{"id":755351,"date":"2018-11-24T10:28:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755351"},"modified":"2018-11-24T10:50:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T15:50:24","slug":"animal-rights-group-decries-devastating-condition-of-circus-animals-in-granada-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755351","title":{"rendered":"Animal rights group decries \u201cdevastating\u201d condition of circus animals in Granada, Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The federation concluded that they were suffering from physical, mental and etiological abuse, according to a message posted on Facebook.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quote-author-avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ARK_Center.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEditor\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"quote-author-job\">The ARK Center<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>EL PAIS:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;The Granada Federation of Animal Protection Associations (Fegrapa) has denounced the \u201cdevastating\u201d condition of animals in the Roma Dola Circus, a traveling troupe that is currently touring municipalities in Spain\u2019s Granada province. After receiving a report of animal cruelty from a resident in Salar, where the circus had set up, members of the group traveled to the municipality on Saturday to assess the animals\u2019 state of health. The federation concluded that they were suffering from \u201cphysical, mental and etiological abuse,\u201d according to a message posted on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Fegrapa found a duck with two fractured wings that had been poorly cared for, leading to \u201cdeformations,\u201d two neglected camels with hardly any teeth that had been left in squalor, ponies covered with grime and insects, and lions moving erratically with signs indicative of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in cages measuring barely 1.5 square meters. The animal-rights organization also found a hippopotamus that was left exposed to the sun, next to a tin tub doubling as a \u201cdrinking trough.\u201d According to the group, the animal had \u201cflaky and cracked skin\u201d and \u201ca sad expression, as if asking for mercy&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/animal-rights\/cruelty-free-fashion-growing-leather-without-animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1MknfRFd9L8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EL PAIS: &#8216;The Granada Federation of Animal Protection Associations (Fegrapa) has denounced the \u201cdevastating\u201d condition of animals in the Roma Dola Circus, a traveling troupe that is currently touring municipalities in Spain\u2019s Granada province. 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