For those wondering what happens to these animals once the circus shuts down, there are many animal sanctuaries all over the world that operate off of donations and volunteers.
If you've never seen any behind the scenes treatments that goes into training elephants...it's pretty brutal and not something that should be reminisced upon. Elephants and tigers are not domesticated animals with nowhere to go. They should be left the fuck alone in the wild. Nature is cruel enough but that cruelty serves a purpose, usually in the transaction of one animal being killed and eaten so that another can live. Not for cheap entertainment.
If you've never seen any behind the scenes treatments that goes into training elephants...it's pretty brutal and not something that should be reminisced upon. Elephants and tigers are not domesticated animals with nowhere to go. They should be left the fuck alone in the wild. Nature is cruel enough but that cruelty serves a purpose, usually in the transaction of one animal being killed and eaten so that another can live. Not for cheap entertainment.