Have circus' and zoos immediately retire its elephants and other animals to accredited sanctuaries

In their native homelands, the animals you see in circuses are free to walk and run, choose lifetime companions, and raise their families. Tragically, these animals are held captive by zoos and circuses such as Ringling Bros. and are forced to perform confusing acts night after night for 48 to 50 weeks every year. In order to get these animals to perform stressful acts, Ringling trainers use whips, sticks, and bull hooks with metal tips that are jabbed into elephants' sensitive skin on their thighs and behind their ears. Between acts, elephants are kept chained up like bicycles or confined to cramped pens. Please use the powers of the USDA to remove elephants from the custody of zoos and Ringling Bros. and place them in a wildlife sanctuary.