Circus news archives

2010

September - Ministers urged to ban animal circuses

July - Government urged to ban animal circuses

April 2010 - New video exposes circus cruelty

March 2010 - Government support animal circus ban

February 2010 - Help end animal circuses: Join the government consultation

2009

December - Elephant training cruelty revealed

November - Brazil steps closer towards animal circus ban

October - MPs call for animal circus ban

October - Portuguese circuses hit by ban

October - Llamas on the loose

August - Urge Haringey Council to keep circus ban

August - Secret video exposes UK circus elephant suffering

June - Scottish Parliament Motion Against Animal Circuses

June - Circuses don’t meet animals’ needs say researchers

June - Elephant Beating Exposes Circus Cruelty

May - Bolivia Bans Animal Circuses

May - Horse falls in circus ring

February - The Hanging of Big Mary: Someone Worth Remembering

February - From the African Plains to a UK Circus: The Shocking Story of Circus Star

January - Northern Ireland Assembly Members Call for Ban on Animal Circuses

2008

November - The Ethics of Animal Circuses

November - Advertising Standards Authority Criticise Circus Over False Claims

May - Circus cautioned over Foot and Mouth disease breach

March - An appeal from Lady Stratford

February - Circus ringmaster violently attacks BBC reporter

February - Government Report Fails Animals in Circuses

2007

October - China’s Cruelty Circuses Condemned

August - Elephant dies at Irish Circus

July - What happened to Ming?

July - Anne - alone, elderly, arthritic

April - Advertising Standards Authority Slams Animal Circus Claims

2006

December - Arts Council of Ireland funds animal circuses

October - Irish councils ban animal circuses

April - Animal circus ban defended

March - Animal circus finds public oppose use of horses