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    One very famous circus is The Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling Brothers year baby elephants away from their mothers right after they are born. When the baby elephants are taken away they go to a building with concrete floors and are forced to stand there for twenty-three hours a day, without

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    years, we have been made to believe that wildlife in the entertainment industry is captivating. Even though these animals may seem to be happy and healthy, the truth is the majority of these animals suffer a great amount of abuse. SeaWorld and the Circus have made a name for themselves, by claiming that he/she provides a safe a friendly environment. However, what is not shown during these performance acts is the abuse these animals suffer, or the amount of stress and anxiety the animals are under

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    the sheriff arrives with railroad officials and the cookhouse runs out of food. On the third day, the Nesci Brothers circus arrive and begin to move the Benzini Brothers animals and equipment onto their train. Since Jacob was now out of work he called Dean Wilkins and told him everything. Dean Wilkins agreed to have Jacob return and finish his final exams. When Jacob returns to the circus he has to tell the Sheriff that Rosie is his. The sheriff does not let Jacob take Rosie because he does not have

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    new building to the 2003 Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island that killed 100, making NFPA later adopted a new standard for nightclubs to be sprinkled with 50 or more occupants. The fire that I wanted to write about is the 1944 Ringling Brothers Circus tent fire in Hartford, Connecticut. This fire killed 169 people and injured another 700. This building was 520 feet long and 180 feet wide and had a new waterproof canvas that was a mixture of 6,000 gallons of white gas and 1,800 pounds

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    The circus is a traveling company of acrobats, trained animals, and clowns that perform for an audience for their entertainment. The idea of the circus was created in England. It foundation of the circus started in 1768. By a man named Philip Astley who is a former calvary sergeant-major. Astley served in the Seven Years’ War, which showed that he possessed extreme talent as a horse-breaker and trainer. Astley is the one who truly proposed the idea of circus. He opened a riding school when he settled

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    According to AZA more than 195 million visitors explore zoos, aquariums, and circuses annually, but do the visitors really understand the conditions associated with the three attractions? Families around the globe love their pets and would do anything for them to have a excellent life. Yet families allow exotic wild animals to be put in small-scale cramped enclosures, forced to be seen by thousands of visitors each day. Zoos, aquariums, and circuses have a reputation as being excellent research and

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    Animal Abuse And Cruelty

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    Cruelty to animals can either be the unintentional and the intentional infliction by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal, regardless of whether the act is against the law. So much has happened recently that the US has broken it down into four categories, simple or gross neglect; intentional abuse and torture; organized abuse, including dogfighting and cockfighting; and animal sexual abuse (Fricker). The very first group of people in U.S. history to give laws for animal cruelty was

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    Art defines us for who we are and it is our job to preserve our culture. Virgil Ortiz is a renowned ceramicist, fashion designer, graphics artist from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. He's an artist who uses contemporary ideals to blend historical events with futuristic aspects of his imagination. Ortiz strives for cultural awareness to inform the whole world that Cochiti art is still alive and thriving. Inspired by the Pueblo Revolt, Ortiz constructs clay figurines made from native clay and paints. He

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    nineteen thirties traveling with a circus. This man is Jacob Jankowski. Jacob Jankowski is around ninety years old and living in an assisted living home, which is depicted as a sort of Hell on Earth. Throughout the novel it would seem that Jacob Jankowski is suffering from mild dementia. He often forgets small things like his caretakers’ names, but he never forgets his time in the circus. While Jacob Jankowski is living in the assisted living home, the circus comes into town. This brings back

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    Have you ever felt the feeling that you are trapped, mistreated, or a slave to society. In today’s world, millions of animals are feeling this way right now, a feeling no living creature can endure. Animals are living creatures whose sole purpose in life are to survive and thrive. Whose right is it to stop and change that for them. In captivity animals are treated badly, they have the potential to hurt humans, and they weren’t originally supposed to be in captivity in the first place. These beautiful

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