moscow Circus travelling the seven seas has been its so-called "fountain act." That alleged entertainment included the grisly spectacle of a performer swallowing a large live fish and then regurgitating it.
To its credit, the Australian state of New South Wales would have none of that, delivering a message to the Muscovites that "circuses ... must comply with prescribed standards for the welfare of animals."
Chastened management quickly shelved the act and promised it would be rejigged without using live fish. As Animals Australia executive director Glenys Oogjes summed up, "some circuses continue to claim that performing animal acts are educational. Far from educational, this was an inhumane and foolish act which reflected badly on the Great Moscow Circus."
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