You can take the animals out of the wild but not the wild out of the animals... it's not surprising that they react especially when they are stressed and forced to be in a very unnatural environment. I love animals but I appreciate viewing them from their natural environments. I understand taking them out of that environment to save them but trying to train them and expect them to forget their instincts is just not typical.
I haven't been to a Zoo since I was 10 years old and saw a bear that looked sad and distressed in Madrid. The image of that bear has haunted me for 50 years. I also stopped going to any live animal circus in the early 80s and the last one I let my daughter go to was when she was about 4 in 1986. The same goes for any type of Sea World where there are Killer whales and dolphins.
that happened to me when i was 7, i saw a polar bear in Calgary in the summer and it was so hot the poor thing looked almost dead..i never took my children to the zoo or a circus
I live near the original location of Marine World (that location is now Oracle headquarters. ) . I could hear the lions at feeding time from a mile away. They also had a water-skiing elephant. I would think of the trainers and animals as best friends. Then, I found out different.
All of these circuses should be Banned completely outlawed. If you go to one you know exactly what you're supporting and that is the abuse of those animals period. Although it is great to hear that there is action being taken against these places and the animals are being taking to sanctuaries to live out the rest of their days.🙂
Not to mention that circus animals are abused and forced to perform against their will: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sQbeL-Hw00c.html
Circuses are actually abusive! The only way to get a wild animal to do a trick is to force them to do it (Like bullhooks, electric prods, and ropes!!!) This is cruel!!! You try being locked in a dirty crowded cage never being able to run or play, forced to preform stupid acts and its likely that the trainers wont care about your health or vet bills! Wild animals belong in the wild and if your keeping them in captivity at least provide them a happy life!
When I was little my dad took me to the circus were I rode on a elephant....I was scared shitless...yet also excited...I was like 7 at the time....when you're little like that you don't really realize how bad the animals had it....
Circuses should be banned, and so should any other facility that keeps wild animals to be treated as side shows. I appreciate that some wildlife are in 'captivity' to protect them from being extinct, and that's a good thing, but for any other reason it's cruel and totally unnecessary.
My family & I have refused to go to any circus that keeps animals so we have not been to a circus in about 20 years. We believe it's cruel to the animals to keep them living in tiny cramped cages or chained up. The whips etc used to control the animals to perform are unacceptable and as such we do not support any circus or organization that mistreats animals in any way, shape or form.
I cannot say how bad it makes me feel to see those imprisoned animals, especially in circuses..those elephants stomped on him on purpose, they're not stupid, and he must've deserved it...a small morsel of justice for those poor exploited beautiful creatures.
That's inaccurate, Merrick's mother loved him and blamed herself for his condition . When she died Merrick's father remarried and his new wife, Merrick's STEPMOTHER along with his father made Merrick work to earn his keep
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Zoos are actually good, some creatures, like pandas can not surive without human aid. Also, zoos are meant for conservation purposes they don’t exploit creatures like circuses do.
The bear may have not have attacked because of fear or flash photography but just fed up of being used and mistreated by the circus and didn’t wanna do it anymore.
In rural Russia, bear cubs orphaned or rejected, will show up at someone's house asking for help. What would you do? You might end up with a bear as a loyal friend.
These beautiful creatures did not ask for greedy humans to take them out of their habitat so the ones that lost their lives well my opinion is that it is their own fault, the poor animals have natural instincts and like a lot of people have said you can take an animal out of the wild but you can't take the wild out of the animal!! Leave these beautiful animals where God put them!
4:29 wow, that's kind of surprisingly awkward. I just seen a video about the elephant being downstairs, with a chain it's back right foot. It looked sad and tired. That video was taken January 29th, which was last week. The thing about it, the circus was here in Fort Wayne Indiana last week, and then I come looking on RU-vid for circus failures or whatever, and came up to this one. Not knowing that, I moved to Fort Wayne in fall of 2005, the circus always comes in January of each year.
No matter how long a wild animal. Been trained they are never really trained completely. That's why they are WILD animals. You never know what mood they are in. All it takes is one time😢
I've been to a circus once i was probably 3ys old didn't like it. I've always worked with animals and think those type of things are so very cruel. The animals can't do or be what they are meant to especially elephants! Same with the Orcas. I'm no tree hugger but anyone can see the cruelty being done.
Let the damn bears go. There are no good animal acts in the circus. Large beasts but especially predators do not belong in cages. They belong in the wild. They say they have a deep compassion for the animals but they have no respect for that which is wild and incredibly powerful.
I am a hunter, fisherman. I do this because I like to be dependent and not eat government poisoned food. Torturing animals is wrong. If you want to see these creatures, go on a safari. Keeping animals in cages is so messed up UNLESS, they are being rehabilitated. When people stop going to this crap, it'll stop. Oh and "fun fact" they drug the hell out of these poor things
You think the bear attack was bad, guess how they get bears and elephants to do these unnatural acts, they beat them, deprive them of water and food, all to entertain. Pathetic example of human cruelty.
I was so sad when Roy Horn got attacked. It had always been my dream to see them in Vegas with the white tigers since I was a child. Broke my heart. RIP Roy. (Also why did he keep showing the Wax Figure of Roy?)
I also wanted to see the Vegas show. I love tigers, but no longer want to see any animals, wild or tame, presented as entertainment for people to ogle at.
Tigers are wild animals, not props for your entertainment. They belong in nature, where they can be free to live out their natural instincts, not locked in cages, only to come out and be beaten to learn tricks and perform in a routine. It’s disgusting. Wake up and have some more compassion.
I hate circuses/zoos. And I have two cats my daughter has a bearded dragon, leopard gecko, 3 hamsters and a rabbit and I seriously think animals shouldn’t be pets. They should have a natural habitat/ life. Ok cats and dogs are domesticated a little more. But I feel guilty everyday now I understand a bit more.
I could never understand humans need to display(zoos/circuses/petting zoos/safaris and enclosed nature parks) animals. God didn't create them to be displayed or perform.
I think it is sickening that people use animals in circuses. They all should be banned from using them. All too often those poor animals are beaten into doing things. Shame, shame, shame on anyone that supports those things, and those that use animals.
That's awesome that circus shut down! Finally!!!! Anything that has todo with animals that they did is totally animal abuse! I can't believe this has been aloud 4 so long!!! But 1 victory for wildlife 4 sure!
How did you come up with the order of accidents? As this list does not get worse as the list goes on. Hartford was the worst ever and should have been number 1, not number 8....
A the siegfried and roy show was not a circus it was a standing room only stage spectacular. And roy horn suffered. A mamoth stroke mantacor did not kill him he. Was trying to save roy horns life period !
