Animals's Used for Entertainment

Many of us saw the movie Water for Elephants that came out only a little over a year ago. If you did see this then you know how heart breaking and disturbing the animal cruelty scenes were, but if you didn't witness these atrocious sites I can promise you that it would make your stomach turn and you heart ache. We have all probably been subject to zoo visits with our families and many people enjoy seeing wild creatures and learning new things, but what if that picture was changed for you. Many circus and zoo goers don't have a clue about what's going on behind the scenes in these entertainment facilities. Circus's beat and torment their animals and force them to do ridiculous tricks and zoos keep animals in caged areas for their entire lives. That is until they are of no use. Then they're shipped off to be disposed of or slaughtered. Circus's are notorious for using bull hooks in elephants and chaining their animals up. But as if that wasn't horrible enough, the amount this happens is shocking. Before elephants are taken to perform their trainers and handlers hit them with the bull hooks for no apparent reason. The animals are kept in chains for hours. Not just a couple of hours wither, but anywhere from twenty-six to sixty hours at a time. Lions have died from heat stroke after being left in ridiculously small cages in extreme heat with no water.  Some seemingly harmless, even romantic sources of entertainment contribute to this injustice. Horse drawn carriages may seem like a grand gesture or an enjoyable way to pass the time, but they are cruel on the animals themselves. Horses have dropped dead from exhaustion, heat stroke, and have been fatally injured by loud noises from the city and drivers who weren't paying enough attention.

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There are a few steps you can take to help end these cruel acts. When circus's come to town, write to your town officials asking them to put a ban on animals being used for entertainment. According to an online PETA article many large cities have already taken this step. You can also contribute by not attending these places or events because they need customers money to continue on and without the money they would be forced to stop.

http://www.peta.org/issues/Animals-In-Entertainment/default2.aspx

The process of making leather...

Leather is by far my favorite fashion accessory. It always has been...until now. I came across and article, Leather: Animals Abused And Killed for Their Skins, by PETA, where I learned how the leather that I loved so much and thought was so cool came from nightmares I couldn't have imagined. The horrors of farm factories are terrible enough as it is but the leather industry goes beyond even that level of mistreatment. Leather making contributes significantly to pollution, abuse, and poisoning of humans. Many, if not all of the animals used for their skin are killed while still alive and conscious with no form of pain killers. Not only are old animals killed, but very young and even unborn animals are processed for leather and food processing corporations. The younger, including unborn, and more alive the animal is at the time of the hiding the better. At least that's the way the people who make a living from this industry feel. The animals are vulnerable to over crowding which also includes unsanitary living conditions but also injuries caused from trampling. Alligators can be left alive and conscious after being skinned for up to two hours. Two hours of pain and torture shouldn't be an experience any creature endures. In fact, no creature should have to go through any level of torture of any kind for any amount of time, but because of the massive product corporations make from selling leather innocent animals die a horrendous death. Shoes, jackets, purses, wallets, belts, and other clothing items are the main items leather is used for and they are all widely produced by other, harm free materials. This issue is easily avoidable. Look into what you're wearing and put a stop to animal abuse around the world.


List of animals abused for their skin:
cattle, calves, horses, sheep, lambs, goats, pigs, zebras, bison, water buffaloes, boars, kangaroos, elephants, eels, sharks, dolphins, seals, walruses, frogs, turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, alligators, kangaroos.

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http://www.peta.org/issues/Animals-Used-for-Clothing/leather-animals-abused-and-killed-for-their-skins.aspx