Articles tagged with: Alexei Sayle Comedian tells Government to “get a move on” as British circus ban farce continues 23 January 2015 · 56 comments Popular bill to bring in Government’s promised ban on wild animals in circuses stalls on TENTH attempt Wild animals to be banned from circuses……one day 1 March 2012 · 0 comments The Government has, once again, postponed a ban on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses indefinitely. Rhanee the ex-Chipperfield circus elephant dies 10 August 2011 · 1 comment After four years in a zoo in Poland, Rhanee, the elephant that caught the heart of the nation during the cruelty trial of Mary Chipperfield, Roger Cawley and elephant keeper Michael (Steve) Gills, has passed away.