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Learn more. Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high-quality content. Click here to Support Us. Comments Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Elephants are typically chained or confined to small pens, restricting movement to a step forward or backward. Immobilized for prolonged periods and forced to stand in their own urine and excrement, they commonly suffer degenerative joint disease and foot disorders, the leading causes of euthanasia in captive elephants.
Bears, primates, and big cats also eat, drink, sleep, defecate, and urinate in cramped cages. Deprived of adequate exercise and appropriate social groupings, and with no opportunities to express natural behaviors, animals often exhibit signs of severe and chronic stress. Life in an unhealthy environment on the road also means that sick animals may not have access to immediate, expert veterinary care.
Wild animals are dangerous and unpredictable, and their use in traveling acts puts the public at risk. Hundreds of people have been injured by wild animals used in circuses and other traveling shows. Following is a small sample of dangerous incidents involving traveling shows that tour in Massachusetts.
Additionally, elephants can carry tuberculosis TB , a zoonotic disease that can spread through the air, which puts anyone near an infected animal—elephant or human—at risk of contracting the disease. TB carried by elephants once used in the circus was linked by the CDC to an outbreak affecting 13 people in Tennessee, only one of whom had had direct contact with infected animals.
Similarly, according to the CDC, in , eight employees at the Oregon Zoo became infected after contact with an infected elephant. Animal-based acts have been decreasing in popularity for decades while ticket sales have skyrocketed at circuses that solely use skilled human performers, such as Cirque du Soleil. In response to this changing market landscape, some circuses have closed entirely — for instance, Ringling Bros.
Most households allot a budget for entertainment, whether that is bowling, miniature golf, a movie, or a circus. And since traveling show owners and workers do not typically live in the communities they perform in, most of the money generated from the productions leaves town with the show. How You Can Help Below are five ways that you can help stop the suffering of wild animals in circuses. You can help stop circuses that feature wild animals from coming to your town by working to pass a local ordinance that restricts wild animal acts.
In Massachusetts, 13 cities and towns have all passed ordinances prohibiting circuses within their boundaries. Read Advocate Spotlights on our website that showcase citizen advocates behind the successful local campaigns. Contact us at advocacy mspca. Also, visit our webpages to learn why acting locally is important , and how to build support for your local issue. Find a list here. I just oppose circuses that use animals for entertainment.
Circus found that elephants are continuously beaten during training sessions. One of the cruelest videos on the internet today is an investigation into Tim Frisco, a former elephant trainer whose sons went into the family business.
Unfortunately, this kind of abuse is common when it comes to training elephants for entertainment. The babies have ropes tied around their legs and forced into unnatural positions all while being painfully jabbed with bullhooks or other sharp instruments.
They work from fear. This is common in all circuses. When big cats are not performing, they are crammed into cages so small that they can just barely turn around. This leads to sores from lying on hard cage floors and abnormal behavior—such as constant pacing or overgrooming—to cope with their stressful environments.
Ringling, Cole Bros. All have been cited for failing to provide minimal standards of care set forth by the Animal Welfare Act. Some citations include failure to provide access to fresh food and water, sufficient space, and adequate veterinary care. Wild animals used in circuses spend nearly 96 percent of their entire lives in chains or cages.
They spend their lives being carted from town to town, state to state, for 11 months out of the year. Often, the boxcars wild animals travel in have no climate control, meaning the animals endure extreme weather conditions.
They also are forced to eat, sleep, and defecate in the same space. The transport cars are often in poor shape and circuses have been repeatedly cited by the USDA for trailers with splintering wood and sharp, protruding metal pieces that could hurt the animals.
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