Circuses and other traveling acts have long made use of wild and exotic animals to entertain humans. On The Point, we discuss growing opposition to such exhibits, the impacts on the health and welfare of the animals, and what happens to them when circuses and other traveling acts close.
Christina Scaringe, General Counsel atAnimal Defenders International, is our guest on the program. She worked with Massachusetts State Senator Bruce Tarr of Gloucester to introduce legislation (SD 2002) that would ban the use of wild and exotic animals in traveling acts. Mindy Todd hosts.
