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Name:Instructor:Course:Date of submission:CALL FOR ANIMALS TO BE BANNED FROM CIRCUSIntroductionWhen children as well as adults see animals in circus, it gets into their minds that animals are meant for their amusement. However, apart from the cruelty that animals go through during training and the confinement of the animals, the entire idea of humiliating animals for our enjoyment is indicates lack of respect for animals (Andy 129). Circus refers to as a group of performers that travel from one place to another. The group may include trained animals, acrobats, clowns, musicians and tight rope walkers among others. In our case focus is on animal circuses. Wild animals are subjected to training in order to perform. They are used as performers. In most cases, they are forced to go through harsh training in order to abandon their wild characters and adopt the desired characters and behaviors that would amuse the audience. This subjection to severe training that makes the animal circus unfair. These animals are denied their rights. When compared to their counterparts in zoos and in the wild, they do not enjoy nature that was intended for them. These animals are denied the chance to roam around and instead they are confined to a cage. The reason that animals cannot communicate to people makes many to assume animals. Therefore, they are easily mistreated and abused. Throughout the training and travelling, the animals are confided in small cages (enclosures) hence denying them the freedom to express their natural behavior. Further, the training is in most cases based on punishment and fear. Despite the fact that their suffering is a lifelong experience, their role in entertainment lasts only for a few minutes which makes more unfair. The paper closely examines why it is necessary to ban the animal circus.Materials and methodsIn search of information on animal circuses, I searched on relevant peer as well as non-peer-reviewed literature through electronic databases such as w...