The PM lists and explains the Scottish Government's view of the 'ethical challenges' of using wild animals in travelling circuses as:
impact on respect for animals - performing tricks and acts for public entertainment, keeping them in unsuitable accommodation and displaying them "could inhibit the development of respectful and responsible attitudes towards animals in the future" (p. 5);
impact of travelling environments - keeping animals in unenriched temporary mobile accommodation for long periods and transporting them over long distances prevents them from "the pursuit of activities natural to them" which "compromises the integrity of that animal's nature and therefore its well-being" (p. 5);
ethical costs and benefits - compared...