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Y o u r o o r s h i p ? n e h b e r s o f c o u n c i l ? n y r a n e i s X e n L a n g t i e r , r a n
a veterinarian
practisinq
in Nanaino and the pase chairperson for
the
fiilitlife
conmitlee
veterinary
of
rhe B,c,
l,redical
Assoclation.
I have atone veterinary
exter.ships
at lh chester
zoo ih England, ahd the l.letro Toronto zoo.
I uas the recepient
of the 19s9 canadian veterinary Medical AssociatioD HunaneAvard
ror conpassion for aninal
serfare.
I an hele today as rhe
repiesentativ of the Nanaino branch of the B.C. S,P.C.A.
I,le are here to ask city
council
to drafr
a byla! uhlch woltd
prohibit rild anihal pexfornances ln our nunicipatity.
I nust
naxe 1t very clear fron the beqinninq trrat we are nor as*inq foi
l{e a.e only asking to ban perfornances that
ibvorv rild aDihals.
rdonestlc{ aninars refers to aninars
by say of defibitio.
cattle, dogs, and cats that bave seleclively been
bred over thousands of generations
to elinihate
unde6irable
trarts,
naking theh qeneticatly and thus behaviou.ally different
fron their !i1d ancestors.
First,

tbe case vith urild{ a.ina1s.

been born in caplivity,
there ras no selective
breedinq, so tbey
are stirl
qenetlcally
the sane as their
rird
cousins and thus
{ill
exbibit
the sane basic behaviours
abd the san .atural
Havrng a personal ihtereEt ih qild a.d erotic a.inals,
r vas
pleased to be 6sied by the
years ago to rehd hy
expertise at tlreir circus inspeclioD6.
Uy firsc inpsection ra6
of the tigels
and lions at a shrine circus.
I sa! the liqers
in
cages 4' vide by 3' long by 4r high.
T had seen these aninals
,heeled up to the perforning ring in these cages and assuned they
vere the cages
then flon one spot to anotber,
I Fas
shockd to discover that the aninals spnt their entire
lives in
these cages except vhen actually
perforning.
These cages are
- sized
dsigned
specificallt
for
aninal
transport
to
fit
e.onohicatty
into a translort
truck - but
aninal's
sole hohe.
ther qas no bedding in the cage, as it
vould be too huch to clean and transport.
Th cats were watered
onry ttice
a day fron pan slipped
into the cage for a short
clean
these normally
fastidiousty
Period and then lenoved.
aninals had to eat, drink, urinate, defecate and sleep alr lithin
the shall confines of this snalt cage.
lrhis
I was appa1led.
loulit be equivalebt
to soheohe leeping a bouse cat ih a carrying
c a g e i t 6 n t i . e l i f e .
Thera rere also four young !iqe! cubs ih a learby cage.
They had
ben bred to provide replacefiehts for the tiger act.
It vas 6ad
pacibg
to see thal saby rere already devetopi.g the head lolli.g,
and rocking behariour
so ca1led
stereotypic
of caged aninals,

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rfe ope.atror of i tLoljc siox, erhib.tion, cirniv!l o"-i?;Fo'1INe
D a r t i c u l a rk i n d o . i n . n y D . r t i c u l . r l o c a t l o no r b o o t h ,
ANo |NEREAS.
Councjl nry, p u . s u a n t o 5 e c l i o n 9 3 ? { r ) o f t h e f u n l c i 0 i l a . , ! ,
prohiblt crueltyto .ninirls,
A N DI H E R E A jSt . i r C o u n c i l / so p l n i o nt h a t t h e p r r t i c i D a l i o no f l i l d A i i n !
a p l b l l c s h o r e r h i b i i i o n , c . r n i v r l o r p e r f o h r n c eo f a n y k i . d c o n 3 t i t u t e s.

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THEREFoRE
BE lT REsoLvEo
lhat ihe councjl of the city of llrnajno 1n opet
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"A" rttrched to .nd fonrng lft of this Bylrv,
l . N o p e r s o ns h i l l o t e r a t . o r c a r r J o n a c l r c u s , p o b l i c s h o r , e x h l b l t l o i , c a r n i v i l
or lerfom.nce in |hich rjr..nin.ls.re
r e q u i r e dt o p r f o h t r i c k i , f l g h t o r
p f t j c l p a t . l n p e r f o m a n c efso . l h e r n u r e n not r e n t . r t . i n r e n t o f a . a u d i e n c .
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1992-JUi-15.

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