Sir Roger Moore was shining knight to humans and animals
Roger Moore was not just an ambassador for humans, he was also a passionate advocate for the rights of animals.
He paid for an advertising campaign to stop Selfridges selling foie gras and appealed to MPs to support the ban, which was successful. If it was on the menu of any restaurant he visited, he would have a word with the chef and if it was not removed, he would not pay the place a return visit.
He said he would never attend a dinner where ‘torture in a tin’ was on the menu.
He was told of an orca called Morgan, who was taken from the wild and put in a tank, and responded: “It is clear to anyone with a brain and an ounce of compassion, that marine parks are nothing more than concrete prisons, which cause marine animals a world of suffering.”
He fought for wild animals to be kept out of circuses, particularly lions and tigers, and said of Britain’s last lion tamer: “You cannot expect someone who chains, whips and otherwise dominates animals, to behave like a gentleman. While he may be incapable of moral evolution, the rest of us are not, and now we know that the spirits of elephants, lions and other animals are robbed of everything they hold dear so that they will perform meaningless tricks, such as balancing on balls. We are no longer amused.”
Priceless. For all this alone, he more than deserved his knighthood. Thank you, Sir Roger Moore, for being such a heroic, compassionate and shining example to the rest of us.
N Jones, Shrewsbury
