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Birkett, Dea. "Cruel? No, Elephants Love the Circus—And I Should Know, Says Dea Birkett, I Used to Ride Them in the Big Top." Animal Rights. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2015. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Cruel? No, Elephants Love The Circus—And I Should Know, Says Dea Birkett, I Used to Ride Them in the Big Top." Daily Mail 25 Feb. 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2016.
2. Dear Birkett is a former circus performer, who joined the circus in her earlies 30s. She talks about her experience with Julia, the elephant she performed with, and objects how the …show more content…
This article proves how animals suffer in circuses. The have to go under deplorable conditions. It also explain how they can get back to a normal life. It is a long process, because they have to heal first, and then learn how to be “animals”.
Merritt, Marianne R. "Circus Animals Are Abused." The Rights of Animals. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Tatters in the Big Top." Animals' Agenda 20 (2000): 38-40. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2016.
2. The author of this article is Marianne R. Merritt who is an attorney specialist in animal law and works on matters involving the use of animals in entertainment. She talks mention that animals in circuses suffer horribly conditions, and how circuses do not care for the sake of the animals that they use for entertainment. “They are force to live in dirty, crowded quarters; are not provide with consistent veterinary care (many circuses don’t travel with veterinarians); and are trained and kept under control through the use of such devices as bullhoocks, clubs, whips, chains, electric “hotshot” prods, food and water deprivation, and other forms of what is unemotionally labeled as negative
Birkett, Dea. "Cruel? No, Elephants Love the Circus—And I Should Know, Says Dea Birkett, I Used to Ride Them in the Big Top." Animal Rights. Ed. Noah Berlatsky. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2015. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Cruel? No, Elephants Love The Circus—And I Should Know, Says Dea Birkett, I Used to Ride Them in the Big Top." Daily Mail 25 Feb. 2009. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2016.
2. Dear Birkett is a former circus performer, who joined the circus in her earlies 30s. She talks about her experience with Julia, the elephant she performed with, and objects how the …show more content…
This article proves how animals suffer in circuses. The have to go under deplorable conditions. It also explain how they can get back to a normal life. It is a long process, because they have to heal first, and then learn how to be “animals”.
Merritt, Marianne R. "Circus Animals Are Abused." The Rights of Animals. Ed. Auriana Ojeda. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Tatters in the Big Top." Animals' Agenda 20 (2000): 38-40. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 1 Apr. 2016.
2. The author of this article is Marianne R. Merritt who is an attorney specialist in animal law and works on matters involving the use of animals in entertainment. She talks mention that animals in circuses suffer horribly conditions, and how circuses do not care for the sake of the animals that they use for entertainment. “They are force to live in dirty, crowded quarters; are not provide with consistent veterinary care (many circuses don’t travel with veterinarians); and are trained and kept under control through the use of such devices as bullhoocks, clubs, whips, chains, electric “hotshot” prods, food and water deprivation, and other forms of what is unemotionally labeled as negative