This mountain lion named Mufasa has lived 20 YEARS in the back of a pickup truck being used and abused for a circus. Peru has put in place a ban on wild animals in circuses but this particular circus ( Circo Koreander ) was able to outrun law enforcement by moving from village to village undetected. Then in a raid by officials earlier this year where riot police were called , the circus was cornered and Mufasa the mountain lion was rescued by wildlife officials and Animal Defenders International www.ad-international.org/ "Mufasa now lives in a secure enclosure in his natural habitat in the forest, he is fed and cared for. It would not be possible to release an old cat like him into the wild, so he has the closest thing to freedom we can provide"Mufasa is the last wild animal in a Peruvian circus.List of countries that have some sort of ban on using wild animals in circus...you will notice even though the USA and Canada are included they don't have a nation wide ban only municipal. That means a circus could be banned from operating in Los Angeles but operate in the next city that will allow them. Compare that to Peru where it states "nation wide"Circus bansAn expanding list of worldwide circus bansEUROPEAustria: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.Belgium: Nationwide ban on the use of most wild animals in circuses (Parrots and camel are classed as domestic)Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nationwide ban on all animals in circusesBulgaria: Nationwide ban on certain wild animal species in circuses, variety shows and other entertainment facilitiesCroatia: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circusesCzech Republic: Nationwide ban on the use of certain species in circusesCyprus: Nationwide ban on all animals in circusesDenmark: Nationwide ban on the use of certain species in circusesEstonia: Nationwide ban on the use of wild-born animals in circusesFinland: Nationwide ban on the use of certain species in circusesGreece: Nationwide ban on all animals in circusesHungary: Nationwide ban on the use of wild caught animals in circuses, the purchase and training of elephants and primates for circus performances and the purchase, training and use of CITES (Appendix 1) listed species in circusesIreland: Local bans on the use of animals in circuses in Drogheda, Fingal, Galway City, Kildare, Monaghan, Moyle, South Dublin and WaterfordMalta: Nationwide ban on all animals for performances, exhibitions, shows or training for the circusThe Netherlands: Nationwide ban on the use and transport of animals in circuses, with exemptions for certain, mostly domestic, speciesNorway Local ban on wild or exotic animal shows in Tromsø municipalityPoland: Nationwide ban on the use of wild-born animals in circusesPortugal: Nationwide ban restricting the use of great apes in circuses and the acquisition and breeding of CITES listed speciesSlovenia: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circusesSpain: Local bans on the use of wild animals in circuses in several towns including BarcelonaSweden: Nationwide ban on the use of certain species in circusesUK: Over 200 local authorities have bans on animal circuses (more than two thirds of these ban all performing animals, the remainder ban just wild animals). A Government commitment to ban the use of wild animals in circuses – this is yet to be enactedNORTH AMERICAUSA: 50 partial or full bans on circus animals in municipalities in the US, in 22 statesCanada: Local bans on the use of animals in circuses in 28 municipal jurisdictionsCENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAArgentina: Local bans on the use of wild animals in circuses in over 20 cities including a ban in the city of Buenos AiresBolivia: Nationwide ban on the use of wild and domestic animals in circusesBrazil: Local bans on the use of wild and domestic animals in circuses in the districts of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Pernambuco, Paraiba, Rio Grande do Sul, Espiritu Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Alagoas and a number of bans in cities within another four Brazilian statesChile: Local bans on the use of wild and domestic animals in circuses in the city of SantiagoColombia: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses; Local ban on the use of animals in circuses in the capital, BogotaCosta Rica: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.Ecuador: Nationwide ban on the use of native wild animals; restrictions on the use of exotic animals; ban on the import of both native and exotic wild animals with circusesEl Salvador: Nationwide ban on the “Income, use or abuse of wildlife species in all kinds of entertainment”Mexico:Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circusesPanama:Nationwide ban prohibiting “entry of wild animals for use in static and travelling circuses and similar shows”Paraguay: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.Peru: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses as well as a local ban on all animals in Magdalena del MarOCEANIAAustralia: Local bans on the use of animals in circuses in several towns including Hobsons Bay, Surf Coast Shire, Parramata and LismoreASIAIndia: Nationwide ban on the use of certain species in circusesIsrael: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circusesSingapore: Nationwide ban on the use of wild animals in circusesTaiwan: Nationwide prohibition on the import or export of protected wildlife for circuses