Persuasive Essay: Circus Animals Should Be Illegal

Have you ever been to the circus and seen the animals performing tricks and entertaining the audience. You might have enjoyed it, but the animals didn’t. I believe that circuses should be illegal because they can make animals become very aggressive, they can make the animals very unhealthy and, animals in circuses may become depressed. The first reason why I believe that circuses should be illegal is because it can make animals very aggressive. Some may argue that not all circus animals become aggressive, however many do. A group of circus lions decided to fight back against the harsh training methods and the terrible treatment. They attacked the circus workers, you don’t want people to continue getting hurt because the circus animals just couldn't stand how they were being treated. One reason why this is caused is because of all the moving around. Animals aren’t used to being transported, so when they travel it makes them very uncomfortable and changes their behavior. Also circuses steal infant animals from their mothers, which causes them to behave differently when they grow up.
“In the wild, elephants will walk up to 30 miles a day - a distance that circus elephants won’t likely walk for their entire lives.” - www.onegreenplanet.org This means that circus animals aren’t getting enough exercise, which causes obesity. There are other ways elephants and other animals may become sick. For example, most circus food is bad for the animals. People may claim that some circuses give the animals good food and keep them clean, and that is true, however, that is not the only way animals in circuses are unhealthy. They also don’t get enough exercise, and as I said before still can get sores from rubbing against the bars of their