title: [Keeping of horses in circus and show businesses].
abstract: The conditions under which horses are kept and the performance of acts in the circus ring may give rise to animal protection-relevant aspects for circus and show horses. A number of intolerable conditions under which horses are kept and procedures adopted for the work with circus and show horses are described. In addition, attention is drawn to monitoring methods capable of exposing the deplorable shortcomings of these businesses.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Ethologie und Tierschutz des Chemischen und Veterinäruntersuchungsamtes Freiburg. Ursula.Pollmann@cvuafr.bwl.de
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pollmann
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D006736:Horses; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006801:Humans; D012201:Reward