Circus Animals Quotes

Calling the New York State Legislature “a circus” is inappropriate. Circus animals are very intelligent.

Say no to circuses that exploit and abuse animals.

At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.

I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.

I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear.

In most countries, it is possible to visit zoos and see bored animals pacing back and forth in cages, with nothing to do but wait for the next meal. Circuses are even worse places for animals. Their living conditions are deplorable, especially in travelling circuses where cages have to be small so that they can go on the road.

No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control them. That's why you never see a gorilla in a movie, because the gorilla may decide there'll be no filming.

Circus lions are mean. They don't know anything about affection training.

But for the use of physical punishment by, and fear of their oppressors, animals would never be a part of a circus.

Through PETA, we rescue animals in roadside zoos and circuses. They are some of the most abused animals in the country.

I think that now that we are seeing multimedia types of productions with videos and pictures and human beings performing the acts that animals used to perform, such as in Cirque du Soleil and other traveling troops, there is no need to parade animals around anymore in cages for personal gratification.

I love animals, and I was always attracted to the idea of being a zoo veterinarian or a veterinarian with the circus.

We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab the tail of the elephant ahead of them.

Mother elephants in the circus cannot help their babies, but we can.

I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.

When I was a kid I joined the circus. I did that. It is true. But it's not like you think. There was a guy, he had his own circus. His name was Carol Jacobs and he owned it. It was a small thing.

Bolivia recently did what every country should do - banned the use of animals in circuses.

Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.