What Do Circuses Do To Their Animals

CircusElephants This year has seen tremendous victories for animals in circuses. Ringling Bros. Circus, the cruelest bear witness on earth, finally airtight in May 2017, after 146 years. The final operation marked the finish of a roughshod era of Ringling subjecting wildlife to horrific training methods and forcing them to perform demeaning, unnatural tricks out of fright. The finish of Ringling Bros. is a hard-won victory that followed decades of investigations and protests by LCA, concerned citizens and other animal advocacy organizations.

In further fantastic news, numerous countries and cities including Bharat, Ireland, Italia, Scotland, New York, and Portland, all instituted bans on circus acts using animals—a huge footstep forward in the fight against the use and mistreatment of animals for entertainment. While we are pleased by these positive changes, many circuses continue to exploit animals for profit. In heartbreaking news this fall, a former Ringling Bros. performer named Suzy was shot and killed subsequently escaping a transport truck while being transferred to some other circus. Clearly, Ringling's closure did not bring about freedom for all of the animals under the circus' care.

Numerous circuses go along to abuse and exploit convict wildlife and domestic animals. Forced to entertain audiences confronting their will, these animals endure a lifetime of trigger-happy training practices—including beatings, electrocution, and starvation— constant solitude, and demeaning performances.

The most impactful means to help animals imprisoned by circuses is to boycott and protest these exploitative attractions and support legislative efforts aiming to ban the employ of wild animals in traveling shows. Additionally, by organizing a protest, brute advocates can take a public stance confronting cruelty and inform circus attendees of the abuse they are supporting, encouraging them to make more than compassionate choices in the future. Beneath is a list of circuses that are currently using animal performers. Please be enlightened of when these circuses visit your expanse, and be prepared to take activeness for animals when they exercise.

Big Apple Circus
Carden Circus
Carson & Barnes
Circus Flora
Circus Gatti
Circus Pages
Culpepper & Merriweather
Garden Bros Circus
Hamid Circus
Jordan World Circus
Kelly Miller Circus
Loomis Bros Circus
Haven Shrine & Shrine
RJ Circus United
Royal Hanneford Circus
Stardust Circus
Tarzan Zerbini Circus
Universoul Circus

WHAT YOU CAN DO

If a circus using animals visits your expanse, consider participating in or organizing a protest. There are ii upcoming protests in Florida—on January 16th and 28th, 2018
Do non nourish circuses that employ animals. There are many forms of entertainment that don't involve brute cruelty.
Write letters to your local and state representatives urging them to innovate legislation to prohibit travelling animal acts in your metropolis or country.
The Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (H.R.6342) will prohibit the apply of wild animals in traveling shows. Notice your representative here and urge them to support this important bill.