Entertainment purposes

Animals all over the world are being used in circuses, races and rides. I remember as a kid thinking the circus was so amazing. I never knew that you could get animals to do such amazing things. Growing up I have realized how wrong the entertainment industry actually is and to get animals to do such tricks it requires a lot of beating and binding animals to intimidate them into doing what the trainer wants them to do. Elephants in the circus are beaten by bull hooks they are sharp curved poles that are stuck into the skin to harm the elephant if it does not do what is expected. They are bound at the ankles with chains when they are very little to get them to be submissive and calm.

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