Circus Suffering

We take a day in the life of a circus animal and contrast it with that of their wild counterparts. Thus whilst the circus elephants awake, chained by the legs on urine and excrement soaked boards, their wild relatives have been on the move for hours, foraging as a large family group and have already travelled miles. A troop of wild baboons groom each other and moves through the trees in search of succulent leaves in the early afternoon African sun. Meanwhile at a Portuguese circus, the baboons sit bored and listless in a cramped beastwagon, before they are wrenched out and chained to the backs of ponies for a performance.

This is an incredibly important issue for anyone who cares about captive animals. As long as bears, lions, tigers and elephants tour the country in tiny cages on lorries or in chains, what hope is there for any significant change in the treatment of animals in zoos and safari parks. Animal circuses have declined massively in recent years in the UK - now they must be banned.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• animals
• cruelty
• circus
• exploitation
• suffering
• horse
• CAPS
• captive animals
• elephant
• stereotypic behaviour
• lion
• chained
• entertainment
• tricks

[Moose786in]

its better to see animals in the wild then in the circus !

[luvm3h2]

thats soo cruel...takeing a wild animal from its own habitat..locking em up in chains an in cages.. try staying in a tiny room for a day..im not saying months or years,,,just a day and see if ud go nuts or not...these animals have feelings man...FREEE THEM..so fukers that pay to go see that shit shud stop..it would put the circus outta business.. meaning it would put the animals outta their missery..being beaten tortured zaped ect ect to do sum stoopid ass tricks for ur entertainment..

[Sergine75]

Stop it ! Boycott circuses with animals !

[BFMVpwnsBieber]

Circuses would be cruelty-free if humans can talk to animals.

[freevue]

sadly not true that animals are banned as yet from UK circuses. Ask Caps or ADI about current Defra public consultation and free survey on use of wild animals in UK circuses. Closes 15 March 2010

[molly7447]

humans need to be charged and sued , money will talk, how dare they //////

[journeyman47]

Thank you for this wonderful video that states so clearly what everyone should hear. It is now one of my favorites. I will try to help spread the word.

I have heard that circuses with animals are now banned in the U.K. If this is true, your country is truly compassionate and advanced in its treatment of our fellow beings of this planet. I live for the day when the rest of the world (including the US) wakes up to this problem and joins you. Thanks. Spread the word! No circuses with animals!

[Moose786in]

i agree with you !

[Moose786in]

animals are better seen in there natural habitat! not in cages or in circus !

[ria221]

whenn we wake upp in the MoOrning we always awake on a Comfy Mattress and Light shining from outside,

ii feel sinciireleyyy sOrryy fOr theese animalls

theyy awake on hard barrs stukk in there backk

;(