A Life In Confindment...

I just got home from the Tallmadge protest, we were protesting Carson & Barnes Circus for their mistreatment of animals. The sad thing is only two of us actually showed up for the protest, so we both handed out information instead of holding sings. I am really proud of us, we handed out alot of information and DVDs depicting the harsh training sessions, and the cruel trainers who work for Carson & Barnes Circus. It's very sad the way such beautiful and wild creatures are taken and beaten, bullhooked, analy shocked, and abused into submission. Honestly I don't understand people, they turn a blind eye to the abuse so they can go see wild animals perform tricks for their enjoyment. How do they think those animals are made to perform? Seriously. Carson & Barnes has been sighted many times and fined for neglecting their animals, improper transportation in unsafe vehicles, lack of veterinary care for the animals, and living conditions that don't even meet the minimum requirements. Baby elephants are taken from their mothers, transported, and sold to circuses at 6 months old, and their training begins immediately. When the animals are not performing, they are kept in spaces only big enough to fit them, with no room to move. Many of the elephants are kept in solitary confindment most of their lives. What kind of life is one lived in confindment, shackled and caged? It's a life I would not like to live. Carson & Barnes, like many other circuses, stoops low to make profit. They were fined for using an elephant with a broken leg for people to ride on. Once it was determined the animal was injured the Circus was also found to be guilty of giving the elephant no medical care whatsoever for it's broken leg. The least these animals deserve after being robbed of a life where they belong, is descent conditions and descent treatment, and animal/human contact that doesn't involve abuse. The sad thing about the circus is it targets young unsuspecting children by painting a picture of fun, when it's really all about the profit. Selling the mistreatment of animals behind a mask of laughter and clowns to children, is not only greedy but sad. Animals in confindment have been documented as suffering from depression due to lack of contact with other animals and only miniscule positive contact from people. Help make elephants and other wild animals wild again, or at least help fight for their right to a descent existence. Visit this site to learn more...