Let The Animals Go

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animals. Not only is there physical abuse, but also mental.
Maclean’s Magazine finds that Veterinarian Ken Langlier becomes disgusted
with the treatment of animals in the circus. “What he sees in circuses
often sickens him: malnourished tigers, monkeys with their fingers bitten
off, and elephants biting one another or pacing nervously.” (Brady).
Animals can not possibly like circus life. It is obvious that audiences do
not realize that animals are not acting out of love and talent. They are
entertaining such crowds because they are constrained to by their trainers.
“Animals are forced by repeated beating, food depravation, electric shocks,
solitary confinement, drugging, and other ways to obey human dominance and
learn unnatural tricks.” (Pearson). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service found evidence of abuse in the
circus. Wounds inflicted by “abusive use of an ankus (elephant hook)” were
found on many elephants, along ...

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