A long drawn out battle
For more than two years, we have been waiting for the Prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône, who is responsible for the well-being of captive wildlife on its territory, to reverse the order they made in 2017 authorizing the exploitation of Samba. Despite the evidence of her poor health, the Prefect made the implicit decision to refuse our request to repeal this decree: he did not respond to anything !
On June 27th, there was a question in Marseille about our request to repeal the Prefectural decree of May 15th, 2017, according to which Max Aucante, who is the owner of the Cirque d'Europe, he is authorized to open his establishment, to hold and present animals. Among them, tigers, baboons and Samba, which he renamed Tania after a previous procedure opposing us in the early 2000s. This petition against the Prefecture also contains our request for immediate transfer of Samba to a sanctuary. At 32 and still suffering the daily humiliation, it is more than time that she can rest and have a life worthy of her name !
The State is blind and deaf, but not silent ...
Our request, the purpose of which is to put the State in charge of its responsibilities, shows once again with this rejection, how much it refuses to open its eyes. The reports of the DDPP (service in charge of the veterinary services of the Prefecture) of 2014, on which relied the administrative court, claim that all is well for Samba and her companions of misfortune. We appeal this decision. We will never give up on Samba.
Our criminal complaint - enriched with new elements on the appalling life of the elephants from Africa - against the owner of the circus is under investigation.
Please
sign our petition to establish Samba's resettling far away from the
circus, the trucks and the chains !
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