Elephant Abuse in the Circus Elephants are beaten with bullhooks that can rip and tear their skin...
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- Elephant Abuse in the Circus
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- Elephants are beaten with bullhooks that can rip and tear their
skin leaving bloody wounds Bullhooks- rods that resemble fireplace
pokers, with a sharp, metal hook on the end
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- Elephants are forced into performing painful tricks like
standing on their heads. When they do not perform, they are
abused!
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- Elephants are chained for up to 100 hours nonstop. They spend
an average of 26 hours traveling between circus shows.
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- Elephants are taken from their families when they are 18 to 24
months old. A baby elephant who is still nursing is chained to an
adult elephant in order to pull it away from its mother. The baby
elephant never sees its mother again.
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- A kid-friendly way to take action against elephants being
abused in the circus is to boycott the circus by not purchasing
tickets and attending it.
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- Celebrity PETA Supporters Pink, singer Carrie Underwood,
country singer Russell Simmons, entrepreneur Jennie Garth, actress
Cindy Crawford, model Perez Hilton, celebrity blogger Pamela
Anderson, actress Khloe Kardashian, reality t.v. star Ron Artest,
professional basketball player
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- Sources http://animal.discovery.com/news/afp/200603
27/circusanimals_zoom0.html http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-
entertainment/photos.aspx
http://www.animalconcerns.org/external.html
?www=http%3A//www.thestate.com/2011/01 /15/164638
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-
entertainment/photos.aspx