Funny enough, these activists from the Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS) have no injured elephants to show the public to prove
their statements. If these simple
training tools cause puncture wounds, where are they? The Ringling Bros Circus, in particular, is
one of the most inspected shows around. In 2012, during "one
11-week stay in California last summer, a total of more than 18 state, local
and federal government agencies sent 44 different inspectors to look at
Ringling’s pachyderms. The 82 visits
spanned more than 221 hours, or more than 3 hours for every day the circus was
in the Golden State.” At no time during
those 221 hours of inspection did any inspector find an injured or
"traumatized" elephant.
Nicole Paquette went on to say that Ringling was stopping
their elephant acts because of "the public's overwhelming opposition to
the mistreatment of elephants for entertainment." Again she lies. Last
year, HSUS lost a RICO Act lawsuit and paid Ringling $15.75 million to
settle claims that activists had lied about how Ringling treats their
elephants. You would think that activists
from the HSUS would give up after being outed in court but here they are again
lying to legislators and the public.
Earlier this year Richmond, Virginia banned elephants and
other cities across America have listened to the same animal rights puppet
masters. These efforts are all part of
the activists determination to remove all animals from our lives, one specie at
a time. Today its elephants, tomorrow
its carriage horses, such as the long running campaign by New York City Mayor
DeBlasio to ban carriage horses from Central Park, and tomorrow it will be your
dog. Ringling made a business decision
to remove their elephant act because they have spent millions defending their
reputation, wining, and the activists just continue to lie.
Activists scream that elephants belong in the wild but in
the wild they are dying in large numbers.
The vast majority of elephants in America today are domestically
born. They were born in captivity. they are not 'wild' animals. Animal
rights activities want to remove them from our lives. Today it's the circus, tomorrow they will
disappear from our zoos and sanctuaries.
Activists are already attacking zoos nationwide and forcing the closure
of many elephant exhibits. Just up
the road from Richmond, the Virginia Zoo recently announced that they
are closing their elephant exhibit and getting rid of two elderly elephants
under pressure from the animal rights infiltrated Association of Zoos and
Aquariums (AZA). Just a few months ago, the Woodland Park Zoo in
Seattle, Washington got
rid of their elephants under continuous pressure from activists. Once elephants are no longer in the public
eye, people will forget about them. In today's
electronic world, people have notoriously short attention spans. Once
out of sight, will anyone care that they are quickly becoming extinct in the
wild? A world without elephants, what a
sad world that is.
Katharine Dokken is a Public Affairs
Specialist at The Cavalry Group and
the author of a new book, The
Art of Terror: Inside the Animal Rights
Movement, available on Amazon.
Follow Katharine and The Cavalry Group on Twitter: @KatharineDokken @TheCavalryGroup
