They opened the show with four lions and a tiger in a caged Center ring with the lion tamer making them jump up on podiums and roll over so he could tickle their tummies!
There were the usual acrobatic types swinging from trapezes and hoops, but nothing prepared us for the act half way through.
To our absolute astonishment out walked a brown bear. By this point the cage you see in the photo had been taken down so the bear was only meters away from us. His trainer made him clap, dance with a hoola hope and sit cross legged in a standard garden variety plastic chair! When we thought we had seen everything possible, the bear reappeared for photographs with the children in the audience! No word of a lie the kids were allowed to stroke an hug the bear whilst having their photo taken, I am still a little in shock.
They also had 3 trained horses and 3 trained camels that did various spins and jumps and a hippopotamus, yes that is not a typo, an actual hippo came out and eat a watermelon only meters away from us!
We were not allowed to take photos which is why there are no more.
We have deliberated over the morals o this for the rest of the evening and whilst we do not condone this in any way, if you ever have the opportunity to see a circus like this make sure you take it. They will no doubt be band in the next few years and for good reason!
You can see their website here.
shame that you felt the need to see these poor animals in such a bad enviroment !!!!
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