Animal rights group PETA has called on Kansas’ largest amusement park manufacturer to stop manufacturing and selling animal-themed merry-go-rounds.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said, “Children learn through play, and teaching them respect and compassion for all living and sentient beings creates a more just and compassionate world.” It will be helpful,” he said. in a press release.
In a statement, the group called out Kansas-based entertainment company Chance Rides, saying the animal-themed merry-go-round celebrates exploitation.
In a letter Tuesday, PETA asked Aaron Landrum, president and CEO of Chance Rides, to stop producing animal-themed carousels and instead replace them with cars, planes, and spaceships. , requested that figures be produced in the shape of vehicles such as bulldozers.
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This November 14, 2007 file photo shows the carousel in New York’s Central Park. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
PETA’s president said the merry-go-round in its various forms would “showcase human talent” and “stimulate children’s imaginations.”
“PETA urges Chance Rides and all other carousel manufacturers to put the brakes on classic animal-themed rides and embrace designs that capture children’s imaginations and unleash human talent. “I’m asking for it,” Newkirk said.
PETA argues that the animal theme contributes to the implication that animals are being used as “vehicles” or “entertainment.”
“PETA has sent a letter to Aaron Landrum asking him to stop manufacturing and selling animal-themed merry-go-rounds that normalize the use of animals as rides and entertainment, and to replace them with cars, planes, spaceships, bulldozers, etc. “We asked them to produce a carousel-shaped figurine, along with other vehicles and whimsical designs such as shooting stars, rainbows, and broomsticks,” PETA wrote.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk speaks at a PETA fundraising event at a private residence in Malibu, California, on June 11, 2017. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)
A letter to carousel makers said “times have changed” and said animal-themed rides “unintentionally” glorified animal exploitation.
“Times have changed and our understanding of animals has evolved significantly over the past few decades,” the letter said. “Animal-themed merry-go-rounds unintentionally glorify the exploitation of sentient beings.”
A girl wearing bunny ears rides a carousel at New Orleans City Park Carousel Gardens amusement park during the 10th Annual Easter Egg Scramble event. (New Orleans City Park)
PETA said animals used for entertainment are often abused, confined and kept in “slavery”.
“Animals used for vehicles and other forms of entertainment, such as camels, horses, elephants and dolphins, are confined and enslaved and are never free to pursue their own lives and interests,” the letter said. There is.
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“They are sometimes beaten, tormented, and even slaughtered when their bodies deteriorate,” the letter added.
Christmas market merry-go-round on the main square in Gliwice, Poland, December 3, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The letter pointed to a recent PETA Asia investigation that revealed camels in Egypt are severely beaten and abused.
“All animals are thinking, feeling, affectionate, playful and sociable creatures who (rarely) will form strong bonds with their offspring if allowed to be kept. They yearn for freedom from oppression,” the letter says.
“The animal-themed merry-go-round set suggests that these sentient beings are not individuals with the ability to experience fear, pain, joy, and love just like us, but simply for our entertainment. “We are reinforcing the notion that we are here to help,” the letter reads.
Baldwin sent a letter to the CEO of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Group on behalf of the animal rights activist group PETA. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
At the end of his letter, Mr. Newkirk asked Mr. Landrum for a pledge to stop building animal-themed carousels.
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