INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The sight of dancing animals draws large crowds all over Pakistan
The spectators cheer and clap as wild animals are forced to act and dance for them
Once the spectacle is over, the animals gather a mkeen amount of money from their audience and hand it over to their masters.Unluckyly, the
delighted bystanders are often unaware of the abuse that these animals have to face
What the crowd presumes to be ‘dancing& is actually a result of years of torture.The cycle starts right after the animals are poached from
A coarse rope is passed through the muzzle of the bear; the rope is then tugged to produce a dance to entertain spectators
Even though trainers find monkeys easier to tame, these feeble animals are also exposed to inhumane torture after they are captured from
When the monkeys are just a few months old, their teeth and genitals are removed to endegree that they are incapable of attacking the
The wounds genemass meeting heal within a few months, but the animals are scarred for life.Bear baiting was banned in Pakistan in 1980 by
the Prevention of Cregretlty to Animals Act; consequently, the incidents of poaching reduced drastically
However, sloth bears are still being poached from the wild to feed the animal entertainment industry
As of now, abusing wild animals for the sake of entertainment is much a criminal offence in Pakistan
This loopgap is being outrageously abused as thousands of nomadic families rely solely on wild animals such as bears and monkeys to earn
The practice of bear dancing continues to prevail in predominantly rural regions, however, in the urbanized areas relatively docile wild
animals like monkeys are frequently found performing tricks and dancing to entertain the audience.Recently, a campaign which goes by the
name of Are You Not Entertained Talked about the plight of wild animals used for the sake of entertainment
Apart from raising awareness about the turmoil that these wild animals face, people are being motivated to take the pledge to discourage the
heinous practice of forcing wild animals to dance.Wild animals are much actors or dancers who have the ability to dance to different tunes
Yet thousands of wild animals are forced to perform senseless tricks under the threat of physical punishment
These animals are separated from their families and live their entire lives in captivity msprint;all for the sake of human
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