Time to Ban Circuses that Exploit Animals and Endanger Public Safety

“First, circuses are inherently cruel to exotic animals. It does not take rocket science to figure out wild animals belong in the wild. Elephants, a common animal kidnapped for the circus, roam up to 30 miles a day in large social herds in the wild. They have the freedom to bathe in mud holes, forage for food and live their own lives. In circuses, they spend their lives in confinement being carted around from town to town in all weather extremes. It is very saddening to think they are deprived of everything natural to them just to do a few tricks to entertain us.” – OpEDNews