WENATCHEE — The Wenatchee City Council unanimously approved Thursday a motion to restrict the use and possession of exotic and wild animals after the public shared its concerns over a
Elephants, tigers, bears, and other wild animals used in circus performances are repeatedly beaten with electric prods and sharp metal hooks in the name of training. Animals are not here for our entertainment, and they deserve better. Demand the use of animals in traveling circuses, carnivals, or parades be outlawed.
When it debuted in 2020, Netflix’s hit docuseries “Tiger King” supplied no shortage of drama. And that hasn’t changed as the saga of Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin comes to Peacock in the form of an eight-part scripted series. Here are some of the wildest moments chronicled by the show.
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France to End Mink Farming, Use of Wild Animals in Traveling Circuses, and Captivity of Orcas and Dolphins in Marine Parks
By Nicole Pallotta, Senior Policy Program Manager
December 28, 2020
Summary/intro
Our country is now engaged in a major change in the place given to wild animals in our society. . . . This evolution of perceptions is the mark of a society conscious of its responsibility vis-à-vis a fragile nature. It is this movement that we are supporting by announcing the gradual end of the presence of wildlife in circuses, the presence of orcas and dolphins in dolphinariums and the end of mink farming in France.