Stop Circus Suffering

Circus owners Bobby and Moira Roberts are on trial in the U.K.

Rhanee the ex-Chipperfield circus elephant dies After four years at Wroclaw Zoo in Poland, Rhanee, the elephant that caught the heart of the nation during the cruelty trial of Mary Chipperfield, her husband Roger Cawley and their elephant keeper Michael (Steve) Gills, has passed away. Read more… Ten years since the conviction of Mary Chipperfield on […]

Bobby and Moira Roberts, owners of Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus, are being prosecuted on criminal charges over the mistreatment of Anne the elephant.

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.

In a letter to Animal Defenders International, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, the minister for animal welfare at Defra, reiterated his earlier indication that the Labour government intend to pursue a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.

Animal Defenders International’s Stop Circus Suffering campaign makes major breakthrough