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March 22, 2005
Cruelty on parade
In my travels, I've seen some pretty sickening animal abuse, which I won't discuss here. Sometimes, though, it's not necessary to travel far:
In a quirky NYC tradition, the elephants walk through the Midtown tunnel on the east side and across 34th St to Madison Sq Garden since their holding containers cannot fit through the train tunnels or pass over the bridges.
There's nothing quirky about it. Ringing has long marched the elephants through town; it's a marketing gimmick designed to earn them free media, and it's done in every city they attend. This is done even though elephants' are tropical animals who are exposed to dangerous cold.
Of Ringing's 60 elephants, 44 were captured in the wild. What a cruel fate for these captured animals. Ringing has a long history of animal abuse and running afoul of various animal welfare laws.
It's also a ridiculous claim that an elephant's container can't fit into Manhattan. Many modular components of highrises that arrive pre-assembled (including I-beams, elevator lifts, chillers) are far larger than an elephant container and still make it in. If something can't make it into Manhattan, it can't make it onto any road that has standard-height bridges or onto any standard-gauge train.
Of course, there are many circuses that do not use (or abuse) animals, such as Cirque de Soleil. It would be nice to think that in our society we wouldn't need to abuse animals to be entertained.
It's bad enough that circuses have a miserable record of cruelty to animals. It's even worse that they lie about their marketing gimmicks.
Posted by adrianjo at March 22, 2005 09:38 PM
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