Problems Of The Circus Essay

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.

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.

Freedom is everything to people, and animals alike. But animals in captivity are stripped from this. In SeaWorld and circuses, the animals are living their lives entertaining people and living their lives in cages or small enclosed pens. By keeping animals to remain in captivity people are taking away their freedom, forcing them to be used for entertainment, and not providing animals with the proper care.

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.

According to Richard Perez- Penamarch The Ringling Brother’s circus has a total of forty-three Asian elephants, at approximately 65,000 dollars per year separately. That is approximately 2,795,000 dollars in all, per year to maintain proper care of their elephants. We must stop using animals as entertainment immediately. This is just wrong it leads to aggressiveness in animals, causes distress, and leads to animal abuse!

If you’re looking for a fun, total body workout, look no further than ​New Jersey Circus Center​, Morganville, NJ’s go-to destination for circus training, tumbling classes, and fun fitness training. They offer kids and adults the unique and challenging experience of learning the circus arts while getting a great workout at the same time. If you’ve ever wanted to try aerial or be up in the air on a trapeze, you'll definitely need to check this out. The New Jersey Circus Center has just the activity for you!

The movie Circus (1936) by Grigori Aleksandrov is the one of the best Communist Propaganda movies of all. Aleksandrov’s purpose in making this film was to motivate the soviet people by supporting Russia, Stalin, and Socialism. Some of the key actors of the movie are, James Patterson as Jimmy, the black child that symbolized the racist depictions of blacks by Hollywood and how the Soviet Union accepts every race and color. Ivan Martinov, played by Sergei Stolyarov was displayed as a Soviet superhero for not rejecting Marion Dixon and her child Jimmy because of their color and race. Marion Dixon played by Lyubov Orlova, the first women actress to be seen in a soviet movie. The use of propaganda is very interesting as the movie starts with Marion Dixon, a white mother carrying a black child being chased by a mob. She is forced to flee from her country and the single mom was welcomed in Moscow where she is able to resume working as the Human Bullet

There are many types of animals used for entertainment such as circuses, dog fighting, zoos, and rodeos. All of these types of entertainment are not natural for these animals which is a form of abuse. Often times they are wild animals that don’t belong in cages and are not able to do things that are in their instinct to do. This is especially true about zoos and circuses. Animals are not able to roam free and instead kept in small cages. Even in optimal settings experts say that it is difficult to provide for the needs of wild animals.(Lemonick) Children should learn to respect animals and not see them as entertainment. People should only support animal free circuses and raise awareness how animals are abused for entertainment.

On a sunny day at 12:00 there was a circus with animals and clowns and cool tricks. To get into the circus you need $10. It is okay because the food is cheap, only like $100 for popcorn and $200 for a drink. $300 for ice cream and cotton candy. The people at the circus did crazy things like juggling. Everyone was amazed. The other people also did boring stuff like jumping over fire and flying. So come down to Mars to see the circus.

From September 6, Women’s Circus will be offering a series of introductory circus workshops for Deaf and hearing-impaired men and woman. Pro circus trainer Sal Frances and Deaf circus trainer Mija Gwyn are teaming up in conjunction with the Deaf Arts Network and Bendigo Bank to deliver a unique opportunity to get fit, make friends, and learn some breathtaking new tricks. Based in West Melbourne, the not-for-profit Circus focuses on teaching participants to push, love and celebrate their bodies through performance training. As well as offering an exciting new way to get active, the organisation aims to foster inclusive connectedness and friendship through shared fun and adventure.

The life of a circus animal is hard and demanding. It is not an acceptable way of life for an animal. Circuses would quickly lose their appeal if the public were more aware of their mistreatments of these animals. Many circuses do not have much money and as a result the animals suffer from inadequate care. These animals spend most of their time in small cages used for transportation. The Animal Welfare Act provides cage requirements, but many circuses fail to follow this law. Even the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus was cited for 65 violations over a two-year period according to Florence Lambert. When traveling, animals spend hours, even days between sites in confinement..

The town of Smyrna was changed forever on the afternoon of May 18th. Barlow's Great North American Circus was coming to town, it was supposed to be the best show of all. Unlike any other circus this one included V tigers,lions,leopards, elephants,and many other exotic animals. Dan and Kit saw the circus poster in the store and were very excited because they had never seen circus animals. Dan and Kit decided they must V go see the animals up close and in person.

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

Joseph Todorovitch’s oil painting of Traveling Circus represents diverse characters of entertainment at the circus. He created this piece in 2017 by using oil paint on a 48 inch by 30 inch panel. It is currently located at Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles, California. This large painting is filled with an interesting composition that leads the eye from one entertainer to the next. The sun is setting in the sky and the moon is out. Even though it is a chaotic scene, it is unified, he uses subtle values, and his use of paint application is visually interesting.

‘Hard Times’ is a Charles Dickens novel set in the social backdrop of the Victorian era during the Industrial Revolution that took place during the 1850s. The ill effects of Victorian Utilitarianism are upheld in this moralistic vision of the writer. Unlike most of his novels, ‘Hard Times’ is not based in London but in the red and black seemingly monotonous structures of Coketown. That being said, it still realistically allows the reader to observe the systems and structures of society forced to face various economic and social hardships. What preserves the novel as a social commentary is that the struggles in life and human emotions are still relevant “for these times”.