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Animals News tagged with circus elephant

Jumbo the Elephant Finally Free
Animals  (tags: jumbo, new zealand, circus elephant, retirement, donations, campaign, elephant sanctuary )

Simone
- 2 days ago - tvnz.co.nz
The retirement of circus elephant Jumbo is being hailed as a victory by animal rights group Save Animals From Exploitation (Safe). Jumbo, New Zealand's only African elephant, spent 28 years with the Weber Bros Circus before a decision last week to put
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Row Over 55-Year-Old Elephant at Blackburn Circus
Animals  (tags: 55 year old elephant, anne, circus elephant, sanctuary, objection, mistreated, retirement )

Simone
- 83 days ago - blackburncitizen.co.uk
A ROW has broken out over one of the last remaining animal circuses which is coming to Blackburn next week. Campaign group 'Captive Animals' Protection Society' (CAPS) wants the public to boycott the Bobby Roberts Circus, claiming it features an
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Misleading Elephant Welfare Campaign Was 'Justified'
Animals  (tags: elephant exploitation, circus elephant, new zealand, animal organistaion, freedom, sanctuary )

Simone
- 108 days ago - stuff.co.nz
An animal welfare organisation is unrepentant for its advertising campaign aimed at getting Jumbo the elephant out of the circus, which the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) deemed misleading. "We feel absolutely justified in what we did and
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Lawsuit Accuses Ringling Bros. of Abusing Elephants- VIDEO
Animals  (tags: ringling, lawsuit, mistreatement, circus elephant, bullhooked, abused, animal welfare, protection )

Simone
- 157 days ago - ktnv.com
In the circus, you see gentle giants donning funny outfits and performing tricks on tiny tubs. It's anything but an elephant's natural environment. "Should the elephants get out there and perform these tricks every day for the public so you
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RSPCA Rage As Elephants Return To UK Circus
Animals  (tags: RSPCA, circus elephant, imprisoned, abused, outrage, animal activists, animal welfare )

Simone
- 268 days ago - news.sky.com
Three elephants called Sonja, Delhi and Vana Mana have made their debut at the Newark Showground in Nottingham. The decision to include the giant mammals as part of the Great British Circus Act has outraged animal rights activists. Head of the RSPCA
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Ringling Bros. Circus Goes on Trial for Alleged Elephant Abuse
Animals  (tags: animals, suffering, cruelty, humans, circus elephant )

Tom
- 290 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
After more than eight years of litigation, the case brought by animal activists against the Ringling Bros. circus, alleging routine mistreatment of the circus' Asian elephants, goes to trial today in U.S. District Court.
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The Odd, Remarkable, Yet True Story of Jumbo the Circus Elephant
Animals  (tags: jumbo, circus elephant, mistreated, sadness, tragedy, elephants, history )

Simone
- 601 days ago - csmonitor.com
The story begins in 1862, when a European adventurer noticed a scrawny baby elephant who had been ripped from his mother for export to Europe. There, crowds were flocking to zoos and it was hoped that an African elephant - not seen in Europe since the
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Killer Ex-Circus Elephant Finds Zoo Home
Animals  (tags: circus elephant, arna, new permanent home, taronga zoo, wild elephants )

Simone
- 639 days ago - news.com.au
A FORMER circus elephant that killed her handler has found a permanent home at Taronga Western Plains Zoo. After undergoing health and behavioural assessments at the Dubbo zoo, Arna, who crushed her handler, 57-year-old Ray Williams, in December last
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Man Dies After Being Crushed By Circus Elephant
Animals  (tags: animals, elephant, man crushed, nsw, yamba, circus elephant, australia )

Ali
- 697 days ago - news.com.au
A PERSON has died after being crushed by a circus elephant at Yamba on the NSW north coast, police say. The Stardust Circus, with elephants Arna and Gigi among the star attractions, was due to begin its Yamba performances at 7pm (AEDT) tomorrow.
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Elephant Sparks New Row Over Circus Animals
Animals  (tags: circus elephant, elephant abuse, suffering, anne, 54 years old, touring elephant )

Simone
- 848 days ago - sundayherald.com
SCOTLAND MAY have seen the last of wild animals in the circus, as an animal rights group claimed a circus violated local authority agreements not to use Anne, the last touring elephant in Britain, for commercial gain. The 54-year-old animal, believed
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Anne: Last of the Circus Elephants All Alone at 54
Animals  (tags: loneliness, circus elephant, captive elephant, prisons, lonely, companion, suffering, lonely )

Simone
- 848 days ago - observer.guardian.co.uk
She was a big star once. Crowds flocked the length and breadth of the country to see her perform. Her picture adorned railings in every town that she visited and children queued to have their photograph taken with her. Now Anne, Britain's last circus
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Endangered Circus Elephant Stomps Man To Death
Animals  (tags: circus elephant, circus animal cruelty, elephant abuse, elephants, prisons, man, endangered )

Simone
- 857 days ago - wtkr.com
Police in Thailand say a circus elephant stomped a man to death after the man apparently angered him. Police say the six-year-old elephant was resting in an open field when the man struck him. The elephant picked up the man with his trunk and hurled
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