Aren't we glad California is taking up the truly important things as a state, like circus entertainment?
Circuses in California would no longer be allowed to include wild animals under a bill state legislators sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.
Should Newsom sign Senate Bill 313, circuses in the state will no longer be allowed to use bears, tigers, elephants, monkeys or other wild animals in their acts. Democratic state Sen. Ben Hueso of San Diego said circus animals are often chained and confined to trailers or cramped cages and physically punished with whips and muzzles if they don’t perform.
“Bears, tigers, elephants and other wild animals exploited in traveling acts don’t ride bicycles, jump through hoops or balance on pedestals because they want to,†Hueso said in a statement. “They perform these and other difficult tricks because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t.â€
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lions-tigers-and-bears-no-more-california-lawmakers-ban-exotic-animals-at-circuses/ar-AAHbSm9
Meanwhile, the circus has come to Texas tonight and not one creature is barred.
