Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

The idea of circuses abusing animals to do tricks doesn't even make sense. That means if the animal sits they are going to beat it. The animal will not do that trick ever again if the they got beat, because they will associate the trick with getting beaten. Like wise if you beat an animal because it doesn't do a trick, it doesn't teach the animal to do the trick. The idea of abusing animals to perform just doesn't make sense.

why do people go to these circuses and just fund them with the necessary money to creully treat these poor animals?!