{"id":4423,"date":"2023-08-25T16:30:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/?page_id=4423"},"modified":"2025-02-06T16:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T16:12:36","slug":"circuses-performing-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/circuses-performing-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Circuses &#038; Performing Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Globally, thousands of wild animals are used in circuses and shows and forced to perform demeaning and unnatural tricks to entertain the public. There is overwhelming evidence of compromised animal welfare in the circus environment.<\/p>\n<p>Many wild animals are also used in performances in zoos, travelling shows, hotels, and other venues and events. These activities can seriously impact animal welfare and have become increasingly unjustifiable. This is especially true in zoos, which are now largely expected to prioritise conservation and public education.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the animal husbandry, training and performance is usually similar to that endured by animals in travelling circuses, animals used in other kinds of performance are often overlooked. For instance, many national governments are keen to review the regulation of wild animal circuses, yet the same attention is not applied to the same animals used in other kinds of performance.<\/p>\n<p>We have rescued and rehomed animals from European circuses, and given them lifetime sanctuary care.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/circus-tiger-c-Pixabay-crop.jpg\" alt=\"A man stands with his back to camera, raising his arms, with a tiger in front of him, stood on hind legs facing the man\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/circus-tiger-c-Pixabay-crop.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/circus-tiger-c-Pixabay-crop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/circus-tiger-c-Pixabay-crop-71x40.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/circus-tiger-c-Pixabay-crop-400x226.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Globally, thousands of wild animals are used in circuses and shows and forced to perform demeaning and unnatural tricks to entertain the public. There is overwhelming evidence of compromised animal welfare in the circus environment. Many wild animals are also used in performances in zoos, travelling shows, hotels, and other venues and events. These activities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4423","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4423\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bornfree.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}