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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Why animals should not be used for entertainment

by ArjyBargy

I strongly agree with the statement that we should stop using animals for entertainment. Not only that is it that we are taking animals from the wild, but we are also destroying their lives and killing them, which is extremely cruel. So, we have to try and put a stop to it.

If you were taken away from your loved ones, how would you feel. I wouldn’t fancy being taken from my home. Especially that we are not treating them well. We are firing them out of cannons at the circus, taming them to race, whipping them to go faster, or forcing them to race for us to enjoy. To be an animal in that state, it would hurt a lot.

The whip is gnashing through my hide while I am running. My back starts to bleed as I continue to get whipped. That is what it feels like to be a racing horse. Humans don’t like being whipped, so why should we whip to animals? Thankfully greyhound racing is stopping in Australia, but elsewhere in the world, the dogs are racing for human entertainment against their will. When the greyhounds are no longer needed to race, if they survive, they are sold off, or else killed. Both animals may get heart attacks from racing or get heart failure. So, in place of the animals, robots can race and do their stunts.

Many people may disagree with me and say that it won’t be entertaining to watch anymore because robots will be programmed to do stunts or race, since it will be more predictable. However, torture and death doesn’t get you anywhere either, so robots taking the place of animals for circus and racing is a great idea.

In conclusion, I think it is a fabulous idea to use robots for these extreme animal sports and activities. Even if it isn’t as entertaining, you are saving millions of animal lives. Anyway, you shouldn’t be entertained by watching animals suffer, you should be entertained by watching animals be set free.