Stop Circus Suffering

It has been brought to our attention that Longleat has permitted Tatler magazine to take photos of Emma McQuiston with Anne inside her enclosure and one of her keepers, who can be seen holding a bullhook.

Following ADI’s revelation that Circus Mondao was touring with wild animals without a licence, Defra has since confirmed that licences were issued to both Circus Mondao and Peter Jolly’s Circus.

Newly released inspection reports and licence applications for Circus Mondao and Peter Jolly’s Circus reveal a number of omissions and breaches, and raise a number of welfare concerns.

The costly licensing scheme for wild animals in circuses, which became effective in January, has failed to issue licences to the two circuses that have applied to include wild and exotic animals in their circus tours for the 2013 season, which has already got under way.

Despite a cold and wintry night, around 20 local supporters joined ARAN at a demo outside the Kilkenny Town Hall on Monday 11th March to call on the council to support a motion to ban circuses with wild animals from performing on council-owned land.

ADI has an obligation to probe and ask questions of those in possession of vulnerable animals, and we take particular life-long interest in those animals whose lives have been changed by an ADI investigation. The long-term monitoring of Anne’s life that resulted in the successful recordings in the barn, led to her final release from her suffering.