Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey's Circus- Bellobration Reviews

Ringling Bros. has such a bad reputation for the cruel way it treats its animals.  I have read reports and seen undercover video showing the horrible way they treat their animals. Of course, you don't see the bullhooks and the torture when you go to the circus, that's all hidden from view.  If more people knew what really goes on when no one is looking, a lot more people would boycott animal circuses.

 I wish I could give less than one star - like a negative 100 stars.

 For more info, including graphic videos visit http://circuses.com/pdfs/RinglingFactsheet.pdf

I, too, find myself steering away from performances done by what look like bored, unhappy, exhausted (and sometimes scared) animals. I much prefer that the performer entertaining me at the circus be doing so for a paycheck, not a punishment.

I am much more impressed by exciting and dynamic human performances than animals standing on their heads (are we REALLY supposed to believe that isn't painful for those huge animals?) or jumping through rings of fire (of which all animals are ingrained with a fear). 

Ringling and other circuses that still use animals should try to come up with something...

    I  have'nt been to a circus since being grown and now a first time nanny to my twins, grand and mother grandson.

    I think it is a little waste of entertainment.Although they have been around for a decade, travling from town to town.

You have to decide for yourself is this is for you.