PETA video shows Ringling Bros. circus handlers beating elephants!

Unreal.  PETA actually wants you to believe that this training technique actually hurts the elephant. The TRUTH of the matter is that the “beating” you see in this video barely can be felt through the Elephant’s 6 inches of hide/fat/muscle which is like hitting a tree. And, PETA wants you to believe that the handlers who yell obscenities  at the animals are “hurting the animal’s feelings…”  Ok.  Tell that to my mother who yelled at me all of my childhood. The elephant’s tough skin is the reason why the animal has survived over the thousands of years it has been on this planet. The hide is meant to be tough.  So what looks like hurtful strikes against he animal are nothing but taps compared to what our skin would feel proportionately. But, PETA must make their stance, and lie to the world for the sake of animals. What’s next?  No more Circus??? Where will we get our annual dose of Clowns? Perhaps the Clowns are a reason for debate as well – i mean, how many poor children leave the circus mentally scared from all of the clowns!? Or, perhaps we can have audience members sue the Circus because they got wet when the clown threw the bucket of water on the other clown! PETA – GET A LIFE!