Stop Circus Suffering

Leading wildlife vet Simon Adams and UNEP conservation ambassador Stanley Johnson have spoken out against the “degrading and incredibly damaging” use of wild animals in British circuses.

A new backbench bill fronted by former Labour Defra Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP seeks to ban wild animal acts before the next election

Animal Defenders International has today revealed that big cats are performing in an English circus once more. A new lion and tiger act presented by Thomas Chipperfield has joined Jolly’s Circus, one of two remaining English circuses to perform with wild animals.

ADI has today condemned Jolly’s Circus – one of only two circuses still to perform in Britain with wild animals – after reports that it tethered a mule, without food and water during the recent scorching weather.

ADI reveals that a new lion and tiger act presented by Thomas Chipperfield has joined Jolly’s Circus.

Following the Government’s insistence last year that they favoured an inspection and licensing regime for wild animals in travelling circuses, ADI’s request to Defra for access to their inspection reports for travelling circuses is refused.