Ringling Drives Animals Crazy

How the living Conditions Ringling keeps animals in drives them crazy.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Ringling
• Animals
• Cruelty
• Circus
• Horses

[iantaylor124]

Does this behavior apply to dolphins and whales when they swim around the tank constantly ?

[patcuvie]

@iantaylor124 -Yes.

[nwrinn]

also, horses can display such actions out of excitement. my horse will also act like that whenever i bring people to see him. some horses may act like this to large crowds. this horse may be a new show horse and simply not used to the condition it in. also the horse is both fit and has a shiny coat. this means that the horse has been properly fed and gets time to run around in the day. this means that the animal is not only well taken care of but it doesnt sit in the pen all day long

[patcuvie]

@nwrinn - This horse's life consist of: (1) spending most of it in this cage; (2) time "performing" in the rehearsals and the "show"; (3) walking to and from the train every 5 or 6 days; and (4) being on the train from 24 to 100 hours every week. There is no time to "run." The fact that this horse looks physically good is a testament to the biological evolutionary strength of the horse specie not Ringling's care, which is designed for the ease of transportation not for the comfort of the horse.

[kgreco14]

so if you let that horse out what would it do?

[patcuvie]

@kgreco14 -- It would depend on many variables, including; how much space the horse was provided, if there are other horses around and the personality of the individual horse. Some elephants who have been rescued from the severe confinement of the circus still exhibit the stereotypic behavior, some not as often, and some don't. But it also depends on similar variables.

[patcuvie]

@IamMeAlways94 - Or you are minimalizing the suffering because it is a common occurrence in your life and you have become desensitized to it.

[TheAlexamary]

@ProChoiceJesus you shouldn't hate circuses in general, there are a lot of non-animal circuses.

[ProChoiceJesus]

I agree with everything on this video and I both abhor and avoid circuses, teaching my 10 year old daughter that they, and other similar institutions, are extremely cruel to animals. However, it bothered me greatly when this video's producer said "designed by evolution..." The Darwinian Theory of Evolution is absolutely false and ridiculous. The evidence against any possibility of it's reality is absolutely overwhelming. How could evolution, if it were true, design anything, anyway?

[iTerrify]

@nwrinn oh shut up. horses are supposed to have acres of land to run around in. even a stall has more room than this shitty place. don't be so ignorant.

[FUCKYOURMOTHERR]

that horse doesn't feel right fuck circus

[Sondakhan]

@nwrinn If he were just excited, he would be alert because he would be excited by or about something. On the contrary, he's acting like he's in a trance. He's not looking at or responding to anything, he's just moving. That's not excitement, it's a coping mechanism for severe distress like boredom, frustration, or fear.

[Sondakhan]

@IamMeAlways94 Weaving and other stereotyped behaviors are a sign of stress, frustration, and/or mental problems. Behaviors like this, including weaving, are recognized by responsible horse owners as an indication that the horse is suffering mentally. If you don't believe that, just google "equine stereotypic behavior" and look at how many papers and articles there are trying to understand and treat these problems.

[AnimalLeftist]

@IamMeAlways94, um, horses whinny, donkeys bray. Check the length of your critters' ears, maybe. Stereotypic behaviour is a bad thing, m'kay? It's a clear sign of stress, in ANY textbook. Human OR animal. Getting excited at feeding time is NOT the same thing as an animal locked in a cage. Jeeesh, buy a clue.

GREAT video. Thank you.