Circus Elephant Suffering with the Great British Circus

This time last year, Animal Defenders International released the shocking findings of an investigation of the Great British Circus.

A year on, and the UK public are more than ever behind a ban on wild animals in circuses... but it is in danger of slipping away due to political inaction.

This week, Jim Fitzpatrick MP tabled an EDM calling for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. EDM 403 states:

That this House notes that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs public consultation on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses shows that 94.5 per cent. of respondents support a ban as the best option to protect the welfare of circus animals; further notes that the new Government has been unclear on whether it will take action; believes that treating wild animals as circus tricks has no place in civilised society; underlines that violence against animals continues to occur routinely in circuses as revealed in an investigation into the Great British Circus in 2009; recognises that the only thing stopping this ban from coming into place is a decision by Ministers; and urges the Government to use its powers under section 12 of the Animal Welfare Act to make a regulation banning the use of all wild animals in circuses.

ADI CALLS ON ALL SUPPORTERS to contact their MP and ask them to sign EDM 403 Wild Animals in Circuses: it is vital the new Government is pushed to pursue a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.

Write to them at:
The House of Commons,
London,
SW1A 0AA.

Contact our office and get supplies of our postcards, to give to friends, colleagues and family, so that they can also write to their MP in support of EDM 403.

Tel: 020 7630 3340
Email: info@ad-international.org

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[guygallagher410]

This video went viral on Sweden

[TutorialsAndLuvv]

This makes me sick to my stomach.

[11301920]

Remember this when a circus comes to town. If I EVER saw this I would be in jail because whatever they used to beat that animal, I would take it away and do the same to them and I wouldn't stop until they were dead.

[Mishkaa123]

I´m crying... STUPID PEOPLE!!!!

[NewRiverAngel]

why don't we gather the people who commit the abuse and hold them liable for their actions. not necessarily legally though. how about we chain them up and wait for insanity to set in, then rack them in the head whenever they move?

[rhinolophogus]

sorry both of these fuckers should be fucking killed

[rhinolophogus]

that dudes gonna die

[Helle1dscu]

Where is WAPCA?? in this ?? dont go to the circus- and support idiots like this..

Poor elephant... I will write to WAPCA,, NOW:

[majoy181226]

Elephants will not kill him coz they though him is thier parent.In this cae animal has the higher mind than that guy who is human.

[ddaung]

Please stop all these cruelties. Be Vegetarian.