Everytime I read about the circus (I am talking about the ones who still abuse animals for "entertainment"), it makes me sick to my stomach. Why is there so much controversy over this, when it's a proven fact that these poor "wild" animals are beaten to perform. I'll tell you why. It's because people are selfish. The images that companies like Barnum and Bailey show show people make kids want to go and see lions jump through rings of fire and elephants marching around and doing tricks. People are just too greedy to teach their kids that this is not compassion at all and then they grow up not caring and this perpetuates until we evolve into the sick, cruel world that we are currently living in. It makes me really sad.
Ringling Brothers is ALWAYS having animals escape or "acting out". Obviously, these are wild animals and don't belong in captivity.
Not only are these circuses degrading to animals, they also teach kids poor values about compassion with people. Laughing at people who are different is not a compassionate way to live and this is also what creates terrible things like holocausts.
There is something we can do to stop this terrible cruelty and it's VERY simple. DON'T GO TO THE CIRCUS! There are many circuses that don't use animals, like cirque du soleil, which, in my opinion, are far more entertaining anyways.
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