Several countries – among them Austria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, India, Israel, and Sweden – ban or severely restrict the use of wild animals in circuses. In Brazil, a movement to ban wild animals from circuses started after hungry lions managed to grab and devour a small boy.
现在，部分几个国家 —— 如奥地利，哥斯达黎加，丹麦，芬兰，印度，以色列和瑞典 —— 禁止或严格限制马戏团使用野生动物。而在饥饿的狮群咬死和分食了一个小男孩后，巴西也发起了一场禁止马戏团使用野生动物的运动。