Ideas from a run down cabin

With two circuses visiting the St. Louis area in the next few weeks it's time for me to get on my soap box. 

If you go to the circus and take your kids, or if you allow someone else to take your kids to the circus you are teaching your kids that it acceptable to use these animals as we see fit with no regard to what effect we have on them. I encourage you all to think about the message we send when you go to a circus.  Do you really not care about how the animals are treated or the fact that they are not living in their natural habitat?  Are you ok with the fact that these animals will live and die in a cage smaller that a queen size bed and will never know the smells native to their homeland? Do you not care that many of these animals are the last remaining few of a species that once had healthy populations in the wild? 

Do yourself a favor and do these animals a favor.  Save your money and don't go to the Cirquedesoul and the Ringling Brothers Circus when they are in town.  Don't pay to see animal perform.  If you do go walk out when the animals come into the center ring. refuse to be a part of their abuse.