Alex Fuentes, a tiger trainer, performs at the Fuentes Gasca Brothers Circus in Mexico City, June 12, 2014. After Mexico City's legislative assembly approved a ban on circus animals, the country's tight-knit community of family-owned circuses is on the defensive. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)
A performance featuring horses at the Fuentes Gasca Brothers Circus in Mexico City, June 11, 2014. After Mexico City's legislative assembly approved a ban on circus animals, the country's tight-knit community of family-owned circuses is on the defensive. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)