Dear Editor: As your thought-provoking piece about the Chazen Museum’s “Ringmaster” display points out, even P.T. Barnum couldn’t convince today’s public that using animals in circuses is still acceptable.
The days of boxing up animals and carting them from city to city, beating them until they perform silly tricks, and tearing apart animal families and friends in the name of “entertainment” are coming to an end.
The Chazen Museum should keep the models and historic displays, because soon, it will be the only reminder of the cruel and unethical use of animals in circuses.