I agree that animals shouldn't be abused, they should only be taken care of well enough to ensure they don't make me sick when eating them. PETA and all these tree-hugging hippies really piss me off!
I stand corrected. I was explained differently by a very good group of friends who were a performing group that I worked for over the summer.
If you have Bravo, check out Cirque Du Soleil: The Fire Within. It was a pretty cool documentary/series which explained how each of their shows comes to fruition. Alot of their performers are/were amateur or professional gymnasts and dancers before they came on the show. I wouldn't really classify them as street performers. Anyway, get Dallas to take you to one of their shows sometime. Its quite breaktaking to watch in person.
Actually it was in reply to another post. The message quoted above mine should have tipped you off. Edit: Sorry, rough day and I feel like Troy Aikman threw a few of those Acme bricks at my head. Just ignore me.