Stop Circus Suffering

The Welsh Government is currently consulting on proposals to “improve the welfare of animals in mobile animal exhibits” including circuses. Please join ADI today in responding to this important consultation that could very well decide the fate of a circus ban in Wales.

The big cats owned by former Ringling trainer Alexander Lacey – seven tigers, six lions and one leopard – have been holed up in Arkansas, ready to be shipped out to Germany today from Memphis International Airport.

The Ukraine, in Eastern Europe, currently hosts dozens of animal circuses and shows. With proposals to ban the use of animals in circuses under discussion in parliament, could an end to the suffering finally be in sight?

Animal Defenders International, Born Free Foundation, Captive Animals’ Protection Society, and OneKind, welcome the publication of the Scottish Government Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland.

It is eleven years since a British Government first promised a ban on wild animals in circuses – eleven years of animal misery.

The evidence is clear – wild animals suffer in travelling circuses and present a public safety risk, with a ban on their use a proportionate and popular measure.