Defra inexcusably continues to allow wild animals to suffer in UK circuses by failing to introduce a ban on their use. This failure to act is made more appalling by the fact that 94 per cent of respondents to the last government's consultation favoured an outright ban, the British Veterinary Association has made it clear that "the welfare needs of non-domesticated, wild animals cannot be met within the environment of a travelling circus" and Parliament went as far as to order the government to introduce a ban last June.
http://blog.peta.org.uk/2012/09/david-cameron-stop-clowning-around-%E2%80%93-ban-wild-animal-circuses-now/