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How are circus animals treated?

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Circus animals have the right to be protected and treated humanely under the Animal Welfare Act. Tigers naturally fear fire, but they are still forced to jump through fire hoops in some circuses and have been burned while doing so. read more

In short, traveling animal acts perpetuate animal cruelty, inhumane care, public safety hazards and distorted images of wildlife. Circus animals are confined virtually all of their lives in barren conditions, while forced to suffer extreme physical and psychological deprivation: Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages. read more

To force animals to perform, circus trainers abuse them with whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks (heavy batons with a sharp steel hook on one end), and other painful tools of the circus trade. read more

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