Shut down Mclaren Circus, South Africa

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#3002

I can't believe this is still allowed!

Abigail Muir (Cambodia, 2019-11-20)

#3015

Animals don't belong in cages... They deserve to be in their natural habitat... They will ve very stressed in cages and who gives us the right to take them from their habitat. THEY ARE WILD ... NOT DOMESTICATED ANIMALS

Glenda Mederer (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3020

I love animals and I believe this is cruelty

Brogan Van Niekerk (Johannesburg, 2019-11-20)

#3021

Circuses are antiquated and cruel

Tracy Starke (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3023

ALL animals must be removed from the circus!!!

Carrin Greyling (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3028

I'm against animals being exploited to create monetary gain!

Diane Bessesen (Cape town, 2019-11-20)

#3038

I am so against any type of animal circus. Animals were not born for our amusement in a circus. They are wild animals or even farm animals and belong in their natural habitat.

Sally Comins (Benoni, 2019-11-20)

#3039

The senseless abuse and extortion of these animals is a crime and they shouldn't be allowed to carry on!

Meg Daniell (Boksburg, 2019-11-20)

#3041

I don't believe in using animals in any form of entertainment

Leandri van Dyk (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3042

Cruelty to animals is despicable and must be stopped with immediate effect.

Ann Marder (Durban, 2019-11-20)

#3044

I am totally against Circus’s, I can’t believe they still exist!!!

Becky Patrick (Hoedspruit , 2019-11-20)

#3045

These animals should be in the wild , please people stop this abuse

Beverley Olivier (Mpumalanga, 2019-11-20)

#3047

As an expat from Cape Town, I find it disgusting that South Africa still allows circuses to do acts with animals.

Steph Baldwin (Auckland , 2019-11-20)

#3048

I'm against caging wild animals

Erich Brugger (Krugersdorp , 2019-11-20)

#3051

Using animals in any form of entertainment outside their natural ability or hindering their quality of life is abuse. Run your circus without the use of animals.

Amy Bluck (Johannesburg, 2019-11-20)

#3052

Wild and majestic animals do not belong in cages, or should not be balancing on balls and jumping through hoops. The get poked and whiped and beaten and neglected for mans enjoyment. The audience does not see when the curtain closes, they only see "fat animals, so they must be taken care off", but what they dont see is the physical and mental abuse taken place. Shut down circusses that use animals.

Louise Oosthuizen (Cape town, 2019-11-20)

#3053

It is wrong

Dean Taylor (Redcar, 2019-11-20)

#3054

They are abusing the animals. They are being hold hostage. No animals should go through this. Its disgusting

Ryno Traut (Capetown , 2019-11-20)

#3056

I'm signing because having animals in the circus is so cruel. Those animals deserve to be animals not people's entertainment. And the way they are forced to perform and spend theirs days traveling on the road is so cruel. No animal should ever live their lives the way circus animals do.

Nikita Vipond (Gauteng , 2019-11-20)

#3060

It is animal cruelty. I get a guys got to make a buck here and there but not by the sake of animals well being

Juan Van Nieuwwnhuizen (Benoni, 2019-11-20)

#3061

Cruelty to innocent animals !!!!! 🤬😡😡😡😡

Cheryl Harton (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3067

I don't believe circuses should include animal acts. It's cruel and inhumane. If people want to participate in circus performances out of their own free will, that's their choice. DO NOT FORCE MAJESTIC MAGNIFICENT WILD ANIMALS TO PERFORM CRUEL AND HUMILIATING STUPID TRICKS!!!😡😡 THIS IS MIND BLOWING CRUELTY

Peta Houston-Mc Millan (Edenvale , 2019-11-20)

#3070

Animals do not belong in a circus !

Brigitte Taylor (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3073

This abusive practice has got to stop. What are these humans thinking? This is no reason to capture animals and remove them from their natural habitat, and furthermore subject them to learning "tricks" for human entertainment. This is simply extremely cruel and absurd.

Gren Aspeling (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3074

It’s 2019, we have more than enough evidence to show that animals share the same basic emotions as humans. We are no different, we feel love, we feel fear, we feel pain, and sadness. These animals should be entitled to the share the same rights as humans, they should not be subjected to torturous conditions for the entertainment of humans. It’s despicable, and circuses like these only serve to cheapen South Africa’s reputation, there is literally zero value added by letting this circus continue to exploit animals!

Nathalie Verhaeghe (Tianjin, 2019-11-20)

#3075

I am against animal cruelty and despise the treatment these animals receive by their owners.

Andre Thobois (Edenvale , 2019-11-20)

#3082

Wild animals or ant Animas ls should not be used for making money. Wild animals should be free and not caged. It's cruelty

Jaqui Muir (Ballito, 2019-11-20)

#3085

I’m against animal cruelty

Keagan Moodley (Durban , 2019-11-20)

#3087

They are keeping on doing the same thing over and over and just dont care

Jaco Van wyk (Boksburh, 2019-11-20)

#3090

It is almost animal creulty, Animals like these belong in the wild, free them, they should not live in cages and be tortured,

Norah Roodt (Mosselbay, 2019-11-20)

#3091

It's animal Cruelty!

Shannah Van Zyl (Benoni , 2019-11-20)

#3092

I feel strongly against the use of such exotic and beautiful animals in such a cruel and repetitive way for entertainment as they are wild animals enough said...

Darian Stead (Capetown , 2019-11-20)

#3095

Animals deserve to be protected. We need to be their voices.

Sheralee Schimansky (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3098

I’m signing because this is abusive towards animals

Marichen Herholdt (Hiroshima , 2019-11-20)

#3099

Animals deserve the best. They deserve to live a free life.

Heidi Okkers (Dublin, 2019-11-20)

#3100

I am for animals. The humans that abuse wild animals in the name of entertainment deserve punishment

Lana Thomson (Edenvale, 2019-11-20)

#3104

End this cruelty!

Charmaine Smith (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3105

I'm signing this because these animals belong in the wild and not in an enclosed and confined space

Charl Brits (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3107

It’s cruel

Tori Whiteley (Sydney , 2019-11-20)

#3110

Circus is animal abuse ! The only reason the spca cant shut them down is because they are literally doing the BARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS for the spca to not be able to close them down ! Its quite disgusting that the rights for animals are basically NON EXISTENT in South Africa

Chenelle Op'thof (Gauteng, 2019-11-20)

#3111

I HATE the abuse of animals! And it's even worse that it is for entertainment purposes. It is sick and disgusting. A circus can exist without any animals involved!

Jacqueline Van Rensburg (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3112

The abuse of animals in any form is unacceptable and should not be legal. Circuses are one of the many ways in which humans are allowed to treat innocent animals as merely money making machines and torture them to perform tricks etc and not allowing them the freedom to live the way In which they should.

Claire Martin (Benoni, 2019-11-20)

#3115

Stop the animal abuse, animals deserve to be free not in a circus - I'll put you on a circus and see how you like it!!!

Lloyd Kilbride (Edinburgh, 2019-11-20)

#3117

I don't want animals to have to live in small cages and get transportated around the country in these cages. It would be cool if they could live a natural life.

Devin Dawson (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3118

This is horrible bussiness. These are wild animals and should not be there for people s entertainment

Anneke Myburgh (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3119

This is a disgusting and inhumane practice. Wild animals are not there for our entertainment.

Frank Dwyer (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3120

Animals deserve to be free!!

Colleen Loff (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3122

I hate Circuses and the way they use wild animals for human entertainment!! Stop it now!

Andrea Sachs (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3123

I’m signing because there are many successful circuses all over the world that DO NOT USE ANY ANIMALS in their shows. People should not be encouraged to need to see animals as entertainment. Domestic animals should be pets for companionship or working animals bonded with humans that need them and who share a mutual bond in caring for one another.

Nichola Warren (Pretoria , 2019-11-20)

#3129

I can't stand seeing the animals have to perform. I took my daughter to the circus when she was 6. We were there for barely 20min and she said she wanted to leave. She could barely watch the animals. We saw them beforehand as well and most did not look so good. There was no water in their cages either. I will never go to a circus again until they remove all the animals!!

Carina Rabie (Paarl, 2019-11-20)

#3130

It is utterly cruel!!! Those animals belong in their wide open natural habitat!!!!

Nicolene De Villiers (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3132

Keeping animals in captivity and training them to do unnatural acts is cruel and demeaning and must be stopped.

Eve Vosloo (Pretoria, 2019-11-20)

#3133

Animals don’t deserve to be treated this way. Let them be free

Aamina Richards (Sandton, 2019-11-20)

#3134

The abuse of animals should not be used as entertainment. It should be shut down and these animals should be put into a recovery home and be able to live in their natural habitat. freely

Sharin Prithilall Phillip (Johannesburg, 2019-11-20)

#3135

animals should not be used for our entertainment this is cruel

laurette telo (liverpool , 2019-11-20)

#3142

It’s sick of us humans who stand by and accept this kind of behavior.

Charne Balmer (Durban, 2019-11-20)

#3143

Animal cruelty

Bruno Calha (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3144

Animals don't deserve this and they don't have a voice to speak up for themselves.

Christene Engelbrecht (Somerset West, 2019-11-20)

#3145

The animals should enjoy freedom...even if it has to be in a zoo or sanctuary! They are as "human" as us....and deserves to be treated as such!

Quintus Welman (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3147

Close down all circuses that use animals as amusement they deserve freedom

Elize Joubert (Sasolburg , 2019-11-20)

#3152

There should no longer be any circuses with animals performing. It's an incredibly cruel practice.

Gillian Richardson (Great Missenden, 2019-11-20)

#3153

Animals deserve to be free and not treated like prisoners

Alicia Kotzee (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3154

It is atrocious that this can still happen! Set the animals free! Let them live in the wild, walk on grass, where they should be - not in cages for human amusement!!!! Shameful!!!!!

Judy McKenzie (London, 2019-11-20)

#3155

1. LEGAL does not mean ethical. You all KNOW that. (Must I really remind you?)
2. Animals are not here as entertainment
3. You get to go home after the show. They go to a cage
4. They cannot live a normal life, they are deprived of everything they should be able to do and everything they are
5. Animal circuses serve NO EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE - it is a business
6. So they have shelter and food. I am sure pimps say the same thing about the people they force to earn for them
7. There are plenty of other entertainment options.
8. Little Johnny / Themba / Sarie are allowed to hear the word NO. They will learn about lions on TV, in books and from YouTube documentaries. A day after they have seen them, it will all be forgotten
9. An hours entertainment means a lifetime of enslavement

Simone Heradien (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3159

They should be free like we are

Shawn Van Seventer (Gauteng , 2019-11-20)

#3161

I am against Animal cruelty

Lizelle Solomon (Alberton , 2019-11-20)

#3162

Animal cruelty is disgusting.

Caitlyn Roux (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3163

Just so cruel.

Cindy Pennells (Somerset west , 2019-11-20)

#3165

This specitcal should be abolished

Nicole Smit (Cape Town, 2019-11-20)

#3166

Let clowns and people do this. Not animals. It's barbaric and idiotic to entertain people at the expense of animals. They did not chose to be doing this. People can choose. Animals cannot.

Janelle Pinto (Plettenberg Bay, 2019-11-20)

#3171

It’s cruel and must be stopped

Lesley Ebel (Cape Town , 2019-11-20)

#3173

This is animal abuse!!!

Belinda Jordaan (Gauteng , 2019-11-20)

#3174

Animals need freedom.

Olivia Botha (Viljoenskroon, 2019-11-20)

#3176

Animal cruelty disused as entertainment! No animal should be used to entertain humans. Do not support a circus using animal acts. They need to be shut down and the animals must be send to a wildlife sanctuary where they can live a happy life for their remaining years!

Martie Barradas (De Wildt, 2019-11-20)

#3178

I am completely against all forms of animal cruelty.
Circus with performing animals should be prosecuted for these crimes

Hayley Mackinnon (Hillcrest, 2019-11-20)

#3180

Animals should be walking around freely in their own habitat. Not being bullied and tortured by humans to perform

Marianna Frasca (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3185

Its torture for the animals!!! Shut it down immediately!!

Delene Swanepoel (Pretoria, 2019-11-20)

#3186

Animals are not here for our entertainment. They need to be respected & loved

Susan Hemingway (Krugersdorp, 2019-11-20)

#3187

I think it is disgraceful that they think that they are better than every other circus who dont believe in exploiting animals. Shame on them!!

Tashia Lotis (Edenvale, 2019-11-20)

#3189

I stand up for animal abuse

Danel van der Walt (Johannesburg, 2019-11-20)

#3190

Sick and tired of circuses that exploit animals for money!!! What kind of life is that!!!

Lori Ternent (Bedfordview , 2019-11-20)

#3192

Please STOP using animals for out amusement and making money out of it! Animals don’t belong in a Zoo!

Vicki Myburgh (Port Elizabeth , 2019-11-20)

#3194

I believe that these animals should absolutely NOT be held in captivity and FORCED to do things that they shouldn’t be doing.

Tanya Sowden (Johannesburg , 2019-11-20)

#3196

Exploitation of animals and humans is wrong on every level and wild animals do not belong in circuses nor zoos!

Bernadette Squires (Edenvale , 2019-11-20)

#3200

No matter how "ethical" a circus claims to be, abuse is abuse!

Animals are not entertainment!!!!

Monique Quenet (Benoni, 2019-11-20)



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