QUESTION 26 - Animal-free entertainment

Shows such as the circus often use animals whereas there are some circuses now that are completely animal free and some shows use robotic animals instead. Entertainment such as the circus and shows should be animal free. Do you agree or disagree? Argue your point.

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Animals Should Be Banned From Circuses

by Ben Soysa

Position-entertainment such as the circus should be animal free
Argument 1- using animals is unethical
Argument 2- it does not ensure the safety of others
Counter argument- people may not go to circuses and people will lose their jobs
Reorientation-serves them right as they cruelly treat animals

Entertainment, such as the circus and other shows, should be animal free is a much debated topic. Performances such as the circus should be animal free because using living animals to perform tricks is unethical and secondly, it ensures animal and human safety.
Using animals is unethical as people are forcing animals to do tricks against their own will. An example would be that in some circus and other shows, trainers use whips and other torture devices to make the animals learn tricks. Treating animals that way is cruel and unethical and certainly inhumane.
Using no animals guarantees the safety of the people and animals that are at the event. After the cruel punishment that they endure to learn the tricks, they start to snap and go into reckless rampages which put the lives of many at risk. If we were to not use animals then many lives could be saved.
If we stop using animals in shows, people would stop going to the circus as the animals are normally the main attractions. Many people would lose their jobs and many people would lose lots of money. This serves them right as they treat animals incorrectly and mislead people into their lies.
In conclusion, animal circuses should be banned as the trainers are spiteful to animals by using wretched tools to make them do tricks and by putting innocent bystanders’ lives at risk.