A bill aimed at banning the use of wild animals in traveling circus' has been reintroduced in the United States. The TEAPSPA ( The Traveling Exotic Animal & Public Safety Act) would effectively end circus' use of wild animals like bears, tigers, and elephants, all of which were likely obtained cruelly and denied anything natural to their existence. There is simply no place for the continued exploitation of wild animals when human performances are not only garnering equal attention, but employ more people and save animals from needless cruelty.
There is no justification for this level of exploitation that heavily lines the pockets of humans for the forced work of animals. Quite simply, wild animals in circus' are taken advantage of and profited off of while they suffer an existence that denies them any sort of wild activities. They do not have access to other animals like themselves for socialization, they lack the land they would have in the wild, and they are treated as nothing more than money making machines. These animals are forced to perform over and over while humans continue to line their pockets. It's utterly shameful that in 2022, we're still fighting to get these animals out of their forced servitude. 70 years ago, we could claim ignorance about the animal's situation, but today, we're simply complicit in their suffering. We know what these animals endure in order to perform for us. We know that they get absolutely nothing out their work while humans continue to profit off of their endless performances. We cannot continue to feign ignorance when animals are suffering. It's time to ban wild animals in circus' in the United States and frankly, across the globe. Pass TEAPSPA and stop exploiting animals! HAPPY VEG
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