Are there tragedies? 73-88. Animals in circuses are still deprived of their basic needs to exercise, roam, socialize, forage, and play. 12 Jett, J.; Visser, I. N.; Ventre, J.; Waltz, J. Gore, M.; Hutchins, M. & Ray, J. Animal rights are not about bigger cages or more humane training methods; it's about not using or exploiting animals for food, clothing, or entertainment. Zookeepers are not mustache-twirling villains. The abuse of animals in the entertainment industry is an ongoing source of suffering, according to animal rights activists. They also get to meet adults who have turned their love for animals into a career, and with whom they can identify. BBC Radio 4 Today - Animals for food debate, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection. Imagine you are five years old, someone breaks into your home, kills your aunt and possibly your older brother in the process of kidnapping you. They care for their animals as a parent would care for a child. Sometimes, they even harm themselves. While they are chained, they are beaten and shocked with electric prods. Yet as Ricard explains, the elegance of the elephants performances are an illusion enabled by a sharp iron hook disguised as a wand with flowers, that will quickly come jabbing into the pachyderms ear at the least sign of disobedience. Former circus trainers like Vladimir Deriabkine have testified that the pleasure that animals give to circus audiences around the world is the result of training practices based on animal cruelty and violence. 7. Surely there must be some middle ground that balances zoos treatment of animals with their educational potential. Is Using Animals for Entertainment Unethical? - Sentient Media When these animals are locked in tanks, the echoes of the sounds their sonar produces rebound constantly off the ends of the tanks and come back to them immediately. PDF For and against banning wild animals in circuses - Born Free Foundation
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