It is very sad when the animal rights issue clouds and in my opinion distorts animal welfare, writes Thomas Rainey of Queen's Road, Kenilworth.
West Midlands Animal Action should address the real issues where animal cruelty is rife.
Rightly or wrongly, there are a few remaining circuses that have live animals, but the RSPCA spent £40,000 on a scientific investigation into circus animals, na
mely the Martha Kiley-Wothington, report then discarded it, simply because it did not give the evidence they wanted.
However, more than 20,000 animals suffer and die each year from fireworks, even more than all the foxes killed each year by hunts before the ban, but the RSPCA fears losing donations, so it does not call for a ban, even when it is scientifically proven that animals suffer.
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Click here to email your reportIt is ludicrous when animal rights fanatics, just like the government, target the soft options such as bird shows and circuses in the name of welfare.
There is no evidence that bird shows inflict suffering on birds, on the contrary it keeps it in the open where it can be scrutinised, yet the welfare groups attack it at every opportunity. On the other hand, animal rights campaigners released 500 mink into the New Forest in the name of welfare, and the decimation and destruction of animals through this ridiculous stunt has cause irreversible damage.
Sadly, where in the 1950s and 60s farming practices were blamed for the decline in many species, it is now the fault of animal rights activists and the ignorance and convenience of city folk moving into rural areas.
