ELEPHANT PROMENADE: Circus elephants in Darlington Market Place in the early 1960s on their way to the Big Top in South Park
FOR years, the British public have been promised a ban on wild animals in circuses in England and Wales.
Our understanding of animals such as elephants, zebras and lions is always improving, and we now know that a circus environment can never come close to meeting their complex needs.
The British public agree and have made their feelings on this issue clear – the overwhelming majority want an all-out ban.
For the sake of the animals, the show must not go on.
Jennifer White, Peta UK
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