If I could close all the zoos in the world. If I could, would prohibit the use of animals in circuses. I will not be the only one who thinks so, but I venture to receive the protest, indignation, anger of the majority who love to see animals behind fences or in spaces where they can barely move as nature calls. So much has to do with zoos. More depressing that these parks, circuses are getting ridiculous feat of making the pathetic dogs dressed in skirts, seals clapping wings, plumed horses, cycling macaques, lions leaping arches, mules trained for pursue extras dressed in black, elephants balancing on mobile metal spheres. That is fun, children love to say parents, who, to complete education of their offspring, should also take training sessions (or torture?) Support to the agony for the poor animals, helpless victims of human cruelty. Parents also say that visits to the zoo are highly instructive. Maybe I have been in the past, and even then I doubt it, but today, thanks to the countless documentaries about animal life that broadcasters spend all the time, if education is what is intended, then awaits.
José Saramago, Nobel Literature Prize 1998
José Saramago, Nobel Literature Prize 1998
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