Tears in Circuses

Illustration about the animal abuse in circuses.

Animals in circuses are often beaten, shocked, kicked, or cruelly confined in order to train them to be obedient and do tricks. According to Big Cat Rescue, lions and tigers also suffer at the hands of their trainers: "Often the cats are beaten, starved, and confined for long periods of time in order to get them to cooperate with what the trainers want. And life on the road means that most of a cat’s life is spent in a circus wagon in the back of a semi-truck or in a crowded, stinking box car on a train or barge."