Tiffi loses it and Chewy is upset too

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Katie shares more of what the animal welfare experts had to say about this cruelty.

‘The welfare issues affecting wild circus animals are long documented and numerous. Animal welfare experts have found that it's grueling and stressful for animals to always be on the road, confined to tight spaces, and made to perform before screaming audiences.

“Wild animals, even if they're born in captivity, retain all their natural instincts, which are completely thwarted when they are trapped in small cages and shuttled from city to city in trucks and trailers,” says Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.

These stresses are exacerbated by the fact that the animals must perform unnatural physical acts: bears trained to prance on tightropes; elephants made to balance on chairs; tigers forced to jump through flaming hoops. The training, lifelong and relentless, is especially hard on performing animals.’ (Info here)

Katie can see that Tiffi is getting upset with everything that she is saying. She reassures both of them, once again, that her circus doesn’t use the animals. That’s not to say that they didn’t at one time. Her circus and most other circuses have now set all the animals free. The animals were sent back to the wilderness where they could spend time with others in their species. She just wants to share why the animal welfare experts had to put an end to the cruelty. She tells the guys that she just has one more thing that she wants to share with them about the cruelty to circus animals but needs them to understand that her circus doesn’t do those things.

‘Circuses are repeatedly cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Animal Welfare Act for trailers that have splintering wood and sharp, protruding metal pieces near animals' cages. Trainers use whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks and other painful tools of the trade to force animals to perform. Virtually 96% of a circus animal’s life is spent in chains or cages. During the off-season, animals used in circuses may be housed in small traveling crates. Such confinement has harmful psychological effects on them. These effects are often indicated by unnatural behavior such as repeated swaying, and pacing. (Info here)

That’s it! Tiffi has lost it! She is now crying hysterically and Chewy is a bit upset too.

Let’s continue - Chewy tries to walk the tightrope

Start at the beginning – The circus is coming to town!