Due to reports of abuse, Mexico has banned circus animals.

Circus owners are justifiably concerned about what is going to happen to their animals, especially since the ban on keeping lions and tigers for spectacle, which starts on July 8, does not inform as to where the animals are going to be relocated to.

According to International Business Times, Armando Cedeno, president of the national association of circus owners and artists, said, "We are waiting for a response from the government about what will happen to our animals."

Wherever the animals go, it will end up being an expensive adjustment.

According to animal tamer Bruno Raffo, who hails from Tizayuca, it costs around 3,000 Mexican pesos ($194) a day just to feed the tigers -- and that is not even counting vet bills for the occasional check-up.

The Mexican ban on circus animals will affect the futures of man and beast alike.

At least 1,000 circus employees took to the streets of Mexico City to protest against the ban last June.

They argued the ban would leave them jobless.

The worry among the protesters is that new ruling will affect some 50,000 circus employees along with 3,000-3,500 animals.

It has been suggested by circus employees that an inspection system for the city's estimated 50 circuses should be implemented in an effort to curtail potential animal abuses they concede do actually occur.

Jesus Sesma, the politician who pushed for the law banning circus animals, described it in a press conference as promoting "a respect for living beings who are not human."

Privately owned zoos have stepped up and offered to help, but have stipulated that the transition would be a difficult one.

As reported in Reuters, Frank Carlos Camacho, director of Africam Safari which is located in the central city of Puebla, has said, "It depends in great measure on the physical and mental condition of the individual (animals) themselves, to be able to adapt."