Circus cruelty (Elephant, Sirkus Agora, Norway)

The following footage is from Circus Agora's Visit to Trondheim, Norway. Video captured June 28th, 2008.

The video clearly shows an elephant showing stereotypical movements (the rocking of the head) which is done by elephants in captivity (especially in circuses). This elephant stood like this for hours on end all the 3 days during our demonstration against the circus.

Filmed by the Society for the protection of animals, Norway, Trondheim. (Dyrebeskyttelsen Norge, avdeling Trondheim og omegn).


License for the video is: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Song is: Mad world by Gary Jules (UMG) (damn Gears of War/Bad Company commercials)

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Elephant
• elefant
• animal
• abuse
• cruelty
• circus
• sirkus
• agora
• trondheim
• norway
• rocking
• motion
• stereotypical

[Hyak44]

No offence to norwegians...but...elephants in norway?its bad enough its in a circus but norway gets kinda cold...does she go south for the winter?

[erlendaakre]

the circus does not own the elephant, they rent it from others in europe for the season

[truthwillsetfreee]

I don't understand where the fuck is cruelty in this?? you stupid whynning people. If you care so much about animals, you better live in the Jungle. Do you give a shit about people around you?????

[erlendaakre]

The cruelty is that the elephant has been taken from the wild and put in a small cage where it can't do any of the stuff that makes elephants happy.

If you are going to call people stupid, it might not hurt to run your comment trough a spell checker.

Why would it be better for me to live in the Jungle? I'm pretty sure the jungle sucks.

If by "around me" you mean a radius of 10-20 meters then Yes.. Anything outside a 50 meter radius, and I get pretty ambivalent

[erlendaakre]

hee hee, now that shitty circus is bankrupt after 20 years of mediocre "entertainment" :)

[footjuggle]

circus animals perform the "stress behavior" mostly for the performance and duig reed time.

i was not there.. so i cant tell what it is

[erlendaakre]

Thank you for making sense :)

[owl1210]

animals are beat and yelled at to do back flips and stand on their heads for you. your money fills the pockets of the abusers. when the animal is tired of being whipped they attack and kill people then get gunned down 67 times for fighting back. they dont deserve this they deserve to be respected just like you or me. animals in the circus should be illegal EVERYWHERE! dont give your money to these traveling side shows who dont give a shit about anything but their money!

[vima2k]

For du har jo mange hjerneceller ?

[eljaable]

fucking peta !!!

[theFaded01]

Sorry I just think of Gears of War when I hear this...

[almaandoy]

Sirkus Agora got bankrupt some time ago, but they've started again. Good think is they don't do animals anymore. I've been to many circuses(some of witch I am not very proud) and I definitely think "human" circuses is the only right thing, and the most interesting ones to watch. Animals don't belong in jail, and it's horrible how some people treat them.

[jakeclown]

i hate the circus

[hjenkins88]

We are in 2010...why do we still have circuses? These poor animals are treated so poorly and forced to perform night after night. They stick bull hooks into their skin and shock them. Animals do not belong in the circus for our entertainment...step right up to the cruelest show on earth!

[xeniakennedy]

anyone who goes to the circus perpetuates elephant abuse.  the circus is about making $ so they skimp on veterinary care, in other words they don't give the elephant what it needs medically, nutritionally or in any other way. elephants need space to roam, exercise and socialize. elephants do not need these horrid trainers hitting them with metal hooks or screaming at them all day! the circus kills elephants. the circus has always been HELL for all elephants. it's a concentration camp

[jtking2504]

It wants to go home, to be free not locked up in some cage. We punish people by locking them away, what have these animals done to deserve this? Are we really so blind we cannot see how traumatic this would be for this creature? Elephants are highly social & intelligent, it has been isolated from it's entire family, mistreated and left to rot in a tiny cage, no wonder it's gone mad.

[ymeagle]

Cool a dancing elephant! Hope it comes to my town! Awesome!

[Floxxan]

Exactly..., as long as humans go to this stupis circuses they will never stop.