Stop Circus Suffering

Concerns raised by ADI that new wild animal acts could come into the country ahead of the proposed circus ban have been realised after it was reported in the media that a big cat act trained by Thomas Chipperfield is set to perform in a new circus in England.

ADI welcomes the news that Belgium looks set to be the next country to introduce a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.

ADI’s Norwegian partner NOAH still waits for meaningful change for circus elephants

The creator of Nemi, Lise Myhre; actress Ane Dahl Torp; ‘Idol’ singer Mari Vestbø; and actor Karl Sundby support the demand for animal-free circuses.

In March 2011, ADI exposed the terrible cruelty that Anne the elephant was subjected to whilst at the Bobby Roberts Super Circus. As a result of our shocking exposé, the circus owners handed Anne over to Longleat Safari Park – where she remains today – and Bobby Roberts became the first circus owner to be found guilty of offences under the Animal Welfare Act (2006).

In May 2013, over three days, our friends at the Estonian Society for the Protection of Animals (ESPA) received seven eyewitness accounts of Medi being beaten and kicked. On one occasion she was apparently chained and beaten with a crowbar; despite pleas for her handler to stop.