The students of third and fourth grade of the Carmelitas school 'The Presentation' in Alcoi (Alicante), presented at the beginning and month a proposal to the Municipal Plenary of the City Council. They had the support of the Protective Society of Animals and Plants, and demonstrated a great sensitivity to the suffering of animals, and great courage.
I imagine the satisfaction they felt yesterday when another Plenary of the same Corporation, picked up the proposal and turned it into an institutional declaration: Alcoy is now a city free of Circuses with wild animals. Surely the guys from El Cuarto Hocico already know it, and surely they also invite their colleagues from Alcoy to join their Virtual Protector, they deserve that honor, and I bet they They are willing to continue working for such noble causes.
I'm also very happy: I don't like circuses with animals, and I don't agree that animals are treated like clowns, especially since they have not decided to be there, nor be part of the show.
But if I detest that form of fun, it is not only for that reason: in circuses animals are trained through duress methods, they live in captivity, when they are transported they suffer, they are exposed to inadequate environmental conditions, and at the risk of contracting various diseases
The public of this mountain municipality will not see more circuses arrive with animals, and children will know that It was elementary school students who achieved this goal, while parents will have the opportunity to explain why their city does not accept such shows. And you, if you want to inform yourself, you can visit this AnimaNaturalis website, they tell us much more about the reality of the life of animals in circuses.
Circuses yes, but without animals, it is not necessary to make others suffer for our children to have fun.
