The Downfall of the Circus
Many people enjoy going to the circus. We are led to believe that these animals are treated with love and respect. We are wrong. In many cases these circus animals are abused by their trainers. They are forced to learn and perform degrading tricks to please their owners. When the animals can not learn the trick the trainers often use whips, prods, bullhooks, and food deprivation to force these animals to perform. These animals are deprived of their natural habitats. In many cases they are stolen from their homes to live life chained in a cage. They are also denied the right to a normal way of life. Next time you go to the circus remember that these animals are wild, beautiful creatures that deserve to be free. Maybe it will make you think twice about going to the circus again.
An Elephants Life
Circuses: Three Rings of Abuse
CIRCUS
C - is for the cages where we rot our lives away;
I - is for the indignity we suffer every day;
R - is for the ring where we perform for human glee;
C - is for the cruelty the audience doesn't see;
U - is for the ugliness behind the flash and glitter;
S - is for our slavery, so brutal and so bitter.
Boycott the Circus
-Authour Unknown-
Circus Elephant Case Histories
Tyke - Rampaged during show, killed trainer, shot to death by police with 87 bullets
Teaha - Severely beaten and electrically shocked during training
Debbie - Rampaged causing 12 injuries, $20000 property damage: TB positive
Janet - Gunned down by police after rampaging with 5 children on her back
Tumai - Died after intentionally and repeatedly rammed with tractor during training
Queen - Mother killed during capture; beaten, whipped, starved; finally died in circus train
Mickey - Severely beaten during show, circus fined, trainer's license revoked
Stoney - Crippled by circus tricks, died after 11 immobilized, isolated months
Frieda - Multiple rampages; killed one circus visitor, injured another; TB positive
Billy - Treated for TB
Misty - Used for rides; killed keeper during attack by crushing his skull;treated for TB
Tess - Treated for TB
Maude - Treated for TB
Lottie - Treated for TB
Nicholas - Denied shipment to Puerto Rico due to TB health risk
Dumbo - Died from TB
Hattie - Died from TB while traveling with circus and giving rides to public
Mona - Treated for TB
Elaine - Pinned 8 children and their parents under a fence during show
Queenie - Treated for TB
Joyce - Died from advanced TB while traveling with circus and giving rides to public
Minnie - Treated for TB
Liz - Banned from Florida due to TB health risks
Irene - Broke from her trainer and injured two children riding on her back
Flora - Attacked and seriously injured woman while back stage for appearance
Delhi - Treated for TB
Annie - Violently beaten for training while chained and restrained with block-and-tackle
Ronnie - Treated for TB
Lota - Viciously beaten with metal hooks; banned from Florida due to TB health risk
Sue - child fell from her back during rampage, trainer seriously injured; TB positive
Kenya - Used for rides; visitor picked up, slammed to ground, and left permanently disabled.
Jackie - Treated for TB
Tommy - Could not be trained, secretly shot to death and buried by circus
King Tusk - Crippled by decades of being chained and performing circus tricks
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