BELIEVING
Circuses should be allowed to use animals, because they kept them healthy and safe. The animals are the stars of the show, therefore they have to be in optimal conditions. Dea birkett, who was part of the Zoppe circus in Italy as an elephant rider, shared her experience. She said: “Living in the road, we were often short of water and I would have to go without a good wash for a week- but Julia, my elephant, had a shower each morning, ready for the working day ahead” (Birkett, Dea). In the circus, the lives of humans and the animals are completely entwined. No other people live so closely with the animals they care for, and it is the welfare of the animal performers, not the humans, that always come first. Another reason why circuses …show more content…
Animals in circuses suffer horribly under deplorable conditions. Elephants are kept in chains up to 95 percent of the time, and exotic cats and other animals are housed in small cages where they are barely given room to stand up, move around, or stretch. Performing animals are hauled from town to town, day in and day out in boxcars or trucks, without any ability to exercise the full range of their natural behaviors. Animals are kept in cages with extremely hot and cold weather conditions. They travel without access to basic necessities such as food, water, and veterinary care. According to a report made by abc-news which covered the rescue of three polar bears from a Mexican-owner circus, they found that the three little bears were forced to live under unhealthy conditions in cramped cages in which they eat, drink, sleep, defecate, and urinate- all in the same place. In fact, these bears, which normally enjoy a cool 11 degrees Fahrenheit, often endured temperatures of more than 100 degrees. "They were in extreme discomfort. They were extremely emaciated and they were filthy," according to Debbie Leahy, the director of captive exotic animals for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). "These were really just the most pathetic creatures I've ever
Circuses should be allowed to use animals, because they kept them healthy and safe. The animals are the stars of the show, therefore they have to be in optimal conditions. Dea birkett, who was part of the Zoppe circus in Italy as an elephant rider, shared her experience. She said: “Living in the road, we were often short of water and I would have to go without a good wash for a week- but Julia, my elephant, had a shower each morning, ready for the working day ahead” (Birkett, Dea). In the circus, the lives of humans and the animals are completely entwined. No other people live so closely with the animals they care for, and it is the welfare of the animal performers, not the humans, that always come first. Another reason why circuses …show more content…
Animals in circuses suffer horribly under deplorable conditions. Elephants are kept in chains up to 95 percent of the time, and exotic cats and other animals are housed in small cages where they are barely given room to stand up, move around, or stretch. Performing animals are hauled from town to town, day in and day out in boxcars or trucks, without any ability to exercise the full range of their natural behaviors. Animals are kept in cages with extremely hot and cold weather conditions. They travel without access to basic necessities such as food, water, and veterinary care. According to a report made by abc-news which covered the rescue of three polar bears from a Mexican-owner circus, they found that the three little bears were forced to live under unhealthy conditions in cramped cages in which they eat, drink, sleep, defecate, and urinate- all in the same place. In fact, these bears, which normally enjoy a cool 11 degrees Fahrenheit, often endured temperatures of more than 100 degrees. "They were in extreme discomfort. They were extremely emaciated and they were filthy," according to Debbie Leahy, the director of captive exotic animals for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). "These were really just the most pathetic creatures I've ever