Pros And Cons Of The Mistreatment Of Animals

The world of entertainment is constantly growing and changing in exciting ways. As a society, we have found pleasure in watching exotic, and wild animals by visiting zoos, circuses, and aquariums. When visiting these places, we are not focused on the mistreatment of animals as the corporation often disguises it. The harsh truth, is that these beautiful animals are neglected, abused and live a life of misery. An animal used for entertainment purposes is a horrible social norm, which has been proven to cause psychological and physical damage. Throughout this paper, we will be exploring these issues, and proving that these forms of entertainment are wrong.

Since 1964, millions of people have visited SeaWorld, a marine mammal park. One of its

These animals are forced to perform difficult tricks such as, jump through hoops or balance on pedestals. It is understandable why “a hundred years ago or so, when we were ignorant about the intelligence and emotions and ability of a species to communicate, we might have had an excuse of our own ignorance that we treated these animals so badly” (Daly. Para. 7). We have to pose the question; why are animals performing tricks that they would never do in their nature habitat? In order for these wild animals to learn these tricks, their trainers use fear of pain to get them to cooperate. Whips, tight collars, and other terrible tools are used to abuse them, create fear, and obedience. Circuses that still use these animals need to be stopped, as it has been proven that it is unnatural, and inhuman to keep these animals from their homes. Studies have released research done on animals that are held in captivity and the amount of stress these animals demonstrate by their unnatural behaviors. For example, elephants have a tendency of “rocking, swaying, head-bobbing, or other repetitive movements” (Peta. para. 4). There has been video proof and evidence from circuses and zoos where elephants have been in distress. These abnormal behaviors are also found in many other captive animals such as monkeys, tigers, bears and several more. Other