Behind the scene training of animals for circus acts in China. Animals (made to) perform tricks like this is not normal behavior for a wild animal. Their spirits are often broken down so that they can be submissive to the “trainers”. Can you imagine being torn from your family and then enslaved your entire life to perform “tricks”? Empathy is when you can put yourself in someone’s shoes. That is where the thoughtfulness and compassion comes from. There is no empathy in the animal entertainment b

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