Декларация сообщества, выступающего за бойкот театра кошек http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&ref=mf&gid=104193142951596

The Moscow Cat Circus (aka the Moscow Cat Theater) is a travelling circus show of trained cats performing ridiculous stunts for ignorant people. They have currently scheduled an April 2010 tour in Israel, they have already been all over the U.S. and they continue to book more and more shows worldwide.
The cats are “trained” and exploited to perform unnatural poses and tricks, humiliating routines and are exposed to frightening or uncomfortable situations – all for the sake of “entertainment”. They face endless hours of ‘rehearsals’ and ‘training’ only to get subjected to big stages, bright lights, rowdy audiences and trainers who will do whatever it takes to make sure the cats avoid “mistakes” or “embarrassing” behavior on stage.
Touring circuses may cover thousands of miles a year, carrying animals from site to site in transporters and cages. Moving location each week means they spend most of the year in temporary accommodation. The animals may be confined for hours, even days, in their travelling cages, with their only respite being either limited time in an exercise cage, being ‘rehearsed’, or performing.
Circuses are no place for animals! The cruelty that goes on behind closed circus doors to get animals to perform such ridiculous tricks has been exposed over and over again, yet barbaric circuses such as this one continue to make their way into our cities.
The original Moscow Cat Circus is led by Yuri Kuklachev - Yes, this is the same Kuklachev who filed anti-defamation lawsuits against 10 Russian bloggers who accused him of torturing cats. In the past few years there have also been allegations of another Moscow Cat Circus impersonating him and touring the world with a copycat act.
Regardless of whichever one is scheduled to perform here (press releases are showing pictures of Kuklachev but we have also heard others claiming this is the imposter) - the issue remains the same...
Please - boycott any tour of the Moscow Cat Circus in Israel.
Your children should not be taught cruelty to animals and they should not be taught to see cats (or any animal) as an object that can be exploited.
Make no mistake – these cats are not doing these tricks voluntarily. There has been a lot of scientific research (including famous research on “learned helplessness”) that demonstrates that the treatment these cats are receiving leads to depression and anxiety that changes the biochemistry of their brains and leads to constant suffering and early death.

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листовки и плакаты для распечатки, изготовленные дизайнерами сообщества http://www.sendspace.com/file/z4w7zg

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в кассах иерусалимского театра Аудиториум ничего не знают о завтрашнем выступлении театра кошек. билеты распространяются не через кассы театра (очевидно, напрямую среди "русской" публики)

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международное сообщество бойкота кошачьего цирка куклачева http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=107311045969172