VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

ANIMAL CRUELTY REPORT

• In a current report, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have released discomforting facts regarding the circus lives of animals. As per their reports, many famous circuses do not put into practice what they advocate and are active in animal cruelty on a customary basis. No foundation or entity takes care of the training sessions of the circuses. Tight collars, lashing, whipping, beatings and persecution are the order of the day for the animals at the circus. PETA also mentions that the actions of the animals during the circus shows are not even close to what they would call natural, in the sense that tigers don't jump around and then lay down in agreement, elephants don't stroll trunk to tail, and female elephants don't mount each other. All these are possible only by severe training, which may be translated into severe cruelty.