The El Paso County Coliseum has continuously hosted circus events despite the cruelty that goes behind the scenes. More and more people are coming together to stop the use of animals being forced to perform for entertainment. These circus animals are forced to do tricks with whips, electric prods, or are clubbed with bull hooks. These animals are extremely stressed from this, not to mention their lives traveling on the road under extreme conditions. They are confined, caged, chained, shackeled, and this too becomes stressful. This has and can be a danger to the public as well. Reports have stated there were cases of circus animals snapping from being over stressed from these environments which in turn caused harm to the public. At what cost is this considered entertainment!?