As a result, circus animals undergo bad lives and terrible conditions. Circus animals spend about 96% of their lives in cages and they travel 11 out of 12 months a year. During travel, animals endure “extreme temperatures” in their cages because there in co climate control. Equally as important, circus animal trainers have and use brutal ways to train their animals to do tricks. The instructors use tools like whips, bats, electric rods, clubs, chains, hammers, torches, pitchforks and many more. Trainers beat animals and hurt them so they will follow instructions and do tricks. To get bears to stand on their hind legs they burn their front paws so they won’t want to stand on them. A serious issue, is that since the animals are forced to follow the trainers they almost always get hurt during performances. Animals get scared to fail because this means being deprived of their limited supply of food or being beaten so they do these painful acts to entertain. Many tigers get burned when they jump through rings of fire. Until circuses change their standards, circus animals will continue to live in poor
As a result, circus animals undergo bad lives and terrible conditions. Circus animals spend about 96% of their lives in cages and they travel 11 out of 12 months a year. During travel, animals endure “extreme temperatures” in their cages because there in co climate control. Equally as important, circus animal trainers have and use brutal ways to train their animals to do tricks. The instructors use tools like whips, bats, electric rods, clubs, chains, hammers, torches, pitchforks and many more. Trainers beat animals and hurt them so they will follow instructions and do tricks. To get bears to stand on their hind legs they burn their front paws so they won’t want to stand on them. A serious issue, is that since the animals are forced to follow the trainers they almost always get hurt during performances. Animals get scared to fail because this means being deprived of their limited supply of food or being beaten so they do these painful acts to entertain. Many tigers get burned when they jump through rings of fire. Until circuses change their standards, circus animals will continue to live in poor