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Death of a tigress: Mevy escaped from the circus, her trainer pulled the trigger

Death of a tigress: Mevy escaped from the circus, her trainer pulled the trigger

Mis à jour le 23 April 2018

In Paris, "city of lights", a young tigress was killed on Friday 24th November 2017. Having escaped from the circus, which had obviously not respected the safety standards, Mevy was shot down by her trainer. Angry, One Voice is pressing charges. Wild animals must be in the wild and not kept in a circus trailer!

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One Voice presses charges for a failure in safety.

Whether the circus people utter the words sabotage by “animalists” or not, we are convinced of their inability to safely keep animals that they possess and de facto they do not comply with the requirements of the 2011 decree.
And what should we think of public safety or of the neighbouring populations after Friday’s sinister accident?

We accept that there may always be a chance of human error, but is it really necessary to run the risk of seeing wild animals escaping from cages? Must we get to the point of shooting animals down to protect humans? Wouldn’t it be more logical to allow the animals? Disgusted by Mévy, the tigresses’ sad fate, we complain about the damage to the physical integrity of the animal.

Mevy was killed because she showed a natural behavior in escaping from her cage, perhaps this was the only time she could afford to show this in her life: wild animals have no place in circuses!

Mevy’s life in the circuses

The tigress was only 18 months old when she was shot and her existence has merely been one of exploitation for the benefit of entertainment. To give an idea of her daily routine, she had to face long journeys in trucks, sharing living accommodation with 8 other congeners, while the tiger is a solitary animal, and to endure violent training sessions to learn how to parade and stand on stools. In the wild, there are only 3,500 tigers left. Their preservation is vital. Their place is not in circuses.

One Voice, the whistle blower

As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure. One Voice has, on several occasions, alerted the authorities of the risks incurred by animals in circuses and by the population in their vicinity. During the summer, elephants have "paraded" in the streets without any sanction being given, whether from the Prefects or the Ministry. How many deaths will it take for the authorities to react? Must we recall the sad case of Samba in 2013; the elephant that killed a man while trying to escape from a circus. But why do all these animals want to flee from circuses, despite receiving, we are told, so much love from their trainers?

If, like us, you are appalled to see the same nonsense repeatedly: join us Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 15h, a few steps from the circus Bormann Moreno in Paris, in front of France Television for a rally for Mévy, and all the others.

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In the subject

Against all odds for Samba, the last ‘circus’ elephant, whose suffering has broken the State’s indifference We will defend the animals from the Franco-Belge Circus before the courts.

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Morghane | Wednesday 29 November 2017

Je suis révoltée par la froideur avec laquelle ce soi-disant ami des animaux a abattu ce tigre qui était à lui. C'est bien la preuve qu'il ne l'aimait pas, que cet animal n'était qu'une chose dérangeante à ses yeux. Un animal retrouvant la liberté est un objet dérangeant, pas la peine de s'en encombrer... Aujourd'hui tous ceux qui aiment les animaux sont en deuil pour ce tigre comme s'il était l'un des nôtres.

Helen | Wednesday 29 November 2017

Eliminons le mammifere humain qui se croit superieur aux autres especes vivantes

Ann Ann | Wednesday 29 November 2017

Il faut arrêter les cirques avec animaux - ce n'est pas une vie pour eux et il y a des vidéos des expos des émissions pour faire connaître les habitants de notre planète - respectons leur vie à chacun et montrons l'exemple - je ne changerai pas d'avis et mes enfants n'iront jamais voir ce triste spectacle -

SanZan | Wednesday 29 November 2017

Je n'ai pas de mots tout a déjà été dit par les autres commentaires ! Je suis en phase avec les gens révoltés d'une régression en France incommensurable en 2017 ! Je ressens la mort de Mevy et sa souffrance à un tel point ! Une souffrance m'envahit moi même ! Le monde est dirigé par l'argent par ceux qui se croient plus forts ! Mais sans ce monde et cette nature ils ne seraient rien et n'existeraient même pas ! L'homme saccage et tue ce qui lui permet de vivre ! La nature et les animaux n'ont pas besoin des hommes pour survivre ! L'homme n'a aucune intelligence ! La nature et les animaux sont des entités supérieures face à nous ! Mais l'être humain veut pouvoir dominer son propre monde ! Le jour où il ne pourra plus respirer sera peut-être la seule solution pour qu'il comprenne mais il sera trop tard !l'homme est con.