I hate them too. If there are going to be circuses, then they should only have people in. Constantly transporting large animals in small crates is really cruel. When I was very young, one of my mum's friends took me to a circus. I'll always remember that girl who whipped one of the ponies who was misbehaving, I can hear the crack now And 'lion tamers', that has to be pure torture for lions and other predatory animals.