Circus Animals

Animals aren’t actors, performers, or objects to gaze at. Yet thousands of animals suffer everyday in circus, zoos, aquariums, and other forms of entertainment all for the sake of human “amusement.” Everyday animals are forced to perform foolish, confusing tricks, under the threat of human punishment. Not only that but animals are carted in cramped, stuffy, box-carts for hours to travel across country; while being chained or caged in boring, filthy enclosures. This just describes one form of cruel human enteriement that animals have to go through. Other forms of entertainment like zoo’s, aqueiremes, rodeos, and movies include the same or even worse conditions for these poor animals. Some animals even pay with their lives. The use of animals

The life of a circus animal is one of boredom, trauma, hunger, and isolation. The Los Angeles time writer Chris DeRose expressed that animals “often exhibit abnormal behaviors, such as pulling out their fur, incessant swaying and bar biting” due to these awful conditions. In the article “Ringling Bros End Is a Win for Animals” the author Chris DeRose explains the pain animals go through during their lives in the circus. It starts off when the animas are babies. The author described in the article that, “many are taken from the wild as babies and watch as their parents are slaughtered.” Other animals are born in the facilities and have never experienced the wild or known freedom. The end of the Ringling bros is a victory to every animal activist who fought for animal rights in the entertainment industry. But the fight is far from over considering other circuses continue to exploit animals for profit, as do zoos, rodeos, and

Kyara’s death brings a sad end to this chapter of treating magnificent animals as entertainment for humans. Even though Seaworld had the best treatments available, the best medical care that a human can provide cannot make up for what orca babies need the most: the care of their own families in their natural environment. In the article “Orca Babies Need Their Families, Not Concrete Tanks and Humans,” Lori Marino points out that in the absence of the true family and environment, “they are permanently stressed to the point where their immune systems are compromised.” Therefore the orca has no defense against the infections that are common to orcas whose lives are contained in concrete tanks. This unfortunate event should help people realise that keeping animals locked against a glass wall for humans to gaze at needs to come to an