This programme aims to put the arguments for and against an old-established and traditional form of entertainment.
Is cruelty involved in the training and use of performing animals? Are such performances undesirable? Do they have a bad effect on children?
Questions asked by: Denzil Batchelor, Kenneth Adam
Answers given by:
Those in favour: George Lockhart, Edward Graves
Those against: Lord Strabolgi, Harold Goodenough
In the chair: Niel Pearson
From the BBC's North of England studios
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