There will be no more acrobatic elephants, lions snarling at whips or tigers leaping through flaming hoops under the big top in Mexico.
But the ban on animal performances at circuses that took effect Wednesday doesn't necessarily mean the animals will be kept entirely out of view.
"It does not prohibit that the animals may be kept for exhibition in the circuses," said Mexico's federal attorney general for environmental protection, Guillermo Haro Belchez. The law just prevents their use in acts and performances.
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