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The Ethical Disconnect of the Circus: Humanity's Acceptance of Performing Elephants - Author's Note Added 2 Feb 2011

01 Jan 2008-Between the Species-Vol. 13, Iss: 8, pp 3
TL;DR: The purpose of this article is to provide information about elephants and convince current circus attendees and people with fond memories of childhood circuses not to attend animal circuses in the future.
Abstract: In America, People grow up attending circuses and most people love them. The purpose of this article is to provide information about elephants and convince current circus attendees and people with fond memories of childhood circuses not to attend animal circuses in the future. This is not an easy task. I have been writing on various issues of Animal Rights (AR) and other animal-centric subjects for some time now and the plight of the elephant is one very dear to me. It is true that all performing animals suffer, but these great beasts seems to suffer more and it is my vain hope that this small article will in someway increase awareness about them and help them, whom I love so much.

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  • ...According to Jaynes (2008) circuses with performing animals are loved and attended by many due to their nostalgic value originating from the attendees’ childhood memories....

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TL;DR: In this paper, animal welfare concerns have continuously been at the forefront of public debate and have gained significant exposure in the past few decades, and as a result, animal welfare issues have been continuously at the front of public debates.
Abstract: Ethical issues related to animal rights have gained significant exposure in the past few decades. As a result, animal welfare concerns have continuously been at the forefront of public debate. This...

6 citations