Stop Circus Suffering

Day by day at the trial that shook the circus world.

The case started on Monday 18 January. Mary Cawley was charged with 21 offences.

Circus Misery on Trial – The Mary Chipperfield Trial

It was a bad blow that the CPS did not ask the magistrate to remove the couple’s Dangerous Wild Animals Act licence, impose a ban, or request that Mary Chipperfield’s name be removed from the Performing Animal trainers’ register.

There is an overwhelming case that ‘wild’ animals should be banned from circuses, but clearly ‘domestic’ species are not immune to suffering. The Animal Welfare Bill needs to protect these animals too.

Stop Circus Suffering campaign launched in Portugal and Norway