Cruelest Show on Earth

Ringling Brothers circus violates the Endangered Species Act by abusively training and disciplining elephants with sharp implements such as bullhooks, by intensively confining and chaining the multi-ton animals for prolonged periods, and by forcibly separating baby elephants from their mothers.
Witnesses and former circus employees have given sworn testimony to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as recently as October 2006, that behind the scenes at circuses, elephants are kept tightly chained by one front and hind leg and unable to move freely. In the wild, elephants travel many miles each day. There are reports of circus elephants being confined this way up to 20 hours or more each day. Research shows that this leads to psychological and physical problems such as arthritis, crippling foot problems, and behavior that is indicative of high levels of stress.
As recently as July 2006, undercover investigators have videotaped trainers beating elephants, contrary to statements that the animals are trained exclusively through positive reinforcement. The lawsuit alleges that trainers use a stick with a sharpened metal hook on the end (called a "bullhook" or "ankus") to repeatedly beat, pull, push, torment and threaten elephants.
In a January 2005 e-mail, Ringling's own "Animal Behaviorist" recounted to Ringling's General Manager that she saw an elephant named Lutzi "dripping blood all over the arena floor during the show from being hooked," after a handler "hook[ed] Lutzi under the trunk three times and behind the leg once in an attempt to line her up for the T-mount." A "T-mount" is a stunt where two elephants and at least one person stand on the back of a kneeling elephant.

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[MDF12]

put em out of buesness.

[katmink7]

yea kill the baby elephants kill em all!!!!

[CruelRinglingBros]

@contort08  Whoa!! you are shallow!, why dont you wantch the Ringling Elephant Abuse vids instead, you might find the Truth there!

[CruelRinglingBros]

@bdsfreewild Very well said, I agree :)

[CruelRinglingBros]

@zardoxer This video dont prove anything, Ringling Bros. are Animal Abusers, you're watching the wrong videos, check out the Animal Abuse videos instead :)

[zardoxer]

@contort08 How can you say the above?

Look at the trainers who care for these animals:

PLEASE WATCH:

Ringling Bros. Abuse Accusations

[bdsfreewild]

Yes, it's not only the physical abuse, it's the mental suffering, and the exhibits (enclosures) that are also completely inappropriate and painful for these magnificent creatures. Anyone who thinks differently is extremely misinformed and ignorant about the facts.

Elephants and all circus animals should be left alone and free.

[richflow718]

Those elephants have terrible dry skin and keloids on them

they hold their feet up as if their feet are sore but ELEPHANTS ARE BORN STANDING AND EVEN SLEEP STANDING!!!

WTF!?!??

FUCK THE CIRCUS!!!

I'LL MURDER THEM SORRY FUCKS OVER THOSE POOR CREATURES...

[5cag1]

how would you like it if we put u in a line and kept hitting you with one of those? butt wipe

[porkchopnbuddy]

Of course they are not beating them - they know that they are being filmed idiot. They only beat animals when they don't know that they are being recorded.