Cruel Methods To Train Elephants

It went on to state “During testing and control trials, a third flagged rope was strung down the center of the test area, dividing it into two equally wide lanes (3.5 m); thus, each elephant was released into a single lane and had access only to a single rope end” (Plotnik 36). This here explains that the main idea of this article was instructions how to set up the elephant experiment and execute the procedure. Subsequently, it additionally stated “Success rate per day of delayed release testing in the previously trained (≤ 25 s) and untrained ( 26 ≤ s ≤ 45) delay intervals” (Plotnik 38). Which, explains the outcome of the experiment, data wise. This here presents that the objective of this author’s information and writing, was to show how to set up and do the experiment, and also to display a small part of the data collected from performing

To begin with, the first article, “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Trunk.” Written by Virginia Morell, talks about what experiment they are using and how they

Elephants were introduced to the circus in the 19th century, the most famous was Barnum’s Jumbo, the largest elephant in circus history. Nowadays, however, animals have been removed from the circus due to complaints of animal cruelty and potential endanger of the audience. While the animals appear happy as they perform their routines, animals have been known to break away from their trainers and run loose; consequently, they can be targeted as a threat to the audience and members of the circus. Winner of the 2008 Keene Prize for Literature, “Elephant’s Graveyard” by George Brant bases his script on a true story and the events of a circus and an elephant during the year 1916 in Erwin, Tennessee, through the interpretation of eye-witness accounts of the collision of Sparks Circus. Such performance

Imagine you are stolen from your family at a young age, forced. Forced to perform routines, and you can not understand why, when you mess up or refuse to perform, you are punished with lacerations or starvation. No one responsible for you cares about your health and will do whatever they can to put as little effort and resources into you. This is the life for many animals forced to participate in circuses. Circus animals, such as elephants, big cats, camels, or bears, live in conditions no human would want to experience. Traveling in small cages, being deprived of experiencing a “natural” life, being forced to perform routines, these are all things circus animals have to go through. A circus is no place for an animal, especially when forced

The elephant had been chained up which is normal when they are about to enter the “must” time.

Over the years i have learned from other people how to train a cow but every shower has there own way that works for them so i had a lot of help and i lot of different ideas of how to train your cow. From all the help i got from other showers i started to making my own way the way i liked to train my cow it took me a couple of years then i had my training process. Training is a very big part in how well you do at the show.

During this time period, there was little to no regulation of the circus crew or the animals. This was the situation in a Water for Elephants. To top it all off, the show was owned and operated by a money hungry and cruel person, who would do anything to save money such as not paying the workers, not feeding the workers, not giving the exotic animals proper care and the list goes on. But in the circus, the audience seem to buy into the performer's deceptions. The audience is completely oblivious and are deceived by this circus, but in reality the circus is not as perfect as they make it

So, the question remains, do the animals need to be “saved” from the circus? The side that believes in the circus are devastated when the Ringling Brothers Circus takes their final bow. In the article by Sarah Maslin and Nate Schwebor from the New York Times, “After 146 Years, Ringling Brothers Circus takes its Final Bow”, Ashley Vargas expressed her feelings of loss after working with the elephants for their whole lives. She states, “to this day, the final performance with the elephants is the hardest performance I have ever had to go through”.

There’s some controversy involved in what appeared in front of the elephant. One of the family members told a newspaper that a guard they were traveling with threw a piece of food to the elephant to deter it from the table. However, the video uploader mentions that a pod fell from the tree. Either way, it didn’t work,

Did you know that Elephants recently aced an IQ test with two of them even figuring out shortcuts the researchers hadn’t thought of? Recently, scientists had been experimenting with elephants to test their cooperative skills. The article “Elephants Can end a Helping Trunk” by Virginia Morell, the video “Elephants Show Cooperation” presented by Discovery News, and the passage “Elephants Know When They Need a Helping Trunk in a Cooperative Task” by Joshua M. Plotnik, explains an experiment that elephants had gone through. The experiment was very simple, in fact , more than 50% of the elephants had succeeded. The experiment consisted of a table holding bowls of corn, tied to two ropes, placed under a volleyball net. The ropes were tied to the

I once read the following story: As a man was passing by a group of elephants, he noticed that these massive creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. Moreover, a passerby would note it obvious that the elephants could break away from their bonds at any time, but for an unknown reason, they did not. Attracting a nearby trainer's attention, he queried, “Why don’t these animals attempt to escape?” “Well,” the trainer replied, “when they were younger and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to hold them. As they grew up, the trainers conditioned them to believe they couldn’t break away.” This information astounded the man. At any

77 elephants were examined at a British zoo, and only 11 of them were able to walk correctly. It is said that advancements are being made to improve elephant environments in captivity, but numerous zoos have shut down their elephant attractions (Smith, 2008).

In either species, if it is possible for the male to make body contact with the female he tries to lay his head or trunk in the elephant, on her back. After lots of

According to PeTA , The tricks that animals are forced to perform—such as when bears balance on balls, apes ride motorcycles, and elephants stand on two legs—are physically uncomfortable and behaviorally unnatural. The whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks, and other tools used during circus acts are reminders that the animals are being forced to perform.

Training is another concern. Physical punishment has long been the standard training method for animals in circuses. These methods are simply cruel. They include the use of electric prods, whips, and even some animals especially large cats, have their teeth removed. Bears balancing on balls, apes riding motorcycles, elephants standing on two legs are acts that are physically uncomfortable and behaviorally unnatural. Such “performances” do not teach audiences about how animals behave under normal circumstances. Instead, they are often portrayed as ferocious and stupid.