From 1994 to 2005 at least 31 elephants have died. I think that seeing people perform their tricks is just fine.
#1. Animals born in circuses are NEVER released back into the wild.
#2. Trainers use whips, bull hooks,clubs,and electric prods on the animal would you like to be treated that way?
#3. Animals spend about 11 months a year traveling almost half a year. They spend thousands of countless hours traveling over long distances, being forced to lie or stand in their own waste
#4. In the wild animals live freely and walk or run many miles for food, in the circus they are given unfresh food instead of being able to hunt and are being forced to spend hours being trapped in limited space instead of being able to roam freely.
#5. If an animal is endangered, you want to protect it, so having these animals here cant help it grow of reproduce.