I guess you’re right Choco, it does seem a little hypocritical of me to see this as cool while considering other forms of animal entertainment cruel.

But I truly don’t see the circus as animal cruelty, or not as cruel as Corrida or other ancient traditions where animals always get hurt, sometimes even killed in brutal ways. Training an animal to do something out of the ordinary doesn’t compare to sticking countless swords into it until it dies.