About a year ago I had free tickets to the Ringleys Barnum & Baily Circus. I took my mother because my husband felt it would be something nice to do for my mom since she was always the one to take me and my siblings to the circus. Well first of all, pulling into the parking lot there were quite a few protesters holding up signs saying "clowns are funny, terrified animals are not" "don't teach your kids to laugh at animal abuse" etc...

When the circus first started I expected it to be cute, lots of great shows and many beautiful animals. It was just the opposite of cute! The first act they had many lovely horses, zebras, camels and llamas run onto the center ring and circle around the ring. They were so extremely skiddish and terrified and I can't believe I never saw that when I was a kid going to the circus. I could not stand it, they were afraid for their life so they did all those ridicilous tricks to make the audience happy. The ears were all back on the horses, the zebras kept flinching at every crack of the whip, they were purely terrified. It's not just the elephants that have a horrible life in the circus, it's every one of those poor, beautiful animals. My mom and I agreed that it was not fun watching those animals being beaten and whipped in front of thousands of people so we left early. I will not go to an animal circus ever again.

I feel terrible for all the animals who are unfortunate enough to be born into that type of lifestyle. It's a shame what humans will do to our fellow beings. All for money. Shame, shame, shame.