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Animals Treated Animals

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Should animals continue to be treated as property? In the law they don’t, but I think they should. Animals are beings with emotions; therefore, they should be respected. Animals should not be used in the circus because the animals in this are being incarcerated. They are being forced to do unnatural things so they can avoid the animal abuse used in training. Trophy hunting should stay legal for the simple fact that this is how must wildlife conservations are funded. It’s easy for us to criticize them as inhumane, but how else can poor countries get the money needed to fund this. Sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Also, I agree that livestock are raised to be eaten and should be, but I don’t agree with the ways that we treat them. We should treat them with respect both before and during slaughter. While animals in the eyes of the law are seen as property, this does not mean that man should be cruel to animals. They are beings that should be respected.
In a perfect world, circuses would ban the use of entertainment animals. When one buys a ticket to visit the circus, they are contributing to animal cruelty. Circuses use violence to train the animals, so that they can do demeaning acts. It is not natural for elephants to balance themselves on a ball, or for tigers to jump through rings of fire. During all the acts, the training will stand off to the side with a whip ready to beat the animal when they don’t want to perform. Circuses claim that they

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