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Protesters try to stop Shriners' circus - http://www.freemasonrywatch.org/montreal.html
Protest in Pointe-Claire, Quebec. |
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BBC News: 'Care orders' for suffering animals - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/981572.stm
A bill to allow commercial animals suffering cruelty to be "taken into care" has been backed by peers. The Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill would apply to farm and circus animals, guard dogs, sniffer dogs, and animals kept in pet shops in England and Wales. |
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BBC News: Animals banned from Big Top - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1092844.stm
Singapore bans wild animals being used in circus shows, citing concerns about public safety and the welfare of animals. |
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BBC - Protect circus animals call - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/201483.stm
Big top owners and animal welfare groups are demanding a change in the law to protect circus animals. |
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BBC News: Circus mass ends Vatican jubilee - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1075294.stm
By David Willey in Rome. The Pope holds a special mass dedicated to the world of entertainment, in St Peter's Square. "Healthy entertainment is good for body and soul," the Pope said. |
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Seattle P-I - Caged protester draws police, press and gawks - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/circ07.shtml
A silent act of protest by PETA against the confinement of wild animals by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Clad in only a bikini bottom and paint, a 24-year-old Bellevue woman sat in a wire cage during yesterday's lunch hour at Westlake Plaza. By Gordy Holt. |
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Guardian - Fury at 'paltry' fine on circus trainer - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3852320,00.html
Animal rights campaigners condemned the fine instead of a jail sentence imposed yesterday on the circus trainer. By Audrey Gillan. |
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Guardian - Tears of a clown - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3850457,00.html
The precarious status of the circus in the UK. By Dea Birkett. |
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Guardian - The show must go on - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3817630,00.html
When Mary Chipperfield was convicted of cruelty to her baby chimp last week, the most famous name in British circus was disgraced. But animal protesters have been targeting circuses for years, regardless of how they treat their animals. Hounding them out of business is no answer. By Dea Birkett. |