Three Rings of Cruelty :: social issues

Three Rings of CrueltyLadies and gentlemen, children of whole ages, step right up and witness the amazing feats presented before your genuinely eyes Grab a bag of peanuts, a stick of cotton plant candy and find your seats, because youre going to need them. Since animals do non usually stand on their heads, ride unicycles, or wear glitzy bow-ties, genus Circus workers take it upon themselves to force the animals into submission by utilizing inhumane methods. Circus animals argon made to live in substandard conditions where they have little regain to food, water, and virtually no space to run and play. A circus is the summary of innocence, or is it? Because behind the circus merry exterior lies a origination of cruelty where animals ranging from the exotic to domestic are being needlessly exploit and abused by their trainers. The circus industry is selective in the character of information it releases to the earth, on that pointby maintaining its facade of innocence. Between May of 1993 and August of 2001 there have been over fifty accounts of animal abuse occurring in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. During this time, seventeen elephants died or were euthanized. Out of those seventeen, only five deaths were announced to the general public (PETA, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Fact Sheet, np). This is the same public who spends thousands of dollars each year to figure and keep shows like this in business. Yet the circus is reluctant in divulging any information regarding the very things these people pay money to see. maybe the circus believes these deaths are private matters, not important enough to mention. It is to a greater extent likely though, to assume that it fears what may happen if the news of these deaths were to spread further. at that place would undoubtedly be a drop in attendance, which would result in a drop in revenue. If not enough money is brought into the circus, it has no choice but to close. Instead of spend ing money to maintain the animals benefit the cash is used to keep the circus afloat and on the road. later being sued for animal abuse in July of 2000, Catherine Ort-Mabry ,a spokeswoman from Ringling stated, The show provides its animals with the highest standards of care. (ABPnews, Circus Sued for zoology Abuse. np) Her statement is a laughable fallacy when examining the high mortality grade in the elephants in circuses is due to captivity induced foot problems and arthritis.