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Britain’s biggest wild animal circus sells its animals

Carole Baskin

Britain’s biggest wild animal circus sells its animals

 The largest wild animal circus in the UK is selling off its animals.Martin Lacey, owner of the Great British Circus told Horse and Hound magazine that he plans to go animal free. 

Jan Creamer, President of ADI said: “We have shown incidents of animal cruelty and suffering atthe Great British Circus on a number of occasions, so we are pleased thatanimals will no longer suffer in this circus. We welcome the news that thecircus is to go animal free - businesses can continue successfully with just human performers and there are many shows that do that. We canonly hope that this provides an incentive for the Government to bring in a ban, while there are so few wild animals in UK circuses. The public and parliament bot h want it, and it would draw a line under this archaic use of animals once and for all.”

 The Great British Circus' group of four Friesian horses, a zebra and two other horses that perform a “little and large” act are advertised for sale in Horse and Hound. Mr. Lacey said four other zebras had gone to a private collector along with some camels. A Great British Circus wo rker recently informed an ADI investigator that the tigers currently with the circus are to be sold to an Italian Circus, although this has yet to be confirmed.

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