Anah Shrine Circus returns to Bangor

A great time as always

I wonder if
anyone stops to think of what life is like for the animals in the circus. The
transport cages you see in this video are where these tigers are confined to
the entire time they’re on the road – they are only let out to “perform.” How
cruel and degrading to treat such magnificent cats in this manner.

Circuses that utilize animals epitomize animal cruelty – not
family entertainment. There is no educational value for children who attend
animal employed circuses. Seeing unnatural tricks performed by wild animals
does not teach children the true nature of these animals or to respect and
appreciate animals, only that it is acceptable to mistreat and exploit animals
for entertainment purposes.

Common knowledge dictates that elephants
don’t stand on the heads in the wild, nor do tigers jump through hoops of fire. Animals in circuses and traveling shows are subject to inhumane
confinement: magnificent big cats like lions and tigers are housed in cramped
cages, majestic elephants are shackled and chained in trucks and train box
cars; training methods utilize violence, fear, and intimidation to make animals
perform ridiculous unnatural stunts. For the few minutes you see animals
“performing” they suffer a lifetime of misery. Not only is the physical abuse
appalling, but the deprivation of any natural behaviors, choices and instincts
is cruel.

This archaic form of so-called “entertainment” received deserved
media attention when on November 2, 2011 Congressman Jim Moran introduced The Traveling
Exotic Animal Protection Act, H.R. 3359, a bill extremely vital to the lives of
these animals, to ending this cruelty and protecting the public. http://breakthechainus.com/

Those of us who care about and respect animals will continue to
advocate for their welfare and protection by raising awareness to their
suffering; the more knowledgeable the public becomes about the plight of circus
animals, the less inclined they will be to support and attend circuses that
abuse and exploit these magnificent animals.