Circus animals are confined virtually all of their lives in barren conditions, while forced to suffer extreme physical and psychological deprivation:
Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages. 11 months a year they travel over long distances in box cars with no climate control; sleeping, eating, and defecating in the same cage.
When allowed out, these animals are trained using extreme "discipline" such as whipping, hitting, poking, and shocking with electrical prods.
Even though the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sets minimum standards of care, most itinerary stops are not inspected. Every time we allow a majestic wild animal to be reduced to a cheap circus trick, we are turning a blind eye to cruelty,we are advancing the belief that it is acceptable.



