{"id":28190,"date":"2011-04-04T08:06:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/28190\/wild-animals-banned-uk-circus\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T08:06:41","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T12:06:41","slug":"wild-animals-banned-uk-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/28190\/wild-animals-banned-uk-circus\/","title":{"rendered":"WILD ANIMALS WILL BE BANNED FROM UK CIRCUS"},"content":{"rendered":"

WILD ANIMALS WILL BE BANNED FROM UK CIRCUS
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WILD animals will be banned from Britain\u2019s circuses under new Government plans, the Sunday Express can reveal.<\/p>\n


Caroline Spelman is now \u201cminded\u201d to introduce the ban, say senior sources<\/p>\n

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has been persuaded that forcing elephants, tigers, lions, camels and other exotic creatures to perform tricks for audiences is wrong in modern Britain.
She is also said to believe that making them travel thousands of miles every year in cramped lorry trailers known as \u201cbeast \u00adwagons\u201d is harmful to their welfare.<\/p>\n

While Animal Welfare Minister Jim Paice told MPs last month that a new policy was \u201cclose to completion\u201d, his boss Ms Spelman is now \u201cminded\u201d to introduce the ban, say senior sources. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg also favours such a move.
Officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs are working on the final details to ensure there is no conflict with European legislation. An announcement is expected within weeks.<\/p>\n

Dr Ros Clubb, senior scientist with the RSPCA, which has called for the ban, said last night: \u201cIt\u2019s about time that in Britain we showed we really are a nation of animal lovers.\u201d The development comes a week after undercover footage showed a Romanian groom at the Bobby Roberts circus beating 59-year-old Asian elephant Anne with a pitchfork and kicking her. Anne, who is severely arthritic, is now to be re-homed at Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire where she will be protected from such cruelty.
The film, which provoked national outrage, spurred celebrities and ministers into action, with actor Brian Blessed leading a delegation to Downing Street last week.<\/p>\n

Under existing laws, travelling circuses only have to comply with relatively simple guidelines under the Animal Welfare Act which governs how domestic pets must be treated. They are specifically excluded from tougher cruelty and welfare laws for zoos.<\/p>\n

Although legislation was passed in 1976 to stop the unlicensed trade in animals such as lions, tigers and elephants for private collections or commercial organisations, travelling circuses were again excluded.<\/p>\n

The only legal registration for circuses, applying to those people who train or exhibit their animals, is not intended to protect welfare and, according to a recent Government report, is widely regarded as ineffective.
A Government consultation with the circus industry, welfare groups and the public, published in March last year, found that 94 per cent of more than 10,000 responses wanted a ban on wild animals in circuses.
Liz Tyson, Captive Animals\u2019 Protection Society director, said last night: \u201cAfter more than 50 years of campaigning, we are pleased to hear the Government is minded to pursue a ban on wild animal acts in circuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tragic plight of Anne once again mobilised the people. From protesting on the streets, to lobbying MPs, the past week has been filled with cries for a ban. We look forward to hearing the details.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WILD ANIMALS WILL BE BANNED FROM UK CIRCUS AfSD\u2122(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS\u2122) Advocate for Saving Dogs\u2122 on Facebook Phil WILD animals will be banned from Britain\u2019s circuses under new Government plans, the Sunday Express can reveal. Caroline Spelman is now \u201cminded\u201d to introduce the ban, say senior sources Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has been persuaded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}