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On Sunday February 17th, 2013
In Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, I took part
In one of the most beautiful peaceful demonstrations of my life
I saw entire families put makeup on
Get dressed, wear circus animal costumes
To defend the life of those beings
Who by human habit and whim
Are tamed with great cruelty
Now this group wants to make Los Cabos
The second county in Mexico
To be free of circus animal exploitation
With your help we can make it happen
To feel pity towards abuse is no longer enough
Denounce circus animal abuse
Let's all together make a difference
Animal abuse starts
When they are taken away from their natural environment
To be sold, trafficked and exploited
The saddest part of all
Is that 80% of them die during transport
Think twice before going to the circus
If you go to the circus and pay for a ticket
You are contributing to their subsistence
Taking part in the abuse
So a lion, tiger, elephant or other animal
Can perform a trick
Has to endure hours of abuse, torture and hunger
And lives locked up it's entire life
One of the methods
To break the animal's spirit
Is to chain them from all fours
Or lock them up in tiny cages
To induce panic
And make them prisoners their whole lives
There is nothing natural
About the tricks animals perform in circuses
The process is simple
To beat them up and to tie them up
To beat them up and to tie them up
To beat them up and to tie them up
To beat them up and to tie them up all over again.
We are sorry because you are waiting alone and can't understand
We are sorry because we couldn't yet save you
Because we are simple mortals and we fail
And because you pay for our failure with your life
We are sorry because our species is so selfish and blind
The circuses with animals teach our kids
The idea that it's ok to lock an animal up
So we can look at it
You pay to watch them and they pay with their lives
An animal in a cage is the same thing as a man in prison
But the animal hasn't committed any crime
Wake up!
Clowns to the circus, animals to the wild!
Although in Los Cabos we've started to fight for circus animal's rights
The next step would be to reflect upon
The great abuse domestic and farm animals
Are subject to
Animals belong to God
Brutality belongs to the human kind
Man has turned the earth into a hell for animals
While you are having fun animals suffer
Animals don't perform for treats
They perform because they fear the tamer
Please give a voice to those who have none
Torture can't be considered art
Which side do you choose?
Are you with those who protect or those who abuse?
That's why we insist
We want to be the second county in our country
To ban circuses with animals
And toughen the laws against animal abuse
Can we count on you?
We are not against the circus
We are against circuses that feature animals
Yes to circus. No to circus with animals!
Yes to circus. No to circus with animals!
Yes to circus. No to circus with animals!
Yes to circus. No to circus with animals!