Most important—regardless of the verdict—is whether the continued attention of animal-rights groups to the plight of circus animals leads to a solution like Bolivia’s.
It could—but only if enough people start taking their kids to Cirque du Soleil instead of Cirque du So-Lame, and join organizations that fight circus-animal abuse, and demand from their representatives an end to the use of animals in circuses once and for all.
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