Well my friend is going to be having a circus demonstration some time soon so i decided to let you know some info about why circuses are considered as the playground of animal cruelty...
Lets start with the basics - Elephants are wonderful elephant and actually are very much like us, plus a lil extra special animal quirks. Every one uses the term "...you have memory like an elephant", why?....well elephant are capable of meeting another elephant and then not seeing them again for years but when they do see them from years back they remember them...amazing right...just like they had seen them yesterday!
They are also very smart and hold a lot of emotions..A LOT....when they are sad they cry and when they are upset they can get very angry...they even are jealous of things and VERY FAMILY ORIENTATED...in fact when they are in a group if one of their baby elephant cry the whole herd goes to help, and if one of them dies they all morn and go and collect branches to cover them...as like a burial, just as we do...
Now picture this - bull hooks ( dunno what they look like? don't stress i will show you a picture) they are tough enough to cause pain for an elephant...it's scary to thing someone can hack at a living being with out feeling shame, it's a really messed up world we live in!
Ok so bull hooks aside, what is an average day for an elephant at a circus?
7am - Chained down with a small amount of food to start the day off.
8am - Practicing confusing steps with a continues stabbing of a bull hook to punish you for taking a break.
1pm - Water, maybe a little food if lucky.
2pm - Missing your daughter and family whilst waiting chained down for another show that you wish would
stop.
2.30pm - A few bull hook stabs to show you who is in control.
3pm - Chained, and very thirsty due to the hold sun..
4pm - Realization that splashing your self with water in a water whole will never happen as long as you live.
5pm - Bull hook stabs and show time.
6pm - Still going...
6.30pm - Chained up, with a few more stabs...You body hurts and you sit and cry because of the pain.
7pm - Show time.
8pm - Still going
9pm - Coldness, darkness, fear, little bit of water and food, pain, loneliness, hopeless, tears.
7am - STARTS AGAIN...
Hey i got an idea lets see what elephants do during 5-6pm oh and 7-8pm....lets use our money to have fun, YAY....wait....isn't my money creating a demand for more circus tricks next year...HELL IT"S TRUE.....and you know what's even more true....next time you go to the circus ask the clowns if you can beat an elephant with a bull hook, after all you are paying for it!
STAY AWAY FROM THE CIRCUS OTHER WISE YOU TOO CAN BE BLAMED FOR THE PAIN!
Contact Sarah at - sarahharrison123@gmail.com
Say NO, make a difference, take away the fear, stop the crying, re-unite a family, save your money for something that doesn't hurt others. Take a stand...join Sarah and her Demo.
Clown are funny but animal cruelty is not.
Make a change :)
Kindness and alot of Hope
Kelly-Leigh
P.S. SCREW THE CIRCUS!
Thanks Kelly! I do hope the demo can make a difference!
ReplyDeleteBtw, the SPCA adoption of the week is super cute!! :-)