Circus Fun?

Going to the circus can be one of the biggest events in a child’s life, and one of the worst for the big cats and other animals used in the circus. Do you ever think about the animals in the circus? What kind of conditions are they subjected to? How are they trained? I know I never thought about it, until now. Tigers and lions and the other animals of the circus are often trained with inhumane methods. Often the animals 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 most of the animal’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. The cages the big cats are kept in are often only 4 feet by 6 feet by 5 feet. These animals deserve better. Let’s educate our children about saving these animals, not exploiting them for our entertainment. I know we aren't going to be able to ban the circus, and we don't want to, but what we need to do is to have the animals removed from circus acts. There are many successful circus acts that do not use animals, for example: Cirque du Soliel, Hawaii's Volcano Circus, and The Mexican International Circus, just to name a few. Let's work together to change the way the circus operates. By voicing our concerns to our local lawmakers we can begin to enact laws that prohibit the use of animals in circus acts. In the meantime, we can do our part by simply boycotting the circus acts that do include animals and spread the word to others about what really goes on behind the scenes.
I think this video may say it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6WKI8eKI4