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Letter to Prime Minister calling for swift passage of wild animal circus ban
We, the undersigned, are concerned that since the Government announced its intention to ban the use of wild animals in circuses in March 2012 and following the publication of the Draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill last April, little progress appears to have been made to bring this widely supported and long overdue restriction into law.
Defra response to circus report “does not go far enough to safeguard wild animals”
ADI has today expressed its disappointment that Defra’s response to the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee on the draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill does not go far enough to safeguard the welfare of wild animals in circuses.