The circus is coming to town! The circus is coming to town!
Oh the anticipation. You ordered your tickets ages ago, and the day is almost here. And your kids, well, they can't stop talking about it.
The crowds! The lights! The music! What about the tricks the animals do? They are incredible. Wait a minute, animals in the wild don't naturally stand on one leg on a tiny stool, or jump through hoops do they?
Before you join the cheering crowds, why not take a moment to consider the animals.
The torturing of animals, forced to perform for our amusement, is well documented.
Photos and videos of trainers beating elephants and other circus animals with bullhooks, whips and electric prods, poking, prodding, and hitting animals to "train" them, are widely available for your perusal.
Is it possible there are some people that have not seen them yet? Or worse, seen them but not cared?
Perhaps more people would take notice, if they were aware of the possible dangers to the public. Some animals snap after years of abuse, and go on a rampage. There have been 35 documented incidents since 2000 of elephants attacking members of the public, and killing their handlers.
Animals in circuses can travel 25,000 miles, 11 months of the year. They travel in cramped and unnatural conditions, often forced to stand or lie in their own waste.
Many elephants are chained anywhere from 26-100 hours straight, while other animals are kept in tiny cages, too small for them to turn around in.
Each time you pay money to attend this kind of spectacle, you are telling the abusers of these animals that society approves, and we give them permission to carry on beating, and neglecting, as many animals as they like.
After all, our pleasure takes precedent over everything else doesn't it?
Please help educate everyone you know about the cruelty taking place "under the big top."
If you'd like to help call attention to the cruelty of circuses, you can:
1. Plan or join a demonstration the next time they come to your town.
2. Write letters to the promoters, advertisers, venue and the circus itself, expressing your concerns about the suffering of the animals.
3. Start an online petition and get as many signatures as you can.
It's always about profit, so once their bottom line is affected, we will see change.
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