Friday, March 29, 2013

The Circus Comes To Roatan

 So, my story has little to do with the actual circus we went to and more about the background story. So, for the past 2 weeks the circus has been in town and we have watched it set up and seen all of the promos of their arrival. They are a Honduran circus and are based on the mainland...not from the US.(This becomes an important ingredient to my story in a second). So, I mentioned to our accountant that we were going to take the kids on the weekend. She says "If you bring a cat or a dog, you can get in for free." I initially think...."huh, that is kind of cool". Then of course, you are all thinking what I was thinking...."what do they do with all those cats and dogs?" Yep. They feed them to the big cats (tigers, lions, leopards etc.).  I say "Daphne, how would I explain to Kiah that we have to give Kibbles our cat away?" She says "tell her there are some big kitties that want to play with your little kitty." Now, I totally get the idea that our island is full of mangy sick strays and that this could be a great way to help with the population of stays. However, our accountant then says another astounding statement (as if eating cats and dogs isn't astounding enough)...she says "I have 2 cats and 2 dogs at my house. If I can find 2 more, I can get my whole family in for free." She was seriously considering giving up her pets for a night at the circus. I was so shocked and a bit sickened. Of course I ranted and raved about boycotting the circus for hours and I told everyone that I knew, that they were feeding cats and dogs to the animals. Alas, we went anyway, but we paid in cash...not cats.

All in all, it was a horrible circus. It was in Spanish and not very professional. The big cats were mistreated and did not act all that trained. The clowns were crass and not funny (even in Spanish), and the munchies we bought were stale. Oh well, another experience to put in their baby books. I don't think I will relay the story of the cats and dogs though.
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