Huge selection of entertaining activities makes it hard to realize what is really significant and interesting. In addition to different arcades, quests, various types of themed cafes and clubs people aim to make entertainment useful or combine it with education. Thus, zoo meet more new inhabitants, circuses are proud with smart animals and tricks they are taught to do, places where people used to have a dinner turn into shelters for domestic animals, bird exhibits etc., and shopping malls become wild animals displays. In each case, owners and management assure that animals are kept in appropriate conditions. However, using them as entertainment is completely unethical and often unlawful.
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The single thought that the biggest terrain animals are controlled with the help of arboriculture tools is a vicious paradox, as well as the simple fact that these huge animals are supposed to spend all the time either in tiny as for their size cages or under bright floodlight projector. There is no way to talk about any ethics concerning such realities of entertainment business. It is not even compatible to any sense. Thus, about 30 protestant participants decided to start demonstration on the steps of City Hall. A circus is not a new issue of concern, it has always been on radar of animal defenders. While PETA tries to remind one more time that the majority of practices are outdated, there are circus owners and managers, trying to prove that “whips are only used for theatrical purposes, not to hurt the animal”, they know how to take care of their animals, and “PETA is entitled to its own opinion” (Fernandez, 2016). Unfortunately, the majority does not consider this issue to be as important as pollution or health related problems until it affects people directly. “A bullfighter died in July after being gored, the first matador to die in the ring in the country for more than 30 years” (BBC, 2016). During these 30 years activists tried to convince the public that bullfighting should be banned, as it is unethical way of entertainment. They received more attention only after this accident.
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Many animal rights and social justice activists maintain that this is a barbaric tradition and should cease to exist and be made illegal. Those of this persuasion point out the nature of the fight and the tortuous death the animal must endure as it is pierced, time and time again, with sharp spears until it finally receives a fatal blow. Bullfighting has garnished significant media attention, and some organizations, such as PETA and the Humane Society, have blacklisted all tourist agencies that include bullfighting in their travel agendas and tour offerings. (Bullfighting 2014). In some regions of Spain, particularly in the autonomous region of Catalonia, bullfighting has been made illegal and deemed a form of animal torture. (Bullfighting, 2014). More momentum has been gained for this movement and, today, many people throughout Spain and the larger global community view bullfighting as inhumane and representative of cruelty to
However, recently part of the world had been shocked with the video footage of animals cruelty in an infamous circus. This had arisen a controversy of whether we should use animals in circus or not. Little of us knew what exactly went behind the circus and how the animals were trained, despite the fact that they did give the best entertainment to mankind.
Many animals in entertainment often get abused for the slightest mistakes, they get abuse from slashing to even being killed Circus animals are shocked, slashed with sharp hooks, whipped, beaten with clubs and even starved.
In the article “PETA urges L.A. to ban all wild animals from circus performances”, Alexia Fernandez highlights the speed with which animal activists go in order to free wild animals from being used in circuses. According to the spokesman for the Ringling Bros, after L.A. “banned circuses from using bullhooks to manage elephants” in 2014, PETA activists demanded that circuses remove wild animals from their performances and Barnum & Bailey Circus begged to differ by arguing that animals in their facilities are taken good care of and are not mistreated (Fernandez, 2016). In conclusion, both sides of the arguments believe that neither is misinformed.
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Many zoo animals are not provided with the sufficient care and attention. There have been various reports of abuse and neglection toward the animals. In some cases people were able to capture videos of these terrible actions, and were able to use them as evidence to show the authorities and audience who are not aware of these atrocious events occurring. In the article,Undercover Investigations Reveal Abuse of Tiger Cubs at Roadside Zoos, the author revealed the different ways the owners of a roadside zoo would abuse the tiger cubs.For example,”At Tiger Safari,Maximus , a white tiger cub was dragged, choked, tossed and suspended by his legs and tail ”(Amini). This quote from the article describes to the reader in
The article, Show Horse Welfare: Evaluating Stock-Type Show Horse Industry Legitimacy, explains how stock-type horse associations deal and handle those who treat horses inhumanely. This article was accepted on 15 May 2015 and published online 23 May 2015. The main argument of this article is for the stock-type horse associations to figure out what they consider inhumane when it comes to the welfare of horses. Once they figure out what they consider inhumane, they need to punish those who violate those rules and to educate those further on the abuse to horses in the show world so it can be fixed. The thesis is describing how the exhibitors of these stock-type shows are influenced by personal and environmental factors of inhumanely treating horses
But is this docility born of positive reinforcement—or fear of being beaten?” (Nelson). With the circuses’ primary focus being on entertainment, the animals’ needs are the last thing that they take into consideration. And circus advocates turn a blind eye to
Think about how we will look back on our cruel forms of entertainment in the future. Will we be proud of the way we treated these great animals, with abuse as neglect? Today we turn our heads away from reality and what happens behind the scenes of animal entertainment. However, we can’t turn our heads forever. Around the world, there is so much more to animal entertainment than what meets the eye. These animals have been torn away from their beautiful, natural homes and brought to a prison of concrete. In these prisons, they are beaten, starved and tortured all for our money and entertainment. These animals lives should not be taken from them for us. Our money and happiness should not be worth these animal’s lives. Circus, theme park and zoo animals all suffer from aggression towards trainers, mental disabilities and physical injuries. These animals should not have to suffer any longer.
In the last ten months alone, a prominent animal welfare group called PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has released over seventeen videos on Facebook speaking out against circuses. The most popular of these activist’s videos has been viewed by over 5.5 million people. Animal welfare groups seem mostly concerned with the natural inclination of wildlife. When describing the circus, almost every animal activist group has at some point brought up just how unnatural the behaviors required for performance animals to display appears, when they are entertaining an audience in a show. Niedrich from Michigan State University’s Law department has cited in her article the behaviors of tigers who are naturally fearful of fire jumping through burning hoops, and elephants, the largest land mammal in the world, balancing on tiny pedestals, as examples of unnatural behaviors. This implies that activists like Niedrich define unnatural as; behaviors displayed by animals that goes against wild instincts, or behaviors observed in free roaming animals that lack human involvement. Niedrich specifically stated
The use of animals for sport, hunting and entertainment is a part of every culture and has been for a long period of time. Despite more recent efforts to combat the use of animals for human pleasure, there are still practices that are deeply ingrained in cultures that people are unwilling to give up. In many cases of humans using animals for their benefit, the animal’s welfare is endangered and they are put in situations that are unnatural and may ultimately result in their death. A prime example of this is the practice of dogfighting, which is outlawed in many countries but still remains a profitable and entertaining sport for many. While many people are aware of cruel animal practices such as this across the world, it is often difficult to
Ashley Timms Persuasive Speech Riker April 14, 2015 Behind the Big Top I’m sure the majority of you have been to a circus. Can you take a moment with me and let’s imagine watching the acrobats walking the tight rope high above the ring? And how exciting was it as a child to witness a tiger with gigantic teeth jump through a flaming hoop? Or to hold your breath while a bear somehow rides a bike just like you and I.
Going to the zoo when you were a kid is one of your best memories, riding the Zoo Jeep through the safari, walking through the cave of bats, and seeing an elephant for the first time. In recent debate, zoos have become a controversial issue as Animal Rights Activists have started to strongly oppose zoos and the captivity of wild animals. One of main arguments from both sides is whether or not zoos purpose is to educate, research, conserve, and entertain. The article “Last Chance for Animals - Zoos”, argues against the ideas of zoos by rejecting the claims of conservation, education, and research. In the article “Zootopia - Animal Welfare, Species Preservation and the Ethics of Captivity”, the argument of zoos creating a positive atmosphere
“533 professional bullfighters have been killed in Spain since 1700,” (BBC) reported the new corporation due to rising controversy surrounding the events. Bullfighting has been around for several hundred years, that being said, taunting bulls with a simple red flag is not the most ethical source of entertainment for consumers in a modern world. It has become a very socially and economically important throughout the world, and especially Spain. Although bullfighting has been such an important tradition throughout the world, concerns regarding the unethical treatment and risk to human life have caused this event to become publicly criticized. In spite of bullfighting being a cruel and inhumane tradition, many people—not only Spaniards—watch this spectacle.
Animals have been a main focus in circus performances around the world for many centuries; however, in recent history, there have been far more regulations put on the use of these creatures, stemming mainly from how they are treated by both their trainers and the circus as a whole. Whether it be on the federal or local and state-level, there has been a definite increase in the questionable legality of America’s circus industry due to the neglect and abuse of the participating animals, courts’ decisions highlighting the true importance of the issue. These rulings make one ask the question: What types of regulations could be put in place in all circuses to ensure that the animals involved are not abused in the process? In the end, many