i think that .Circuses: No fun for animals " .who think the same?

Question

in few weeks is coming a circus in my town me and my kids and friends we are for a animal free circus

Answer 1

To treat animals as objects for our amusement is to treat them without the respect they deserve. When we degrade the most intelligent fellow mammals in this way, we act as our ancestors acted in former centuries. They knew nothing about the animals' intelligence, sensitivities, emotions, and social needs; they saw only brute beasts. To continue such ancient traditions, even if no cruelty were involved, means that we insist on remaining ignorant and insensitive.
But the cruelty does exist and is inherent in these spectacles. In rodeos, there is no show unless the animal is frightened or in pain. In circuses, animals suffer most before and after the show. They endure punishment during training and are subjected to physical and emotional hardships during transportation. They are forced to travel tens of thousands of miles each year, often in extreme heat or cold, with tigers living in cramped cages and elephants chained in filthy railroad cars. To the entrepreneurs, animals are merely stock in trade, to be replaced when they are used up.
David Cowles-Hamar writes about circuses as follows in his "The Manual of Animal Rights": Not surprisingly, a considerable amount of "persuasion" is required to achieve these performances, and to this end, circuses employ various techniques. These include deprivation of food, deprivation of company, intimidation, muzzling, drugs, punishment and reward systems, shackling, whips, electronic goads, sticks, and the noise of guns...Circus animals suffer similar mental and physical problems to zoo animals, displaying stereotypical behavior...Physical symptoms include shackle sores, herpes, liver failure, kidney disease, and sometimes death...Many of the animals become both physically and mentally ill.
For centuries people have known that punishment can induce animals to perform. The criminal justice system is based on the human rationality in connecting the act of a crime or wrongdoing with a punishment. Many religions are also based, among other aspects, on a fear of punishment. Fear leads most of us to act correctly, on the whole.
The same is true for other animals. Many years of unnecessary and repetitive psychology experiments with Skinner boxes (among other gadgets) have demonstrated that animals will learn to do things, or act in certain ways (that is, be conditioned) to avoid electric shocks or other punishment.
Animals do need to have their basic food requirements met, otherwise they sicken and die, but they don't need to be "happy" to perform certain acts; fear or desire for a reward (such as food) will make them do it.

Answer 2

Whats the difference of having, say your dog sparky, shake hands with you for a treat and taking sparky to a obedience school to be proper? There is no difference. There have been bad treatment of animals in circuses in the past. However, because of people speaking up, the bad treatment has dwindled. They now get treated like family, just like your family pet would. If you find the circus that is coming to your town, mistreating the animals, then all I can suggest, is reporting it. For the most part, most circuses are very cautious of how they treat their animals. They need to keep the animal happy to get the best performance from them.

Answer 3

My first reaction was, "Yeah! You're right!" But thinking about it more carefully, I’m sure it depends on the circus. It's not really fair to make a blanket statement like, "All circus animals are unhappy." There are probably plenty of circuses that treat their animals well. Just like zoos, and homes with pets, the treatment of animals at circuses most likely differs quite a bit from circus to circus.

Answer 4

I never have, and never will go to a circuse. It would break my heart to see animals taken out of their natural surroundings and be subjected to doing all sorts of unatural tricks and acts and all in the name of human entertainment.To imagine an elephant roaming free in india or africa and then the image of them performing at a zoo is just to awful to think about. Anyone with an ounce of sence would know this is a terrible thing to put beautiful, endangered animals through

Answer 5

wild animals like lions, tigers, elephants ect should not be in a circus but i dont see anything wrong with dogs, geese or horses being in circuses as long as they are well looked after.

Answer 6

I don't. Modern circuses are nothing like old circuses. The animals are treated like children, and they have to follow lists and lists of animal wellness guidelines.

Answer 7

I agree. Animals are not for our entertainment, to be tortured to do some fancy trick.

An awesome animal free circus is Cirque Du Soleil.

Answer 8

I agree. Whose cruel idea was it that animals have to be tortured for humans entertainment. I dont see grasshoppers performing for ants, do you? We are the only species who does this. Its cruel and the animals do not enjoy it.

Answer 9

Sometimes they enjoy it