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Shame. I went when I was a kid and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The elephants were my favorite. I was in awe of a HUGE bull elephant with giant gilded tusks strai

Shame. I went when I was a kid and thoroughly enjoyed myself. The elephants were my favorite. I was in awe of a HUGE bull elephant with giant gilded tusks straight out of an indian fairy tale. I think I still have a poster from that event.

adamnemecek 10y ago
Not really. The animals don't deserve this treatment.
- 1_listerine_pls 10y ago
  Ok then, elephants were not his favorite.
  - adamnemecek 10y ago
    Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKccr8g1xCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKccr8g1xCU
  - khazhou 10y ago
    You misunderstood. gnarbarian didn't thoroughly enjoy himself.
- mrob 10y ago
  I think circuses should use only dogs and horses if they want to use animals. These animals are completely domesticated and can be trained with no cruelty. And they can do more impressive tricks than wild animals, so the only drawback is that they're more common. If people want to see rare animals they can go to a zoo.
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  - asciimo 10y ago
    When an animal is employed toward a human's profit, it usually ends poorly for the animal.
    - mrob 10y ago
      The average working dog or working horse has a better life than the average wild animal or food animal, and very few people are campaigning for the elimination of wild and food animals. Working animals are specifically bred to enjoy working with humans, and some breeds have a temperament that can tolerate the chaotic environment of a circus. Working for a circus is no worse than working as a police dog or police horse.
- jmspring 10y ago
  But Silicon Valley should house all that want to afford there? Pure snark but related.
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- gnarbarian 10y ago
  "The animals don't deserve this treatment." That sounds an awful lot like an opinion stated as fact.
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  - marricks 10y ago
    I'd be interested to know what an animal could do to deserve to be beaten to preform tricks and then ferried around in small cages for human entertainment.
    - gnarbarian 10y ago
      fairly certain they don't beat them anymore.
      - marricks 10y ago
        Well certainly now that they're out of business. They did at least 8 years ago[1], though. Not sure how anyone could believe that they could make animals do unnatural tricks day in day out without coercion. I can see why someone would want to believe though. Tf you don't think about it, it'd probably be more enjoyable. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8YQKpTu-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8YQKpTu-4
        gnarbarian 10y ago
        >PETA Going to need a better source than a group who considers pets "animal enslavement"
        marricks 10y ago
        If you're claiming there's context to the beating of the elephants in the video, I find that hard to believe. If you're claiming it's staged, pretty sure Ringling would have had a field day with that. A conversation is pretty much done when a side doesn't have anything reasonable to say and resorts to ad hominem attacks.
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adamnemecek 10y ago

Not really. The animals don't deserve this treatment.

1_listerine_pls 10y ago
Ok then, elephants were not his favorite.
- adamnemecek 10y ago
  Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKccr8g1xCU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKccr8g1xCU
- khazhou 10y ago
  You misunderstood. gnarbarian didn't thoroughly enjoy himself.
mrob 10y ago
I think circuses should use only dogs and horses if they want to use animals. These animals are completely domesticated and can be trained with no cruelty. And they can do more impressive tricks than wild animals, so the only drawback is that they're more common. If people want to see rare animals they can go to a zoo.
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- asciimo 10y ago
  When an animal is employed toward a human's profit, it usually ends poorly for the animal.
  - mrob 10y ago
    The average working dog or working horse has a better life than the average wild animal or food animal, and very few people are campaigning for the elimination of wild and food animals. Working animals are specifically bred to enjoy working with humans, and some breeds have a temperament that can tolerate the chaotic environment of a circus. Working for a circus is no worse than working as a police dog or police horse.
jmspring 10y ago
But Silicon Valley should house all that want to afford there? Pure snark but related.
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gnarbarian 10y ago
"The animals don't deserve this treatment." That sounds an awful lot like an opinion stated as fact.
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- marricks 10y ago
  I'd be interested to know what an animal could do to deserve to be beaten to preform tricks and then ferried around in small cages for human entertainment.
  - gnarbarian 10y ago
    fairly certain they don't beat them anymore.
    - marricks 10y ago
      Well certainly now that they're out of business. They did at least 8 years ago[1], though. Not sure how anyone could believe that they could make animals do unnatural tricks day in day out without coercion. I can see why someone would want to believe though. Tf you don't think about it, it'd probably be more enjoyable. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8YQKpTu-4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8YQKpTu-4
      - gnarbarian 10y ago
        >PETA Going to need a better source than a group who considers pets "animal enslavement"
        marricks 10y ago
        If you're claiming there's context to the beating of the elephants in the video, I find that hard to believe. If you're claiming it's staged, pretty sure Ringling would have had a field day with that. A conversation is pretty much done when a side doesn't have anything reasonable to say and resorts to ad hominem attacks.
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