Possibly not an animal rights activist, but sounding more and more like a nut job.
I also went to this circus when it was near me, and took my 3 kids. The lions were well looked after and my kids enjoyed the show.
It seems some people on this site recently have started to like to try and start fights, then find when they dont have an argument they roll out the "kid hater", or "you dont know who you are talking to" line.
We know you dont like circuses, but you are letting your predigests get in the way of the facts, which as you have never been to this circus you know none of. Stick to what you know, whatever that is.