This week, my host family invited me to the zoo, which makes me associate with circus. I cannot thing about if it is ethical to use animals in circus for entertainment.
On one hand, animals in circus are just actors on the stage. Someone who approves that it is not ethical to use animals in circus for entertainment would argue that animals are trained in a cruel way and against animals’ will to live in the nature. But , let’s think of those human actors. It is a must for every actor to be trained year by year cruelly and restlessly. The training for animals is no harder than actors’. When we enjoy the marvelous performance played by actors who are trained hardly, would we think of this act against ethic? So it is true of animals in circus. The most important is that, animals in circus can be cared by professional feeder, so that they won’t be bothered by hunger and cold.
On the other hand, animals don’t need so called comfortable life. It is the comfortable life we human offer that make them lose the ability to survive in the nature. animals should live in their habitat and maintain their nature. Take panda as an example. Pandas growing up in the reserve are taken to the wild when they are old enough. Scientists do this to train the pandas’ ability to live on their own. Animals should learn to protect themselves from their enemies and catch food.
This is really a debatable topic. One one hand, it is cruel to the animal for entertainment; one the other hand, if this way can let us know more about the animal, maybe it is not so bad,as long as we treat them friendly.
ReplyDeleteWe human always think that we rule the world. Thus we take advantage of other species, which creates a lot of problems. I hope human and nature can get along well in the future.
ReplyDeleteYou remind me a ancient Chinese fable" You were not fish, how do you know the joy of fishs? You were not me , how do you know I do not know the joy of fishs?" Our human-being can only consider the animal on our own opinion. We consider ethical or not by own ideas, I do not think it makes sense. I believe the right way is to allow the animal live in a comfortable enviorment. That is my opinion towards animals.
ReplyDeleteI whole-heartedly agree. I think the living conditions for animals at the zoo can never be perfect. It is also unnatural for them to perform for our amusement. The only upshot of the zoo is that we are also learning about them, and hopefully passing on the message about conservation of their natural habitats to the community at large.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is really unfair. Both animals and human beings are livings in the world. i believe each life is fair. it is cruel to use animals in circus for entertainment and we should do somrthing to change this.
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