The government is expected to formally introduce a law banning the use of wild animals in circuses.
Shadow environment minister Gavin Shuker said Labour supported an outright ban on wild animals being used in circuses.
The government has promised to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses "at the earliest opportunity".
Zippo's personnel manager Paul Winston said smaller circuses would be worst hit as they tend to move more frequently.
Between 35 and 50 wild animals are believed to be working in circuses.
Circuses had international casts and used impressive new technology such as half-tone photographs.
In Europe, where smaller circuses worked locally, innovation remained a primary requirement for each company, to lure in repeat customers.
Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn is campaigning for a ban on the use of elephants in circuses and other entertainment acts.
As if the setting wasn't unique enough, Blue Lagoon has also arranged DJs, circuses and modern dance performers for corporate events.
Under the terms of the draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill, the ban will cover any creature not normally domesticated in Britain.
Circuses in England will be prohibited from using wild animals in their shows from the beginning of December 2015, the government has announced.
Las Vegas illustrates just how varied casino design can be - pyramids, medieval castles, circuses - pretty much "anything goes", says Paul Steelman.
But Tory backbencher Andrew Rosindell prompted jeers by backbenchers across the House by arguing that "there was almost no cruelty" against animals in circuses.
"You didn't go to a circus, you went to the circus, " said one historian about Barnum-esque circuses: They were, in truth, all the same.
He told the programme that the British establishment was "toying with the idea of trying to distract everyone with these bread and circuses" from the economic downturn.
Maybe this is just an elaborate argument for bread and circuses.
Welfare groups say legislation does not go far enough and should also ban the docking of dogs' tails for cosmetic reasons and animals performing in circuses.
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It is a fact that Roman bread and circuses produced a large leech class at a time when desperately needed manpower and resources for the Legions was scarce.
There are currently 20 licensed wild animals working in circuses.
He said he shared the views of MPs concerned about the use of performing animals and insisted the government "is determined to stamp out cruelty and bad welfare for animals in circuses".
The best thing in the film is the cannily crafted soundtrack, which is filled with audio clips from television, suggesting pop-culture circuses that not only amuse and distract the people but also corrupt them.
By far the most famous exponent was a bushy-haired Serbian named Borislav Milojkowic, who went by the stage name Borra, King of the Pickpockets, and became a star of night clubs and circuses throughout Europe.
At the turn of the 20th century, letterpress posters advertised boxing matches, circuses and carnivals, but most print shops junked their clunky letterpress printers for offset units in the 1950s or for computers in the 1980s.
They have also been employed for display - in temples for religious purposes, in circuses for entertainment (though there's less of that than there used to be), and by rulers to overawe their subjects and impress their rivals.
Winding up the debate Environment Minister Jim Paice told MPs that, according to government lawyers, it was "highly likely" ministers would be challenged on the basis that an outright ban was "disproportionate in terms of improving welfare in circuses".
Do your homework - some estancias are just private homes that begrudgingly rent rooms for profit, others are campy circuses that bring in buses of camera-snapping tourists - but do not miss a chance to live out your cowboy dreams in the Argentine pampas.
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