Animals have always been human beings' most loyal partners, accompanying people and living in harmony with humans. People can watch animals in the zoo, and the animals are also well protected and have a close relationship with humans and grow together.
With the continuous development of the times, human beings' animal protection regulations have become more and more perfect. People take measures as much as possible to protect the natural growth of animals.
People voluntarily formed animal protection organizations to protect animals from harm and give them a comfortable environment.
Although people now have a very friendly relationship with animals and respect them very much, in the past, animals were often used as tools to please humans.
There is such an elephant. Just because of a piece of watermelon rind, people brutally executed and hanged .
So why did people do such cruel things at that time?
The Tragedy of the Industrial Age
The 1880s is often regarded as the era of the gradual development of capitalism.
During this period, the labor force gradually transformed from manual labor to machine labor, which greatly improved the labor force and society developed rapidly.
As society continues to develop, people have accumulated a lot of wealth. People's lifestyles have also improved, and they no longer have to work by hand as in the past.
Therefore, people's spiritual entertainment gradually became empty, and circus performances, magic, drama, etc. came into being and were warmly welcomed by people.
People gathered together, cheering and watching the performance. Although circus performances are loved by people, they are also harmful to animals.
A large number of animals are forced to learn to perform, and even stab them in order to make them obedient.
And Mary the elephant is used as a tool for circus performances.
Mary was bought by Charlie when she was four years old. As the owner of Spark Circus, Charlie is different from others.
He patiently took care of the animals without harming them, and Mary grew up little by little in this situation and practiced circus every day.
Charlie's son Sparks also grew up in this environment. When his father was old, he took over the circus and began his subsequent performing career.
And Sparks is also very talented. He is determined to build his father's circus into the number one circus.
Under his training, Spark Circus suddenly became famous and was sought after by a large number of people who came to watch his circus performances. The circus business was also very prosperous.
In order to take good care of these animals, Skopas and his wife did not even have children and focused on the circus.
The popularity of the circus also attracted a group of people, and the business of the Spark Circus was also very prosperous, becoming the number one circus at that time.
And Mary has also become the best publicity tool. With Mary's outstanding performance, all performances with Mary are packed and very popular.
Scopes even printed Mary on a promotional leaflet, which shows how popular Mary is. And Mary's net worth jumped to 20,000 US dollars at that time.
In 1916, the Spark Circus came to a small town in , Virginia, and prepared to hold a two-day performance there.
As a rule, Skopas will take his circus to parade around the town to publicize and let more people know about it.
The Spark Circus parade not only attracted many people for sightseeing, but also attracted Eldridge, a waiter who wanted to find a job because he had experience in animal training.
Faced with Eldridge's pleading, Skopas finally agreed and left him in the circus, but at the same time told him not to harm animals.
In this way, Eldridge stayed in the circus and became an animal trainer.
Soon after, the Starlight Circus came to a small town called Kingsport to perform a circus performance.Kingsport is a very poor town. The town is different from other areas. has only recently been connected to the railway, and the local residents have never seen a circus performance and are looking forward to it.
Residents welcome the upcoming Starlight Circus. They are very excited and look forward to the circus performance.
As soon as the Starlight Circus arrived, the residents of the town lined up to welcome the arrival of the circus.
Just like that, a long procession paraded through the town, and various clowns walked in the town to perform. The finale was the most popular elephant Mary.
Seeing the elephant, people became more excited and threw snacks at her. Mary's favorite was watermelon rind. Seeing the watermelon rind made Mary a little excited.
Just when Mary was about to leave the team, in order to make the elephant obedient, Eldridge hurriedly used the elephant hook.
Mary, who had never been punished by an elephant hook, was suddenly stabbed. She was very angry. She rolled Eldridge aside and trampled her to death.
The sudden change shocked everyone and they ran away screaming. The boss Sparks quickly went to comfort Mary and stop her from being irritable.
And this incident gradually spread, and people stupidly accused Mary of being a murderer and wanted to kill her.
In this way, Mary suddenly changed from the most popular person to the object of people's condemnation.
As the owner, Sparks and his wife couldn't bear to kill it. After all, Mary had been raised since she was a child and had deep feelings for her.
Under pressure, in the end, Charlie chose to hang Mary. In the end, they chose to hang in the small town of Irvine and killed the elephant Mary.
But with the Great Depression in 1929, no one went to see circus performances anymore, and the Starlight Circus gradually declined.
Although it happened a long time ago, the hanging of Mary the elephant still reminds everyone.
In the town of Irving, someone built a statue specifically for Mary the Elephant to commemorate her. The town of Irving also became an attraction because of this incident.
And more and more animal protection organizations have begun to be established to protect animals from being harmed and reduce the occurrence of such things.
An antique store even printed a photo of Mary the elephant being hanged to remind people not to harm animals anymore, and they hoped that nothing like Mary would ever happen again.
Circus performances are based on the pain of animals. The animals endure pain and training that they should not endure, and we should watch less circus performances.
Animals are our partners. We should love and protect animals instead of treating them as performance tools .
As more animal protection organizations are established, animal protection will gradually improve.
