Editing Circus (section)

====Worldwide====
[[File:Donghai Island - P1570707 - Dongshan Town - circus.JPG|thumb|Tigers in a transport cage in a travelling circus]]
There are nationwide bans on using some if not all animals in circuses in Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.justiceservices.gov.mt/DownloadDocument.aspx?app=lp&itemid=26088&l=1 | title=Leġiżlazzjoni Malta }}</ref><ref name=adinternational/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkish-parliament-approves-animal-rights-bill/2298867 |title=Turkish parliament approves animal rights bill |agency=Anadolu Agency |date=9 July 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, have locally restricted or banned the use of animals in entertainment.<ref name=adinternational>{{cite web|url=http://www.ad-international.org/animals_in_entertainment/go.php?id=281&ssi=10|title=Worldwide circus bans|first=Animal Defenders|last=International.|website=Animal Defenders International|access-date=22 May 2017}}</ref> In response to a growing popular concern about the use of animals in entertainment, animal-free circuses are becoming more common around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.circuses.com/pdfs/AnimalFreeCircuses.pdf |title=Elephant Rampages |publisher=Circuses.com |access-date=20 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410004446/http://www.circuses.com/pdfs/AnimalFreeCircuses.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2008  }}</ref> In 2009, Bolivia passed legislation banning the use of any animals, wild or domestic, in circuses. The law states that circuses "constitute an act of cruelty." Circus operators had one year from the bill's passage on 1 July 2009 to comply.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/6555306.html |title=Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses | date=31 July 2009|agency =Associated Press| access-date =31 July 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 2018 in Germany, an accident with an elephant during a circus performance prompted calls to ban animal performances in circuses. PETA called the German politicians to outlaw the keeping of animals for circuses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/circus-elephant-falls-into-crowd-germany-cruelty-to-animals-osnabruck-a8436166.html|title=Circus elephant falls into audience in Germany|work=The Independent |date=8 July 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref>

A survey confirmed that on average, wild animals spend around 99 to 91 percent of their time in cages, wagons, or enclosure due to transportation. This causes a huge amount of distress to animals and leads to excessive amounts of drooling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17169-circus-captivity-is-beastly-for-wild-animals/|title=Circus captivity is beastly for wild animals|work=New Scientist|access-date=24 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

City ordinances banning performances by wild animals have been enacted in [[San Francisco]] (2015),<ref>{{cite news|last= Berg |first= Emmett |title= San Francisco board approves wild animal performance ban |date= 21 April 2015 |access-date= 23 June 2017 |work= [[Reuters]] |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-circus-california-idUSKBN0NC2G720150421}}</ref> [[Los Angeles]] (2017),<ref>{{cite news|last= Good |first= Kate |title= Los Angeles Bans Use of Wild Animals for Entertainment |date= 26 April 2017 |access-date= 23 June 2017 |website= One Green Planet |url= http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/los-angeles-bans-use-of-wild-animals-for-entertainment/}}</ref> and [[New York City]] (2017).<ref>{{cite news|last= Pacelle |first= Wayne |author-link= Wayne Pacelle |title= New York City bans use of wild animals in circuses |date= 21 June 2017 |access-date= 23 June 2017 |url= http://blog.humanesociety.org/wayne/2017/06/breaking-news-new-york-city-bans-use-wild-animals-circuses.html}}</ref>

Greece became the first European country to ban any animal from performing in any circus in its territory in February 2012, following a campaign by [[Animal Defenders International]] and the Greek Animal Welfare Fund (GAWF).<ref>[http://www.ad-international.org/animals_in_entertainment/go.php?id=2528&ssi=10 Greece bans animal circuses], Animal Defenders International</ref>

On 6 June 2015, the [[Federation of Veterinarians of Europe]] adopted a position paper in which it recommends the prohibition of the use of [[Wildlife|wild animals]] in travelling circuses.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.fve.org/uploads/publications/docs/fve_position_on_the_travelling_circuses_adopted_final.pdf|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020236/http://www.fve.org/uploads/publications/docs/fve_position_on_the_travelling_circuses_adopted_final.pdf|archive-date = 24 September 2015|title = FVE position on the use of animals in travelling circuses|website = Federation of Veterinarians of Europe|series = FVE/013/pos/007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/596390/vets-Europe-animal-acts-circus|title = Vets call for complete ban on wild animal acts in circuses across Europe|last = Winter|first = Stuart|date = 5 August 2015|work = Express.co.uk|access-date = 8 August 2015}}</ref>

Despite the contemporary circus's shift toward more theatrical techniques and its emphasis on human rather than animal performance, traditional circus companies still exist alongside the new movement. Numerous circuses continue to maintain animal performers, including [[UniverSoul Circus]] and the [[Big Apple Circus]] from the United States, [[Circus Krone]] from Munich, [[Circus Royale]] and [[Lennon Bros Circus]] from Australia, [[Vazquez Hermanos Circus]], Circo Atayde Hermanos, and Hermanos Mayaror Circus<ref>{{cite web|last=Duckman |first=Hank |url=http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/334-hermanos-mayar-circus |title=Hermanos Mayar Circus by Hank Duckman |publisher=Mexconnect.com |date=1 January 2006 |access-date=20 April 2012}}</ref> from Mexico, and [[Moira Orfei]] Circus<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moiranonsolocirco.it/ |title=Moira Orfei Circo official website |publisher=Moiranonsolocirco.it |access-date=20 April 2012 |archive-date=23 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423113015/http://www.moiranonsolocirco.it/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> from Italy, to name just a few.