Category Archives: circus

Zimbabwe’s cruelty knows no bounds

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Contrary to any reason Gifted souls we see Are unlawfully captured To be exported tragically Little baby elephants Stolen from their mums Sold to the highest bidder Really just for crumbs No respect whatsoever Unreasoned all the way Unsound and … Continue reading →

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ZIGGY the elephant ASIA/chicago

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Rex Tyler

BORN 1917 died 27/10/1975 Born in Asia named after Flo Ziegfeld The great American impresario Who bought him from John Ringling In 1920 and Wanted him as a birthday gift For his daughter understand A six year old And and … Continue reading →

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I am cecil too

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Rex Tyler

He is doing it to music Her white boots and her style It cuts into his poor old feet Torture off the dial Purple lights and laughter She the dancing queen His demeanour says it all Thoroughly obscene Chafing irritation … Continue reading →

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The big flop

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Captivity sucks For all wild creatures who Are subjugated Their whole life times through Thrown into circus A torment refrain Dissatisfaction Despair and disdain Anguished and maltreated Harassed and made To do stupid tricks The whole circus parade An audience … Continue reading →

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Elephants in the snow

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Rex Tyler

Its ingenuous And arrogant To have elephants in the snow To abuse them in a circus Somewhere where they shouldnt go They are the biggest land animals With weight issues and they Should not be walking on tarmac roads Or … Continue reading →

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abuse

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Rex Tyler

We really have to ask ourselves Why we allow abuse Of animals like the kangaroo There is no real excuse They are wild and they are iconic To Australia and they Have been and won their totemic status and respect … Continue reading →

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Sasha’s new life

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

A wild heart full of spirit Found being behind bars Under lock and key all day Life’s enduring scars A Guatamalan Circus Slavery to boot Deprivation ordered Bondage an offshoot A decade of existence Coercion to exclude Every breath of … Continue reading →

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Hookstown Fair’s elephants

Posted on August 26, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Ever worn a heavy saddle? And had to give rides all the time Children kicking walking In circles Really theres no rhyme Or reason for us elephants To have to be this way Being made to walk and walk Being … Continue reading →

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ZIMBABWE not the best place to be born

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There has always been a lack of understanding A kind of godlessness And lack of care Elephants in Zimbabwe find themselves Sold off abroad Actually it could be anywhere One really lovely soul Known as Anna Louise Went off to … Continue reading →

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BearCub training in JIN YINPING CHINA

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Circus is a wicked entertainment spectacle And In Jin yi ping in China To make them stand On their hind legs They chain them to the wall Forced their back legs upright And by walking tall Its alien behaviour And … Continue reading →

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Anne the elephant

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Beverly and Janie Were lovely friends of mine Both With moral fibre Noble and divine They were so trustworthy In every single way And ofcourse confined in me How they wanted to stay That Romanian keeper Nitu yes him he … Continue reading →

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Garden Bros Circus

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Rex Tyler

You are one hundred years too late my friends Wild animals is where it ends Bullhooks such a cowardly tool A weapon that breaks every rule You create captivity Your Asian elephants how can they be Subjected to such enormous … Continue reading →

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The big FLOP

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Supposed entertainment Based on arrogance and grief On ignorance on hollowness And, alas belief It truthfully lacks substance Fictitious in a way Characterless and meaningless Where all the animals pay Circus is a world of difference From reality Its poles … Continue reading →

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“Sita”

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Rex Tyler

A matriarchal system And a wildness of the heart “sita” an asian elephant Really from the start Ended up in circus No place for any souls Be forced to travel here and there And to take on all sorts of … Continue reading →

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BO and BETTY and the circus

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Pachyderms were never meant to climb On tiny stools Circus is an evil place Where an audience of fools Imagines that wild elephants Would leave their asian home To be chained up in a trailer And not be allowed to … Continue reading →

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Undertakings must be made

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In breeding is a crime against humanity Its evil strangely injurious and wrong Creating the white tiger Leucism pigmentation problems and aadness All along In the wild a tiger must be orange Camouflage allows attAck to be Possible its how … Continue reading →

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Elephant training

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Negative reinforcement programmes Are used For 8 to 10 thousand pounders If they are not abused There is no way on gods earth They ever will do The daf’t circus tricks And That clearly is true Bull hooks electric prods … Continue reading →

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Clowns

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Rex Tyler

circus really curiously Installed it’s clowns Hair raisingly The intermission Between acts, their ploy To entertain But not overjoy They came of age With their talents raised With their masks and antics That amazed Children with their wacky stuff But … Continue reading →

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EMOYA our African dream

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Rex Tyler

We originally came from Africa And were shipped across the sea To Peru yes and to Colombia To circus totally Immersed in all that squalor Beaten black and blue Whipped and beaten with iron bars And all of us were … Continue reading →

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Another look at Circus

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Rex Tyler

HOw was it we were ever Taken in by circus Wild animals in trailers Transported town to town Made to climb up steps in rings And when they fall perhaps That brings Circus into disrepute As well it should For … Continue reading →

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CIrcus with wild animals

Posted on July 30, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Life on the road is one hell of a struggle For us human beings no matter how Nomadic you are its travelling people That seem to be able to work with it now No fixed abode living out of some … Continue reading →

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Circus is an abuse of wild life

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Wild animals in circus Is a very selfish thing It calls for the absolute ignorance To show them in a ring The big top travelling here and there All over so much stress By definition animals need More Exercise not … Continue reading →

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Circus

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Rex Tyler

lion Tamers are past masters Of cruelty and pain Of fear for they are torturers Experience again The evil and the arrogance That comes across right here A cage a lot of Lions Charged its very clear A givenness thats … Continue reading →

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The little bull

Posted on March 19, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Irrelevance and what is Illogicality Not a modicum of reason For this show Clowns apparently Dressed up to prove their point How to show the world Their cruelty My antipathy towards Them you can feel it Anyone with any soul … Continue reading →

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The tiger and the circus

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Rex Tyler

Backwards and forwards one tiger Two or three paces Then he turns around And faces backward This is adversity! 3 tory MP’s vote NO For seemingly they want to see Wild animals be Tortured and their horrors grow And for … Continue reading →

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Agony goes unnoticed

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Rex Tyler

The agony of circus The bull hook and the whip The genuineness of animals Its all about their trip From wildness Through to tameness And profit out of loss Of excitement for the family And of proving who is boss … Continue reading →

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Tiger tiger

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Brian Boswell he is the man He owns the circus thats in town A tiger from the precious zoo Sadly he fell down Caged up, no wild habitat Lame if you ask me Escaped and limped back to the wild … Continue reading →

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The plight of WILD animals in circus

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Wild animals In Circus So topical of course An Elephant chained in a cage A Tiger feel their force of Nature Feel their boredom The frustration of it all And all that transportation Up and down the ramps And we … Continue reading →

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Misguided

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Rex Tyler

Saving the animals That was the idea Buying in babies And letting them be In fairly good sized fenced off areas Not spaying or neutering As you can see Packed in they are white lions And Leopards, jaguars All sorts … Continue reading →

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Circus and wild animals and the tories

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Rex Tyler

The Conservative government This ruling lot Voted for circus They are on the spot Wild animals you bet Elephants too We have the tories to thank Yea they do Love circus animals Prancing about Cruelty yea There is no doubt … Continue reading →

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