Animal Act really does belong to another era. We think of this as being a fairly modern series but this story, more than any other, relegates it to a bygone era. On the eve of the millennium it seems to have still been considered acceptable to keep wild animals in tiny cages and to use whips on them to beat them into submission. Over twenty-five years later most people viewing this would be quite appalled at the conditions these magnificent creatures lived in and at the cruelty and pain they endured for their entire lives in captivity. Dick Grayson, having originally come from the circus concerned, shows no distress at finding his favourite gorilla still being kept behind bars, ten years after he last saw her. He clearly thinks this all a huge joke and even finds Tim Drake a job cleaning out these unfortunate creatures' cages. Cue uproarious laughter from Bruce Wayne, who is hardly renowned for having a sense of humour and who should know better. A low point of the series which has dropped very noticeably in quality.
