tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625669865412161532024-03-12T20:08:20.574-07:00Astley's Legacy - Animal Circus Facts and FictionRousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-79396445920042013292021-04-18T10:44:00.006-07:002021-04-18T14:40:25.210-07:00Britain's Tiger Kings?Netflix's Tiger King was the documentary success of 2020. Featuring a collection of bizarre big cat owners in the United States with particular emphasis on the Tiger King Joe Exotic. Since its success media producers have been very keen to try and emulate that success by producing documentaries featuring similar subject matter.To this end, the UK's ITV television network broadcast a two part Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-32985747489375776352020-03-09T14:47:00.001-07:002020-03-09T14:48:20.958-07:00ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL AT IT AGAIN: Animal Defenders International & Anne the elephant
ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL AT IT AGAIN: Animal Defenders International & Anne the elephantThe
discredited animal rights group Animal Defenders International (ADI)
are at it again trying to get their hands on Anne the elephant.This
despite the fact Anne the elephant has arthritis and can't be moved to be with other elephants because of this underlying health condition.
Anne now Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-8257975562267652732019-04-01T13:34:00.001-07:002019-05-28T07:01:32.321-07:00Soft Animal Rights: Appeasement of an animal-apartheid ideology
Martin Clunes joins the growing list of celebrities that thought Animal Rights would not touch them so long as they helped their cause.
Soft Animal-Rights is all around us. In most cases, it is a cynical form of virtue signalling. Celebrities and people in the animal world are lured by it. The idea is that if you give some ground to ideologists (as opposed to just sticking with Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-92194487260695793692017-11-10T10:03:00.000-08:002017-11-10T10:57:54.575-08:00Animal Defenders International Get It Wrong: All Animals Have Not Been Banned By Law From Italian Circuses.<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]-->
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Thomas Chipperfield on the cover of The Telegraph Magazine.
As many know from our recent blog, the Scottish government is planning to introduce a bill to ban performing
animals in travelling circuses. Below
we reproduce a letter
from Thomas Chipperfield who is the UK's only current big cat trainer
working in a travelling circus. This is a copy of a letter he has sent
to the
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animals in travelling circuses. In Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-90345179995125381382017-05-24T04:12:00.000-07:002017-06-12T13:51:57.371-07:00Scottish Circus Animal Ban: Questionable Ethics?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-26438404028027659972016-07-20T11:26:00.002-07:002018-04-22T06:34:43.932-07:00The Review of the Welfare of Wild Animals in Circuses – Far from Impartial? Part 1
A review of the welfare of wild animals in circuses, which was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly, has finally been published. It will come as no surprise to many, including Rouster, that the whole exercise was going to be a “greenwash” in favour of the animal-rights lobby. See: Is Welsh Assembly trying to 'fix' a circus animals ban?
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Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-21974908028640180152015-12-13T03:16:00.004-08:002015-12-14T10:16:03.676-08:00Former Ringling employees speak out on animals in the circus!
Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
Rouster thought that this article – which first appeared on
Facebook – was worth bringing to a wider audience. For many years the animal-rights movement
have used former employees of circuses and other animal establishments to make
claims about the alleged animal abuse within these institutions. In many cases, these Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-60148265143411071632015-11-17T02:43:00.001-08:002015-11-17T03:26:32.618-08:00Oh My! George Takei and the Elephant in the Room.<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-13306207345414446172015-10-28T14:42:00.002-07:002015-10-29T11:19:09.310-07:00Rouster’s Continuing List of Hypocritical Celebrities - Roger Moore
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Regular readers will recall that not so long ago Rouster decided it would be useful to compile a list of celebrities who, during their professional careers, have been involved with Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-90232919439865346392015-08-10T04:21:00.001-07:002015-10-23T18:13:26.665-07:00CAPS Now Targets Direct Action Against Zoos<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]-->
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Stylized illustration depicting a cobra and ankus or elephant goad. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Elephant trainer, Janice Aria, articulates an excellent counter-argument to the AR propaganda being pushed to ban the use of the ankus (aka bull-hook or elephant hook) in elephant handling in the below opinion article for the Richmond Times. Although Rouster applauds the overall message put over in Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-55077472707066087052014-10-24T06:47:00.001-07:002014-10-24T06:47:56.742-07:00Circus Mania: Animal Welfare or Animal Rights - the big difference
"I understand why people often harbour
an instinctive belief that keeping animals in circuses is cruel or
distasteful. I was brought up with that belief. When I began writing a
book about the circus, it was the daredevilry of the human performers
that I wanted to celebrate. I quickly realised, however, that I would
have to visit some of the last remaining circuses with animals because
Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-36289658596916400892014-10-24T06:32:00.001-07:002016-06-20T23:47:19.047-07:00And The Moonbeams Kissed The Sea: Our Zoo: Animal Cruelty?And The Moonbeams Kissed The Sea: Our Zoo: Animal Cruelty?: Was the BBC's "Our Zoo" Guilty of Animal Cruelty? So the BBC produces a series based on the life of George Mottershead and his family’s creation of Chester Zoo.....
Post Script: The BBC announces no second series of "Our Zoo". Are the BBC dancing to the tune of the animal-rights activists?
Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-26019852594649510742013-12-12T07:27:00.002-08:002013-12-12T07:30:38.542-08:00Circus Wild Animal Trainer Helps the SPCA?
No, you didn't read that wrong. It seems that a kind-hearted member of our circus community has put differences to one side - perhaps in the spirit of this festive season - and come to the aid of one its staunchest opponents. However, fear not. This is not some naive soul won over by "soft" animal rights dogma, as we have seen happen to often in the zoo fraternity. Casey, our man in South Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2562566986541216153.post-62940118734760247742013-11-20T06:58:00.001-08:002013-11-20T14:26:37.653-08:00Blackfish's Mission Creep The BBC agree to promote and show a partisan animal rights documentary with no desire to show any opposing views. Cult film, 'Blackfish', has sneaked past many scientists and people in the animal industry's cognitive blind spots with its thinly veiled animal rights agenda. Ladies and gentleman, I present to you the thin end of the wedge. This is "soft" animal rights and once it is in the Rousterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009519492207444783noreply@blogger.com0