WHAT THIS CASE HAS ACHIEVED FOR ARNA AND THE ANIMAL CIRCUS CAMPAIGN

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them. That's the essence of inhumanity"

George Bernard Shaw

Contents

Animal Emotions

The Experts Say

What you can do

Code of Practice


COURT CASE FOR ARNA read of Arna's ongoing plight previous court case result Arna kills circus worker search for new home Western Plains Zoo welcomes Arna & Gigi Western Plains Zoo now permanent home for Arna & Gigi Magistrate rules that Arna was not distressed and that the circus did not cause cruelty by taking the elephants away from Arna. With extreme disappointment I have to tell you all that this is the ruling. The magistrate was incapable of putting his mind to how a wild animal such as an elephant could be psychologically distressed. Sounds absurd? Not only might you think so but also all of the TV media who were at the court - so much so that their producers told them not to run it, so that when the the circus people walked out of the court they found the television crews packing up and walking away. WHAT THIS CASE HAS ACHIEVED FOR ARNA AND THE ANIMAL CIRCUS CAMPAIGN Arna now has a friend, a companion elephant named Gigi. This would never have happened if it wasn't for the unprecedented publicity this court case has attracted nationally and internationally and the consequent pressure upon Stardust Circus and the NSW government. To pay for the extraordinary and positive publicity in all media formats that this court case has attracted for the plight of Arna's solidarity and the question of wild animals in circuses at all, would far exceed any costs Animal Liberation NSW is paying. So, having achieved this, it is up and onwards to intensify the campaign to abolish the use and abuse of exotic animals in circuses. See you at the next demonstration and council meetings (to have local governments stop animal circuses from performing on council owned and controlled land)! And thank you to all of our supporters who have contributed so much to this case and the on going campaign. Mark Pearson Executive Director Animal Liberation NSW read of Arna's ongoing plight previous court case result Arna kills circus worker search for new home Western Plains Zoo welcomes Arna & Gigi