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Circuses Must Stop Using Animals in Shows

Editorial, Period 2, Student Editorials, Student Writing,

When I was a little kid I thought it would be so cool to go to a circus, getting to see big animals up close like that. My parents always said no, telling me we couldn’t go because they were “mean” to animals there. Instead, they brought me to Noah’s Lost Ark Animal Sanctuary… so … Continue reading Circuses Must Stop Using Animals in Shows →

We Have the Right to Say No, But they don’t, So We Have to Speak for Them

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The hard truth is that in circuses animals are abused, experiencing lives of misery and suffering. In circuses they beat elephants with bullhooks to compel them into doing acts that a 12,000 pound animal should not naturally be able to do. Young elephants go through the process known as “the crush”. It purposefully shatters their … Continue reading We Have the Right to Say No, But they don’t, So We Have to Speak for Them →