tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744637346968744592.post2948592267973397094..comments2024-02-27T23:47:41.743-07:00Comments on The Savin' Queen: Discount Tickets to The Greatest Show on EarthTiffany The Grocery Thiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13097674373851852381noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8744637346968744592.post-6754546544870502612010-09-17T09:35:31.222-06:002010-09-17T09:35:31.222-06:00Like many other parents for decades I believed in ...Like many other parents for decades I believed in the Circus Tradition of cotton candy and performing elephants not anymore that tradition came to a grinding halt when I saw with my own eyes irrefutable proof of Ringling Bros. Circus techniques for training their baby elephants to perform in the circus these photos just came out in 2009 so many parents have not seen them, this is how Ringling Bros. Circus gets 8,000-pound elephants to perform tricks like sitting up and even standing on their heads, Ringling breaks the spirit of elephants when they're vulnerable babies when they should still be with their mothers instead they spend a year-long intense and violent training sessions that last for hours each day. You can see this training where frantic baby elephant are wrestled, slammed to the ground, gouged with bullhooks, and shocked with electric prods. http://www.ringlingbeatsanimals.com/bound-babies.asp<br />My family has a new Circus Tradition, one that doesn’t involve abusing and torturing animals to have them perform for a few minutes, we now attend Cirque Du Soleil or other animal free Circuses.<br />My family loves the animals that live with us, and we would never condone someone abusing them like these exotic animals are abused by the circus industry for profit. Sadly this abuse will not stop until Parents quit taking their families to the circus and demand that Ringling uses only people performers.<br />Parents if you need more proof….Google or go to YouTube and type in “Circus Elephant Abuse,” animal lovers will be physically sick by what you see. The proof is there but you have to open your eyes and look.Ellienoreply@blogger.com