Are Circuses Bad?
PETA continues to go out of their way to equate animals with humans.
The protest was a production of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which alleges trainers use metal bullhooks, whips, muzzles, and electric prods in order to get wild animals to perform stressful and often painful acts.
“This cruelty, these beatings are what the circus is desperate to hide from the public,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “These animals are not volunteers. They have been deprived of their precious freedom and beaten for a lifetime of cheap tricks.”
Now, I’m all for treating animals humanely, but we must remember that God made animals separate from humans in that we have a soul. There are people dying in foreign contries and babies that are being murdered every day from abortions, and these things are so much bigger than what kinds of instruments are being used to control animals or to train them for amusement. Let’s get our priorities straight, and maybe show as much passion for lost souls and dying people as this woman shows to save some animal who, if she met it in the wild, would consider her a tasty snack.
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Comments from MInTheGap
Shelli said,
Wrote on February 9, 2006 @ 11:15 am
I can imagine that this protestor would be the first in line to fight for abortion rights. That’s what’s so screwy about how we think as a society now. Pets are being treated as if they are more important than people. You get more jail time brutalizing an animal than a human, it’s just not right.
jez said,
Wrote on February 16, 2006 @ 7:20 am
Circuses have been cruel to animals, though i think it’s improved. I once saw an ex-performing bear whose life-style, devoid of the stimulation it needs, had driven it insane. It rocked back and forwards all the time, and it was very sad.
Yeah there are worse problems. But these animals are exploited purely for entertainment. The lack of necessity is part of what makes it deplorable. This is a problem which would not be painful to put right.