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Circuses send in the clowns over Mexico animal ban

By Mark Stevenson
Published June 10, 2014 8:02pm ET
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Circuses send in the clowns over Mexico animal ban
A circus performer wears a tiger costume during a protest against a new city law banning the use of animals in circuses in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Performers marched through the center of the city Tuesday chanting, "The circus loves animals." (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) | Rebecca Blackwell

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 1,000 acrobats, clowns and other circus employees marched through downtown Mexico City on Tuesday to protest a new ban on animals in circuses.

There can be no lions or tigers or bears — not even dogs or horses — in circus rings under a law passed without opposition in the city legislature Monday. Penalties include fines ranging from $45,000 to $60,000,

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