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Nelly the Elephant Packed Her Trunk … and Went on the Run Photo by Vyacheslav ProkofyevTASS via Getty Images Yvonne and George Kludsky grew up as part of circus royalty – fourth- and sixth-generation circus performers respectively. In the big top heyday of the ’50s and ’60s, circus animals were viewed as exciting and glamorous. Things are now very different. Reduced to one elephant named Dumba, keeping her has meant that animal rights activists have been “making the family’s life hell.” So much so that in September 2020 they packed up Dumba, and disappeared.  In this article f...

© In-Cyprus 2021 William Kerwich hasn’t performed a circus show since March. Instead, his family’s travelling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France, his lions and tigers confined to their pens and his main tent packed up. Kerwich can only guess when the COVID-19 crisis will ease enough for the government to allow his circus to resume entertaining crowds. Even then he faces another threat to his livelihood: a likely ban on wild animals in circuses. “We might lose our animals, but also our profession, our tradition,” he told Reuters. Kerwich had to ...

The show must go on, but COVID-19 and animal ban threaten French circuses By Stanis Bujakera The Royal Circus amid COVID-19 pandemic in France SENAS, France (Reuters) – William Kerwich hasn’t performed a circus show since March. Instead, his family’s travelling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France, his lions and tigers confined to their pens and his main tent packed up. Kerwich can only guess when the COVID-19 crisis will ease enough for the government to allow his circus to resume entertaining crowds. Even then he faces another threat to his livelihoo...

French parliament debates ban on wild animals in circuses 991 shares 26/01/2021 - 17:55 An elephant on show at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris. © Bertrand Guay, AFP 5 min French lawmakers on Tuesday debated an animal welfare bill that would ban using wild animals in travelling circuses and keeping dolphins and whales in captivity in marine parks, amid other restrictions.  Advertising Read more Circus workers held a protest against the bill outside the National Assembly, saying the...