ANDY WELLS: ‘Travelling circuses in England will be banned from using wild animals from next year, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. Mr Gove announced a new bill to prevent animals such as reindeer, zebras and camels being forced to perform in circuses in England. The Wild Animals in Circuses Bill follows the Government’s pledge in February 2018 to introduce a ban by the time the existing interim licensing regulations expire in January 2020.
It comes after the Scottish Government was the first in the UK to pass legislation to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in 2017. In July last year, the then Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones announced the Welsh Government will introduce similar legislation in the next 12 months. Mr Gove said: “Travelling circuses are no place for wild animals in the 21st century and I am pleased that this legislation will put an end to this practice for good’. SOURCE…
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