There are many athletes doing extreme sports. One of them is Dolly Jacobs. She is a legendary circus performer. She is one of the best American circus aerialists of all time. The story about her professional career as a circus aerialists is exciting. Dolly was born in 1957 in Sarasota‚ Florida. She is the daughter of a circus family. Her father is Lou Jacobs. He is farmed circus clown and her mother is an adventurous women. Dolly was a circus child. She began training at Sailor’s Circus
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Water for Elephants. by Sara Gruen. "Life is the most Spectacular Show on Earth!"- Sara Gruen‚ Water for Elephants. "All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable. Observing the ghosts from my past‚ rattling around in my vacuous present. They crash and bang and make themselves at home‚ mostly because there’s no competition. I’ve stopped fighting them." says Jacob Jankowski‚ who is now ninety (or ninety three). Mr. Jankowski reflects upon memories of himself as a young man‚ tossed by
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Circus trainers are abusing elephants! Have you ever thought‚ ‘there is no way a circus elephant can do all of those tricks without being abused’? These rangelers abuse not just elephants but other circus elephants‚ like tigers‚ and monkeys‚ and etc. There are so many ways that elephants are being abused. One way elephants are being abused is by using bullhooks and ropes. The circus trainers are using ropes to choke and burn the elephants. The elephants are being abused by bullhooks too. The elephant
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Imagine not being able to lay down‚ turn around‚ or even move. Imagine hard wires digging into the skin that covers legs‚ stomachs‚ and backs. That is what elephants experience almost daily in circuses and zoos. In the wild‚ elephants can walk up to thirty miles a day. In circuses‚ elephants spend almost twenty-three hours every day chained up. Many elephants experience great hardships. One cannot imagine being taken away from their mother at a tender‚ young age. However‚ almost all infantile elephants
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Donald Sill English 111-4403 Stein 12 October‚ 2012 Let’s all be Friends with Animals The relationship of human and animals can be heart-whelming‚ as well as a lot of responsibility to take care of your pet. In a relationship‚ the animal acts as a best friend to the human‚ and the relationship could last a lifetime. Although owning a cat or a dog might be compatible‚ there is a lot of bad cases of animal cruelty. Examples such as dog fighting‚ horse slaughtering‚ even verbal and mental abuse
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Hailey Winslow Mrs. Bren English 12 April 21‚ 2014 There are only two laws that help protect animals from domestic abuse and one law that involves slaughter laws in the state of Minnesota. What people do not realize is that animal abuse happens in many different circumstances. Dog fighting and greyhound racing were created for the entertainment of people but are both considered as animal abuse. Circuses were created for the entertainment of families but what they do not know is that when
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“‘My new game‚ as you so appropriately call it‚ is a circus’” (Morgenstern 76). ~This marks the beginning of The Night Circus or Le Cirque des Réves. “The card inside is not a note of sympathy nor a condolence for her loss. It contains no greeting. No signature. The handwritten words across the paper read: Your move” (Morgenstern 80). ~The card was in response to the “death” of Celia’s father; this is the beginning of the “challenge” that will act as the antagonist throughout the book. “‘I suggest
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Have you ever been to the circus and seen the amazing tricks the elephants and other animals do? They may look cool but these elephants aren’t born knowing how to do these tricks‚ they are tortured to learn them with whips‚ bullhooks‚ chains‚ bush knives‚ ear halters‚ and ropes to control them to do whatever the mahout (trainers) wants them to do. These wild animals are not meant to be tamed but to live a happy life in the wild. 1Bears‚ elephants‚ tigers‚ and other animals do not voluntarily ride
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For many‚ the word "circus" reminds of popcorn‚ candy‚ "wild" animals‚ and fun. However‚ behind the glitter of the circus lies a cruel world of animal suffering. Animals used in circuses are unwilling participants in a show that puts in danger their health and mental well-being and the lives of audience and performers. Pain treatment Circuses force animals to perform tricks that have nothing to do with how these creatures behave in the wild. Training animals to perform acts that are sometimes
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The Weapons‚ People‚ and Animals Used in Cannae Elephants: Elephants were stronger than horses and if one dies and falls it will crush soldiers. Peasants: Peasants were used to increase size‚ they were not trained like other soldiers‚ poor training and no discipline. The Town Militia: This sentry force‚ made up of townspeople‚ sometimes used for keeping peasant in line. Skirmishes: These soldiers are restricted from peppering the enemy with long javelins before battle commences used for luring the
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