When the Big Apple Circus ends in June, Vibdel and her animals will return to the farm. The rest of the performers will pack up, take some much-needed vacation time, and find the next gig.

The Gingerb3ardMen/Courtesy of Big Apple Circus I've owned cats my entire life. But it never occurred to me, until I went to the Big Apple Circus, that you could train them to do tricks.

In addition to the usual assortment of death-defying acts, The Savitsky Cats — a Ukrainian mother-and-daughter team and their nine trained fluffballs — are now performing for New York crowds.

At The Big Apple Circus, animals are not harmed, ... Big Apple gives her “plenty of space and time” to train and play with the animals to keep their quality of life top-notch.