paigowprincess |
10-06-2003 01:12 PM |
In defense of Montecore
Peta hasnt gotten to this issue yet apparently, or the website hasnt. But here is a piece on Siegfreak and Roy from earlier. Looks to me the birght lights thing could add to the arugment that the tiger was provoked and would not normally do this kidna thing. especially if he was new to the act.
I guess the good news is that this freak show is shut down for good. Hopefully the animals will be put in the proper sanctuaries and will not be treated as the fucking entertainment anymore. MAybe its just a blessing in disguise. Oh, and what comes around goes around.
from peta. orgSIEGFRIED & ROY
Las Vegas, Nevada
The only magic trick that PETA would like to see Siegfried & Roy perform is to make animals disappear from their act. Animals used as stage props are subjected to loud music, bright lights, mishandling, and other frightening aspects of an alien environment.
Gilda, a solitary elephant used in Siegfried & Roy’s casino act, is deprived of a female elephant’s most basic need: the companionship of other elephants. The duo has refused PETA’s requests to send Gilda to the Elephant Sanctuary, where she could live the remainder of her life in peace and enjoy the company of other elephants.
Siegfried & Roy promote the breeding of white tigers, an abnormal color variation of Bengal tigers. All captive white tigers are inbred, and some suffer serious congenital defects. In an attack that occurred before horrified tourists at Siegfried & Roy’s compound, a male tiger grabbed a female tiger by the throat and slowly choked her to death. According to a tourist who witnessed the incident, the male tiger had a stranglehold on the female’s neck for at least 20 minutes, and “nobody did anything ... no animal trainer was on hand” to intervene.
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