I hate to see any animal "shown" in a circus environment. I enjoyed seeing them perform when I was a child, but now that I know they don't belong in the arena, I will not got to a circus. I did attend one circus not too many years ago that had no wild animals and had trained sheep dogs as one act. It was a riot. They were not very good, but hey, they were an act. Even the sheep dogs deserve better. Zoos, well, don't get me started. I suppose there is a middle road to take and I don't know enough about the zoos individually to judge them. Many new zoos are quite civil to the animals. And they are often educational resources as well.

I hope the gentleman recovers and then retires. In my opinion, no wild animal should be turned into a circus act.