Monday, March 25, 2019

Three Rings of Cruelty :: social issues

Three Rings of CrueltyLadies and gentlemen, children of all ages, step castigate up and witness the amazing feats presented before your very eyes haul a bag of peanuts, a stick of cotton candy and pay back your seats, because youre going to need them. Since sensuals do not usually base of operations on their heads, ride unicycles, or wear glitzy bow-ties, circus workers take it upon themselves to rack the animals into submission by utilizing inhumane methods. Circus animals be made to move in substandard conditions where they have little access to food, water, and virtually no space to run and play. A circus is the epitome of innocence, or is it? Because ass the circus merry exterior lies a world of cruelty where animals ranging from the alien to domestic are being needlessly exploited and ab apply by their trainers. The circus industry is selective in the nature of teaching it releases to the public, thereby maintaining its facade of innocence. Between May of 1993 and Aug ust of 2001 there have been oer fifty accounts of animal abuse occurring in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. During this time, seventeen elephants died or were euthanized. come to the fore of those seventeen, only five deaths were announced to the general public (PETA, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus feature Sheet, np). This is the same public who spends thousands of dollars each year to attend and keep shows comparable this in business. Yet the circus is reluctant in divulging any information regarding the very things these people pay money to see. Perhaps the circus believes these deaths are private matters, not important enough to mention. It is more likely though, to come upon that it fears what may happen if the news of these deaths were to spread further. There would undoubtedly be a release in attendance, which would result in a drop in revenue. If not enough money is brought into the circus, it has no choice scarcely to close. Instead of spending mo ney to maintain the animals well-being the cash is used to keep the circus afloat and on the road. After being sued for animal abuse in July of 2000, Catherine Ort-Mabry ,a spokeswoman from Ringling stated, The show provides its animals with the highest standards of care. (ABPnews, Circus Sued for Animal Abuse. np) Her statement is a laughable fallacy when examining the high mortality rate in the elephants in circuses is due to captivity induced foot problems and arthritis.

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