CHILDREN OF ALL AGES!

    SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022

     CHILDREN OF ALL AGES!

    I saw a banner the other day reminding

people that the Shrine Circus is coming to

town. Today happens to be "Circus Day!"

The circus is still a very big deal in Europe

but it's not lieke it used to be here in the

U.S. Several years ago sosme animal rights

activists made a big deal about seeing

Elephants in chains at the circus and caused

such a fuss that the "Greatest Show on Earth"

dropped them from its lineup. A couple years

later the Ringlings Brothers Circus folded

after years of providing fun and entertainment

to millions of people across this country. When

my Dad worked spotlight in Madison Square

Garden for Ringling Brothers years ago I got

to spend a lot of time "back stage" and was

amazed at how all the animals, from Elephants

to K9s, were treated as family pets! And, by the

way, were dogs meant to be kept on a leash by

people? Or trained to "sit" and "stay?" Yet

when a well fed, and very large, Elephant is

on a chain leash somebody gets upset! For

millions of American kids the circus was their

first and ofte only chance to see rare animals

in person. I, for one, am very happy we still

get a chance to go to a circus. And I hope we'll

only see Clowns in the center ring! Hope you

go, enjoy it, and that all your NEWS is good.