animal cruelty: the unreaveled truth behind circuses

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ANIMAL CRUELTY: THE TRUTH BEHIND CIRCUSES…

Prepared by:Shaleni Kavirajan (08DEU13F2013)

Lecturer’s Name:Miss Shareen Lee Yong Yong

What is cruelty?

Animal cruelty can come in many forms and can be towards wild animals, pets. farm animals. But today, I am going to discuss further on cruelty done on wild animals in circuses.

My purpose for choosing this topic.

TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG THE YOUNG GENERATION ABOUT WHAT IS FACED BY OUR FELLOW FOUR LEGGED AND FURRY COUSINS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

TO STEP FORWARD AS THE VOICE THAT SPEAKS ON BEHALF OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

TO SHOW THAT THE LIVES OF ANIMALS ARE AS PRECIOUS AS OUR OWN.

LETS START WITH CRUELTY TOWARDS WILD ANIMALS.What is wild animals?

- undomesticated animals living in the wild.Majestic beast that are currently being wiped out form the face of this planet as we speak.. and no one is to be blamed but the human race. The day will come when u will only be see them in museums .

Wild animals like the tigers are being dragged from their natural habitats and being used as ‘entertainment’ for us humans.

But because tigers and lions in circus acts must perform specific acts at precise times and “the show must go on,” positive reinforcement is not the only method used by circus trainers or night club magician.

Is this what these majestic animals were born to do?

What lies behind the ‘harmless’ shows we see will stun you.

Often the cats are beaten, starved (they need essential vitamins for their growth..and

they need red meatconfined for long periods of time in order to get them to cooperate with what the trainers want.  And life on the road means that most of a cat’s life is spent in a circus wagon in the back of a semi-truck or in a crowded, stinking box car on a train or barge.

Do you want to see such beautiful animals suffer like this?

And this doesn’t just happen to big cats,Elephants are mainly the main focus of a circus

Elephants are actually gentle creatures. These animals never harmed us, yet they have to suffer such an unwilling fate.

They are chained(chains are very heavy)the chains are so strong that you need an equipment to take it off, starved(they need specific grass, if you feed with different grass they’ll be sick, electrocuted(worst part is that they cannot run away), beaten, tortured(loneliness kill them, social creatures, if they are isolated they go mad thus causes bad effects to them) to say simply.

Take a good look at what they have to go through.. to please us. A newly born baby elephant.. Separated from their mother at such young age..

This is an actual case. ANNE THE ELEPHANT. A 57-YEAR OLD FEMALE ELEPLANT.SUFFERED FROM ARTERITIS AND WASN’T GIVEN THE PROPER TREATMENT.BEATEN AND TORTURED TO WEAR TIGHT CHAINS AROUND HER ANKLES FOR 24 HOURS.

Forced to wear tight chains around the ankles for 24 hours

This news became nationwide known as she was beaten and tortured using pitchfork by her sadistic Romanian keeper. She was being hit 48 times!!!!

Confinement towards wild animals…

• Stereotypic behaviour-abnormal repetitive behaviour in captive animals

• It can be:- bar biting- head bobbing- licking/tongue playing- self-mutilating- swaying/pacing

Actual Footage

• Animals in Confinement

Conclusion

• So, it is obvious that circus is no place for animals.• Not fair for animals to perform senseless and demeaning tricks

for the benefit of impressionable children.• Time to show respect to these animals as an individuals like us.

• WHAT YOU SEE, ISN’T WHAT THEY SEE!!!