Are you really enjoying an entertainment show, or the view of helpless animals being abused? Entertainment shows that include animal actors and are used for enjoyment such as circuses, bullfighting, rodeos, aquariums, zoos, and suchare being mistreated and forced to commit to something that was never meant for them. Very few take consideration into what happens before and after shows. Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, and especially not ours to use for entertainment, because they too, have their rights.
Thousand of animals are being used to act silly and goofy for a big crowd. They are being forced to perform confusing tricks and dangerous stunts. But what the crowd does not realize nor dare to think about is what the animals
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These “performances” teach audiences nothing about how animals behave under normal circumstances. Animals in zoos are forced to spend their lives behind bars just to entertain the public.
Living conditions are often terrifying, with animals confined to tiny, filthy, barren enclosures.
But even the best artificial environments cannot come close to matching the space, diversity, and freedom that animals want and need. This deprivation—combined with relentless boredom, loneliness, and sometimes even abuse from the people who are supposed to be caring for them—
"causes many captive animals to lose their minds. Animals with this condition, called
“zoochosis,” often rock, sway, or pace endlessly, and some even resort to hurting themselves by chewing on their own fingers or limbs or pulling out their fur or feathers." (Francois, 2014)
Animals used in traveling zoos are subjected to the stresses of transport, strange and frightening environments, irregular feeding and watering, mishandling, and extensive public contact. The sheer logistics of getting from one venue to the next does not allow for much downtime to
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They are aware of their surroundings and surely deserve to live their lives free from suffering and exploitation. Every type of 'job' that is or works with animal entertainment shows have to reconsider their jobs, due to the fact that everything that is truly happening is being exposed, and the number of people that are becoming educated on this topic and are becoming aware, is dramatically increasing. There are many other ideas that can replace such horrifying places and many things can be used as alternates. For example, we are now living in such an beautiful time to be alive, for many places as such are replacing animals with learning centers. Zoos, along with many other industries in common, need to learn from the places that are moving forward and accepting their mistakes by letting go of the animals and holding learning centers instead.
Keeping animals locked in cages, bored and cramped up in such a small space is an awful sight to show the children. It creates an image in the little minds of children that animals are to be treated like they don’t matter. They say Zoos are a place where children can learn about the wild, exotic animals, but in reality it doesn't teach them anything only that they are meant to be caged up, which is wrong. Also, it is really painful to see the animals bored and lonely, so why should people keep letting them do this to these beautiful creatures. Animal captivity for entertainment should end to let them go to their rightful home.
Circus and Cruel Dark Side: Banned Entertainment Shows with Animals is Proper Way to Solve this Problem because People Can Choose Animal-Friendly Entertainment Options Instead Some people who enjoy circus entertainment today tend to believe that it is not a problem using animals because they are just like that "Animals. " They defend their concept focus on entertainment, to see majestic animals following human directions and bring a show. The cruel dark side behind this spectacle is the most crucial. What really goes behind the curtain? One issue that worries many several animal protectors, is that the show of traveling circuses is not a recent show, the training of animals is very cruel, animals suffer stress before and during the show, and
The entertainment value does not contradict the morals of taking a wild animal and caging it, so we can stare at it for a few minutes. I will be honest, I love being able to take my kids to the zoo and aquarium. We enjoy walking around looking at all the exotic animals that cannot be seen while walking around the local park. The animal’s personalities and temperaments we see at the zoos is hardly the animal they would be in the wild. The visual education we are receiving is altered and therefore, false. Imagine you are put in a room very similar to your own, with your best friend or spouse, and you were told to behave ‘normally’. You can dance, laugh, talk, play, anything, but you will be watched by an estimated 5,000 people a day. No one would see the true you; the same goes for wild animals. We are able to have a better understanding of animals in their natural habitat rather than a miniature version filled with artificial objects in the local zoo or aquari...
Lastly, zookeepers are really mean to animals!! Is a zoo so great now?!?!?!? Animal cages aren't as great as you thought they are way too small and it's impossible for animals to get comfortable. Although the little areas of land behind bars, look so natural, it's mostly optical illusions! And, at one zoo's, three elephants get about two acres of land!
Most animals in the wild do not live alone their whole life. Animals in zoos are caged alone of their kind, and spend time in small roaming places in which they are expected to live. Animals in zoos often face physiological injuries, as well as psychological and emotional distress. Exotic specimen often encounter insufficient quantities of food. Are not provided with adequate veterinary services.
Animals should not be held captive in zoos because it is inhumane and unfair to the animals. There are so many records of terrible things that have happened to animals in zoos over the past few centuries, the go under the radar too often. Too few people even know about these animal care atrocities, and therefore the New York Times decided to bring light upon this situation. The Times did a first-of-its-kind analysis of 390 elephant fatalities at accredited U.S. zoos over the past 50 years (Berens 3). It found that most of the elephants died from injury or disease linked to conditions of their captivity, from chronic foot problems caused by standing on hard surfaces to musculoskeletal disorders from inactivity caused by being penned or chained for days and weeks at a time.
middle of paper ... ... Freedom is precious and animals are constantly suffering mentally and physically from the lack of freedom that captivity brings to them. Although many zoos are visited by millions of people annually, they still operate at a loss and have to make budget cuts. Funds that should be used to provide humane conditions for animals are often wasted on cosmetic improvements such as landscaping, refreshment stands, and gift shops in order to draw visitors, leaving the animals behind steel bars and glass trapped in a concrete jungle for no reason without hope of ever being free.
The world of entertainment is constantly growing and changing in exciting ways. As a society, we have found pleasure in watching exotic, and wild animals by visiting zoos, circuses, and aquariums. When visiting these places, we are not focused on the mistreatment of animals as the corporation often disguises it. The harsh truth, is that these beautiful animals are neglected, abused and live a life of misery. An animal used for entertainment purposes is a horrible social norm, which has been proven to cause psychological and physical damage.
Even though some zoos have an endangered species exhibit with the intention of protecting and rehabilitating animals, many do not do an adequate job of protecting the animals. Zoos have been harmful to the very animals they have sworn to protect. Animals in captivity often suffer from anxiety, boredom and other severe issue related to prolonged confinement. Most animals are unable to thrive in small enclosure with unnatural weather and climates. For example elephants are known to walk as far as 30 miles per day, but the association of Zoos and aquariums only require a space the measures $0 feet by 45 feet, which is about the size of a three car garage, to house these large animals. (peta.org) the drastic difference in the amount of space their allowed ...
Keeping wild animals in imprisonment for the benefit of entertainment causes harmful effects to both the animals, the caretakers, and speculators. Essentially, “Zoo animals never enjoy freedom, privacy or natural existences. Zoos teach all the wrong lessons: that it is acceptable to imprison animals, to deprive them of free of flight and travel, to forbid them the chance to establish their natural territory, to breed and separate them as we, not they, please; and to let them go nuts from a great loneliness of spirit” (Newkirk 95). Humans and animals receive mental, physical, and emotional effects from the animal entertainment industry. Mentally, the animals remain deprived from their natural instincts, while humans are brainwashed by the corrupt animal entertainment industries.
Amidst the controversy surrounding zoos, some advocates for zoos claim that they extend the lives of the animals and provide a safer and happier lifestyle. However, when zoos around the world house animals that are developing mental health disorders, experiencing a greatly decreased quality of life because of the artificial habitats, and suffering because business for the zoo comes before the conservation efforts, the modern zoo becomes an issue. While keeping animals in captivity can provide a small number of benefits, the overall impact
When bred in captivity, animals are oblivious to their natural habitats and how to socially interact with their species. The article “Animals Used as Entertainment” lists rodeos, circuses, bullfighting, horse racing, cockfighting, dog fighting, and zoos as examples of the many ways animals are used in entertainment. Circuses and zoos are the two most relevant forms of animal mistreatment. Both of these are sources of entertainment for children and adults. Zoos declare that they are used for mostly educational purposes and preserving various species, but the reality is that they fall short on both (“Animals Used”).
Once this contextualising research is complete and it is understood exactly what happens to circus animals, and how this happens, the essay will then focus on the ethics that underlie these practices, posing the poignant question ‘why is this allowed to occur?’ Thus, human attitudes and behaviours towards circus animals will be analysed to determine what the ethical obligations to circus animals are, and to what degree these are fulfilled or breached in contemporary times. Therefore, the divergence between the current and the ‘ideal’ treatments of circus animals will be examined. In doing so, the sentience and morality of animals will be investigated, by considering wh...
Zoos are an unsuitable environment for wild animals and should, therefore, be abolished. Firstly, zoo animals are kept in a very confined area compared with their vast natural habitat. Secondly, breeding programmes are far less successful than zoos claim. Thirdly, zoo animals are exposed to many diseases and other dangers.
Zoos, aquariums, and circuses do not treat animals with respect and kindness. They inevitably suffer from disease, pain, starvation, and fear so they will perform seamlessly for the public. Owners force their pets to carry out pointless tricks and performances and are almost always deprived of their normal behavior (Aquariums and Marine Parks).Workers within the facilities that the animals occupy rip them from their natural habitat. The wild animals will not live their full lifespan due to the mental and physical abuse that comes from the captive place they reside in (Aquariums and Marine Parks). Before performing, show masters inject their animals with various drugs because their natural behavior interferes with