France Bans The Use Of Wild Animals In Circus

[{"selector":"#anim-56da5828-33a3-49f6-9598-3d0d2efeab0c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":300,"duration":1000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Republic on the Move (LREM) party called the legislation “a historic step in animal rights combat”.

[{"selector":"#anim-e3f0c317-0ea2-4a99-bb50-95776a3a4818 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(7.671329883625563%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] French lawmakers have approved a ban on the use of wild animals in circus performances as well as mink farms.

[{"selector":"#anim-0f043855-dcce-4ebe-979a-994d6bf252a4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(35.32566599260856%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The ban will include wild animals such as lions, tigers, and bears, with enforcement beginning in 2024.

[{"selector":"#anim-96e46e71-6232-4828-b939-a7169ae13a2d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":250,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] According to polls the majority of people in France support banning the use of wild circus animals and dozens of cities in many French towns have already stopped the use of wild animals in circuses.

[{"selector":"#anim-9e0d8921-a4f5-4f1b-b253-97e7645e3ddb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(32.94622734358772%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] However, circus owners are unhappy as there are an estimated 120 circuses in France.

[{"selector":"#anim-be06fc7a-e2df-4cf3-818b-b157b162f535 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(21.264973148160017%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Several events in France in recent years have added momentum for the ban, including the death of a sickly performing bear called Mischa in 2019 that had been rescued from animal trainers, as well as the shooting of an escaped tiger in Paris in 2017.

[{"selector":"#anim-02a37579-9b0a-480e-82cf-2f7d20efdf5d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Several other countries including Romania, Iran, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, as well as a number of U.S. cities like Los Angeles, New York City, and Portland and many more have already instated similar legislation that bans the use of wild animals in circuses.

[{"selector":"#anim-e964a528-11d4-49f3-b154-1a006f463067 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(8.01980794031956%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The first ban was approved in 1998, when bears, monkeys, tigers, and panthers were banned from being forced to perform for entertainment acts in India, but elephants were exempt from the law. Later, in 2013, India officially banned elephants from circuses.

[{"selector":"#anim-d933bf56-89b5-4af6-9ac3-c305befd026c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(37.47288000415271%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] A French traveling circus owner William Kerwich, who is also the head of France’s circus animal trainers’ union said that his members would appeal the law in court and protest.

France Bans The Use Of Wild Animals In Circus

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