Bolivia Bans the Use of Animals in Circuses

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-07-15 21:47:00 +0200
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Here's your encouraging animal news of the day:

LA PAZ, Bolivia, July 14, 2009 (ENS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed the world's first law prohibiting the use of both wild and domestic animals in traveling circuses.

This is the first national law to ban the use of both domestic and wild animals in circuses. To date, Croatia, Singapore, Austria, Israel and Costa Rica have all banned wild animals in circuses. Similar bans on animal use in traveling circuses in Costa Rica, Finland and Denmark only prohibit the use of wild animals or certain species.

Major kudos to Bolivia! Let's hope the rest of the world (including this waaaay-behind country) catches up soon. Read more here.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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