{"id":20670,"date":"2015-04-13T20:20:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20670"},"modified":"2015-04-13T20:47:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:47:59","slug":"chinese-circus-and-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/chinese-circus-and-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese circus and Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe animals are at this moment<br \/>\nBeing stalked and caught<br \/>\nTo ship out from Maputo<br \/>\nTo China and it&#8217;s thought<br \/>\nThere they will be used<br \/>\nIn Circus anywhere over there<br \/>\n34x Baby Elephants<br \/>\n30 Lions and of course<br \/>\nDespair<\/p>\n<p>The elephants will get broken in<br \/>\nProbably Chinese style<br \/>\nroped and beaten<br \/>\nThat is their fate<br \/>\nSuch torture for a long while<\/p>\n<p>Shipped out of Maputo<br \/>\nOnto a freighter they<br \/>\nWill make the long sea journey<br \/>\nAnd may die on the way<\/p>\n<p>It certainly will be torturous<br \/>\nThe weather and the swell<br \/>\nVery very testing<br \/>\nSailing into hell<\/p>\n<p>The hideousness of all of that<br \/>\nThe repulsiveness springs true<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s shocking and it&#8217;s monstrous<br \/>\nBest realise all through<\/p>\n<p>Torn out from their families<br \/>\nFrom their jungle all that strain<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s course and totally unrefined<br \/>\nAnd will cause them all great pain<\/p>\n<p>The irksomeness of the long voyage<br \/>\nStanding all the way<br \/>\nNot getting their fresh foods<br \/>\nThey really will have to pay<\/p>\n<p>A weakening exposure<br \/>\nA truly frustrating end<br \/>\nAnd when they reach the Chinese port<br \/>\nThen where will they send<\/p>\n<p>These sad and cheerless animals<br \/>\nTo circuses everywhere<br \/>\nAnd then be made to entertain<br \/>\nThe Chinese is that fair<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s punishing it&#8217;s upsetting<br \/>\nDistasteful when one thinks<br \/>\nDragged screaming from the jungle<br \/>\nFaster than one blinks<\/p>\n<p>Join the Avaaz petition<br \/>\nThese sentient beasts  have need<br \/>\nThey need our help so very much<br \/>\nAnd then they may succeed<\/p>\n<p>A lifetime of such boredom<br \/>\nOf torture all the way<br \/>\nOf being smacked with bull hooks<br \/>\nAll along the way<\/p>\n<p>Suffering great hardship<br \/>\nUndergoing pain<br \/>\nThe stress of different climates<br \/>\nAnd habitats again<\/p>\n<p>Chained up in some broken barn<br \/>\nWith little room to lay<br \/>\nAnd fed on rotten or fermented food<br \/>\nEvery single day<\/p>\n<p>Seething with total lament<br \/>\nVery highly strung<br \/>\nAngry now about it all<br \/>\nAnd all feeling unsung<\/p>\n<p>Just wanting to escape all this<br \/>\nBut hopelessly awry<br \/>\nUnimaginative handling<br \/>\nCan you bear them cry<\/p>\n<p>Streams of tears will leave them<br \/>\nAnguish to the fore<br \/>\nDesolation on their minds<br \/>\nTheir poor feet feeling sore<\/p>\n<p>To await their trainers<br \/>\nWho may beat them black and blue<br \/>\nDefeat them with their wild wild whips<br \/>\nTill misery comes on through<\/p>\n<p>The beauty of their habitat<br \/>\nThe jungle once so green<br \/>\nThe sublimity of forests<br \/>\nWhere they all had been<\/p>\n<p>We ask that Mr. Mugabe<br \/>\nUses his strength of mind<br \/>\nAnd stops this vile dark exportation<br \/>\nIf somehow he can find<\/p>\n<p>By the money some are making<br \/>\nFor tortured animals pay<br \/>\nPlease think about these animals Sir<br \/>\nThey should remain in Zimbabwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe animals are at this moment Being stalked and caught To ship out from Maputo To China and it&#8217;s thought There they will be used In Circus anywhere over there 34x Baby Elephants 30 Lions and of course Despair The &hellip; 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