Tigers, Bears and Anacondas, OH MY!

"Hey, there is a bear and a tiger along the side of the road! Do you want to take the girls to see them?" After clarifying that the animals were in cages, we loaded up. The circus was coming through town and one of the trailers broke down across the road.

As many as could fit loaded up into Jenean's pick-up truck. The girls were talking about the sign they had seen advertising the circus, complete with "REX the ANACONDA." ("Rex the Anaconda" needs to be said in Mexican announcer voice for the true effect.)Aaron wore a mask on the top of his head so he could be a "soldier." He actually looked like a circus monkey. We drove to the sight of the broken down truck and it was gone. We drove on in pursuit of the animals.
We found the sight of the circus on the other side of Magdalena. The animals travel from town to town in these cages. The circus is from Michoacan! (Gloria's home state, 24 hours South.)
In the first set of cages we saw, there were tigers, black panthers and a brown bear. Diego and Pollito look at the tigers from the safety of the truck.Eli, Magda and Karla Josie weren't quite sure what to think.

I have never been so close to a tiger. Notice his neck chain is broken. The trailer of baboons, bears and other various circus animals. I don't think PETA has strong presence in Magdalena yet.

I was beginning to get really depressed for the poor trapped animals when I looked inside the truck and couldn't imagine the life of a circus performer.

We didn't see the anaconda and probably won't be rushing back to see the skinny animals perform under the big top, but we had a memorable time watching the circus come to town.