"Children should be taught to respect animals -- circuses, rodeo and equestrian sports teach the opposite, there are no educational values in seeing such magnificent animals reduced to performing tricks or being forced to jump colored poles. It is vital for children to learn empathy, or the ability to put themselves in someone else’s shoes. Events in which animals are forced to put their life in danger or to perform demeaning tricks teach the opposite." ~ Cloe Lacroix, NHE Representative in Canada and Dean of School