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此片的拍摄者刚才告诉我说：“我想象，所有的动物在一条船上，在历史的长河中，已经慢慢离我们而去， 他们与人类相互凝视着。。。象是告别， 从此，人类更加孤独。”

这引起我对动物权利的思考

动物有权利吗？

什么是动物权利？

人类经过N年进化，开始逐步学会认真对待自己的权利，行使和维护权利。我们能环视而注意其他【非人类】动物的权利吗？

所谓动物权利，就是说【非人类】动物有权按照自己的自然习性生活，不受到人为的伤害、虐待和剥削。

一些动物维权人士搞了个【动物权利一百问】，其中，第72个问题是这样的:

“马戏团究竟错在哪里？”

答：拿动物当作娱乐的工具，就是践踏动物本应有的尊严。我们这样做，与远古时代我们的祖先无甚两样。那时候祖先们一点也不了解动物，不知道动物也有智慧、有感觉、情绪、还有社会需求。在他们的眼里，只有野蛮的畜生。如果经过百万年的进化，我们今天还继续像祖先那样【残酷地】对待动物，意味着我们仍处在无知无觉的蒙昧状态。

在马戏团里，在上场表演前后，动物都在忍受煎熬，在训练中，他【她】们受到惩罚，训练方法包括：禁食、恫吓、注射麻药、用鞭子抽，用高压电棒电击、用枪炮声吓唬、用铁链捆绑、戴铁嚼子、嘴罩或蒙眼，等等。在运输途中，动物要忍受生理和情绪上的折磨。这些马戏团动物每年被关在狭小的铁笼子里，长途跋涉，烈日酷暑，冰霜雨雪。马戏团的动物遍体鳞伤，惨不忍睹，关节破裂、肝功能丧失，肾脏病、有时候直接导致死亡。动物身心受到极大损害。

而对马戏团的经理来说，动物只不过是赚钱工具而已，榨干了一扔，再换一批动物。


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该问答的英文原文：
Question 72: What is wrong with circuses and rodeos?

To treat animals as objects for our amusement is to treat them without
the respect they deserve. When we degrade the most intelligent fellow
mammals in this way, we act as our ancestors acted in former centuries.
They knew nothing about the animals' intelligence, sensitivities,
emotions, and social needs; they saw only brute beasts. To continue such
ancient traditions, even if no cruelty were involved, means that we insist
on remaining ignorant and insensitive.

But the cruelty does exist and is inherent in these spectacles. In
rodeos, there is no show unless the animal is frightened or in pain. In
circuses, animals suffer most before and after the show. They endure
punishment during training and are subjected to physical and emotional
hardships during transportation. They are forced to travel tens of
thousands of miles each year, often in extreme heat or cold, with tigers
living in cramped cages and elephants chained in filthy railroad cars. To
the entrepreneurs, animals are merely stock in trade, to be replaced when
they are used up.
DVH

David Cowles-Hamar writes about circuses as follows in his "The Manual
of Animal Rights":
Not surprisingly, a considerable amount of "persuasion" is required
to achieve these performances, and to this end, circuses employ
various techniques. These include deprivation of food, deprivation
of company, intimidation, muzzling, drugs, punishment and reward
systems, shackling, whips, electronic goads, sticks, and the noise
of guns...Circus animals suffer similar mental and physical problems
to zoo animals, displaying stereotypical behavior...Physical symptoms
include shackle sores, herpes, liver failure, kidney disease, and
sometimes death...Many of the animals become both physically and
mentally ill.
DG

The American rodeo consists of roping, bucking, and steer wrestling
events. While the public witnesses only the 8 seconds or so that the
animals perform, there are hundreds of hours of unsupervised practice
sessions. Also, the stress of constant travel, often in improperly
ventilated vehicles, and poor enforcement of proper unloading, feeding,
and watering of animals during travel contribute to a life of misery for
these animals.

As half a rider's score is based on the performance of the bucking horse
or bull, riders encourage a wild ride by tugging on a bucking strap that
is squeezed tightly around the animal's loins. Electric prods and raking
spurs are also used to stimulate wild behavior. Injuries range from
bruises and broken bones to paralysis, severed tracheas, and death. Spinal
cords of calves can be severed when forced to an abrupt stop while
traveling at 30 mph. The practice of slamming these animals to the ground
during these events has caused the rupture of internal organs, leading to a
slow, agonizing death.

Dr. C. G. Haber, a veterinarian with thirty years experience as a meat
inspector for the USDA, says: "The rodeo folks send their animals to the
packing houses where...I have seen cattle so extensively bruised that the
only areas in which the skin was attached was the head, neck, legs, and
belly. I have seen animals with six to eight ribs broken from the spine
and at times puncturing the lungs. I have seen as much as two and three
gallons of free blood accumulated under the detached skin."
JSD

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