On 1/16/2017 9:13 AM, Morris Galloway wrote:
Had the same headline in our morning paper. Back when it was not an animal rights statement, nor was it P.C., my mother took me and my little sister to see the Ringling Brothers circus when it was still a Big Top. They stopped their train by an open field in downtown Oklahoma City by a railroad siding, pitched a GIANT tent, had some smaller tents with 'side shows' and put on a fantastic Three Ring circus where there was something going on all the time in all three rings, if I can remember back over fifty years, except when the human cannonball shot from the cannon and landed in the net. There were aerialists, both high wire walkers, and trapeze artists, men getting into cages with growling lions, and I thought, at my young age, that the elephants were doing what they did in a fair exchange for regular food, no predators harassing or perhaps killing the calves, medical issues being taken care of quickly, because replacements were expensive and then had to be trained, and there was quiet a size and strength discrepancy that could have proven to be awkward for the trainers, should push come to shove. But that was the late 1940's and early 1950's. There were jugglers, knife throwers, and so many things going on at once I thought my head would swivel off. We thought it was grand.
Yeah, that was what I thought of when I read the news. As far as allegations of animal abuse against Ringling Brothers, PETA is anything *BUT* ethical. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
