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This circus has elephants and lions. Many people do not like seeing animals in a circus - animals don't perform in nature, and it is not fair to keep animals like this in a cage. What do you think?
Tell us what you think about animals in circuses.

Maysan (from Singapore) says:
I think it is really exciting to see animals perform in the circus. As long as they are well treated, with love and kindness and respect, I think it is ok to give them a chance to "show off" what they can do, albeit with a little coaching.

Kelvin (from Singapore) says:
I think that what has happened to the elephants and other animals are not really very cruel as they are well taken care of and are not in a torture chamber. The people who worry about the animals are just paranoid and just completely crazy. Not all people treat them badly.

Françoise (from France) says:
Wild animals are made to live in nature, and not in a cage. To get wild
animals not too dangerous and easy to train, they often kill mothers to
take baby animals, It's not the same when animals in circus are
domestic animals, like dogs or horses.

Furthermore, animals ALWAYS seem to be well treated in circus when
spectators are presents, so that spectators may be abused and believe
animals are treated with kindness. But it's only appearance. Bad
treatment and cruelty are always hidden, so that the spectators can't
see it. It's true that not all people treat animals badly but
unfortunately a lot of them. To make sure that animals are well
treated, one would have to go and see the training regularly. It's
rarely allowed by the trainers.

I love circus when there is either not any animals or when animals are
only domestic animals.