This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own letter to [email protected]. Valentine’s Day is approaching, and love is in the air across Albuquerque, except for the NM State Fairgrounds where the Shriners Circus will once again ship in exotic animals, compelling them to “entertain” through coercion and threat of punishment. Unfortunately, the Fairgrounds is state-owned land and exempt from the city’s regulations safeguarding animals from abuse, allowing this distressing event to mar our community again this weekend.