14 DAY TRIAL // On Wednesday, the Colombian Congress passed a bill stating that both static and traveling circuses were no longer allowed to use wild animals in their shows.
The Congress believes that, by passing this bill, Colombia has proven to the world that it is highly concerned about environmental issues and about the need to safeguard biodiversity.
“This is good news for the country because with the prohibition of the use of animals in circuses we are taking a significant step in the conservation of wildlife, the awareness to preserve nature and thus demonstrate that as humans we can respect the status and dignity of other species,” House Representative Augusto Posada said, as cited by Animal Defenders International.
It appears that the Congress decided to pass this bill shortly after evidence emerged that circus animals were poorly treated by their “employees.”
Circuses in Columbia have been given two years to rethink their working agenda and get behind the new legislation.