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Home | Friday 4th September 2009 | Issue 689

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CIRCUS FREAKS

Last issue (SchNEWS 688) reported on the ongoing tour of the animal abusing circus, Zippos. The campaign has continued this week with activists picketing the show in Southsea.

Activists leafleted passers-by and broadcast evidence of Zippos’ abuse through megaphones, including the comments of then artistic director of Zippos, David Hibling, claiming he saw nothing cruel in the infamous 1998 Chipperfield’s Circus footage (which included animals being beaten round the face with a metal pole) and stating that he would do the same himself.

* See http://www.sarconline.co.uk for more

Keywords: animal rights, zippos circus


 

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