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Circus Cruelty
Circuses portray animals as talented and well-behaved beings, but behind closed doors, the animals are placed in pain and misery to perform the demeaning acts. Animals suffer without the publics’ knowledge of such torture. Laws protect these animals but are not sturdy enough to stop the overall sadness of the animals.
Trainers in the circuses beat the animals in order to do certain tricks. PETA states that trainers use tight collars, whips, beatings, and torture as a daily occurrence for circus animals. Elephants are hit with bullhooks on a daily basis on the skin around the eyes, under their chin, inside their mouth, and behind their knees and ears. Bears’ noses are broken and their paws are burned to teach them how to walk on her hind legs. In order to make chimpanzees manageable, trainers knock their teeth out with a hammer. An LCA investigator recorded large amounts of beatings, using baseball bats, pitchforks, and electric prods at Carson & Barnes Circus. “Animal rights, at its heart, is the most unextreme philosophy I can imagine. It is about nonviolence. It is about compassion. It is about not harming and not causing suffering and not killing when we don’t have to. That’s it. It is really, truly that simple.” – Stephanie Ernst
Constant confinement causes unnatural behavior and death among animals. The confinement makes it easier for disease to spread among animals and humans such as tuberculosis. Temperature fluctuations are unnatural to animals’ natural environment. In 1997, an eight year old elephant died due to being caged in 120 degrees. Unnatural behavior such as swaying, rocking, head-bobbing, and other repetitive action are signs of psychological distress in elephants. Common behavior like banging h...

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Paws.org
PAWS http://www.paws.org/circus-cruelty.html March 20, 2014
• Former Ringling Bros. Employee Speaks Out Against Abuse
Peta.org
PETA http://www.peta.org/features/former-ringling-bros-employee-speaks-abuse/ April 2, 2014
• Los Angeles City Council Bans Use of Bullhooks on Elephant I Circuses that travel to L.A.
Lcanimal.org October 23, 2013
Last Chance for Animals http://www.lcanimal.org/index.php/campaigns/elephants/circuses March 20, 2014
• Natural Lives of Circus Animals
Opnm.org
http://www.opnm.org/campaigns/circus/natural-lives.php
April 7, 2014
• Quick Summary of Animals in Circuses & the Laws Governing Them
Animallaw.info 2010 http://www.animallaw.info/topics/tabbed%20topic%20page/spuscircus.html April 1, 2014
• Ten Facts About Animals in the Circus
Bornfreeusa.org
Born Free USA http://www.bornfreeusa.org/facts.php?more=1&p/=431 March 20, 2014

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