I'd like to see animals removed from the entertainment business. Chimpanzees and apes won't perform unless you beat them. Circuses keep elephants in chains 90 percent of the time. Elephants need freedom of movement. In circuses, they live in cramped quarters, which is not the life intended for them by nature. Some are beaten daily, forced to do ridiculous tricks and robbed of every shred of dignity.
Interpretation
This quote advocates for the ethical treatment of animals used in entertainment, highlighting their suffering and need for freedom.
Bob Barker's quote sheds light on the harsh realities faced by animals in the entertainment industry, particularly in circuses, where they are often mistreated, confined, and forced to perform unnatural acts. He emphasizes that such treatment is not only inhumane but also deprives these animals of their dignity and natural instincts, advocating for a future where animals are treated with respect and given the freedom they deserve.
In practice
This quote could be used during a speech at an animal rights rally to emphasize the importance of treating animals humanely.
Over and over, the economy has determined the extent of our response, but how much value does it place on breathable air, drinkable water, edible food and stable weather and climate? Surely the economy is the means to a better future, not an end in itself. Surely it must be subordinate to a rich, diverse ecosphere that sustains all life.
Consuming three planets' worth of resources when in fact we have one is the environmental equivalent of childhood obesity - eating until you make yourself sick.
For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse.
There’s nothing under the ground that’s worth more than the little layer of topsoil sitting on top of it.
It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the sea: Listen! the mighty being is awake, And doth with his eternal motion make A sound like thundereverlastingly.
Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger, and so on.
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