Abuse In The Circus Chains‚ spikes‚ and pain is the everyday life for an animal in the circus. Performance animals‚ who experience cruel training‚ extreme punishment‚ and abuse from their handlers should be released from the circus. When people go to the circus‚ they picture a place filled with excitement‚ love‚ and entertainment. In reality‚ the place people used to love when they were children doesn’t exist‚ but is substituted with a cruel and joyless place where the animals that amazed them
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Animal Communication: Whales vs Elephants Unlike humans‚ animals do not have a complex language system‚ but they do in fact have their own means of communication. Their main purpose is for survival and some may not even be aware they are doing it. The two mammals I chose to compare are whales and elephants and their reasons for communicating and channels of communication. Some reasons for communicating may include procreation‚ dominance and territorial rights‚ food‚ and alarms. Channels of communication
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can. No matter what happens to me or no matter what someone says about me I will not fall down. This is how a lion represents me! I am very protective and altruistic just like an elephant. I put my family and friends first. I move together with my family everyday working hard just as elephants move in herds. Elephants have very good memory of their enemies too. This made me realize that often time’s
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Training animals to perform acts that are sometimes painful or that they do not understand requires whips‚ tight choker‚ electric prods and other tools. Elephants are trained through the use of an ankusa wooden stick with a sharp‚ pointed hook at the end to discourage undesired behavior. An elephant handler will never be seen working with an elephant without an ankus in one hand or discreetly tucked under his arm. Although an elephant’s skin is thick‚ it is very sensitivesensitive enough to feel a
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If anybody could witness the look of amazement and wonder on the face of a six-year old child as he‚ or she‚ sees an elephant‚ a snake or a gorilla for the very first time‚ it is unlikely that zoos would ever again be put on the defensive. Of course‚ in our society when someone mentions the word "zoo" there are people who will immediately voice their negative opinions that zoos should be closed down as it is similar to a prison for animals‚ for the sheer benefit of an unappreciative audience.
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The trade of animal horns should continue to be banned because that is a way of protecting endangered species. In this case‚ endangered species are animals that’s provides ivory such as Rhinoceros and elephant. First of all‚ let’s take a look at why this is such a controversial topic. Elephants are found in 37 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are source of bush meat but their ivory referred to as “White Gold” can provide a substantial reward for poachers. Poachers are illegal animal hunters
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According to a Wall Street Journal article‚ Africa’s elephant population dropped more than 30% from 2007 to 2014 due to poaching and trophy hunting (Anderson). That means over 100‚000 elephants were killed in seven short years. Trophy hunting is when hunters kill animals for money‚ bragging rights‚ and their own greed. This can cause drops in population or affect the ways animals survive. Even though it is major and causes so many problems‚ trophy hunting is looked past as if it is not an issue.
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Professor George 4/3/13 Ivory Trade Poachers in countries such as Tanzania‚ Zambia‚ Nepal‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and China are rapidly lowering the population of animals with tusks in Asia and Africa. Wild animals such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros‚ elephants‚ narwhals‚ and walruses are mercilessly hunted and killed for their horns. Governments and organizations have implemented many laws to eliminate the poaching of these animals‚ but with little success. Since 1997 poaching rates have risen substantially
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the African elephant. For many years‚ the African elephant was regarded as one species‚ due to similar features and characteristics‚ as well as living all on the same continent. However‚ recently scientists have classified them into three different species‚ due to morphological and DNA differences. Instead of just being the African elephant‚ it is now classified into West African elephants‚ Central African elephants and the Forest elephants. This happened because before‚ the elephants could interbreed
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“conservation” breeding programs have never been released into the wild. 6. From 1994 to 2005‚ at least 31 elephants have died premature deaths in the circus. Other circus animals who have died in an untimely manner include horses and lions. 7. Captive elephant and captive feline attacks on humans in the U.S. have resulted in hundreds of injuries‚ many resulting in death. 8. In the wild‚ elephants live in large‚ sociable herds and walk up to 25 miles every day. Most other wild animals found in circus
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