La Piste aux étoiles, is always in the crosshairs
One Voice leads a nonviolent fight to defend animal rights and respect all life forms. The organization operates independently and is thus free to speak and act freely.
La Piste aux étoiles always shines as much with its shortcomings. This circus, which we forced to let Maya go, continues to mistreat other captives and present them to the public while flouting safety rules. We are filing a new complaint against this establishment and requesting that the animals be entrusted to us.
Since our alert last December, our investigators have maintained, in the
shadows, their rigorous surveillance of La
Piste aux Étoiles. Because within this sparkly glitzy named circus,
many animals live day by day under awful conditions.
A show of desolation
After
obtaining the transfer of Maya the elephant a year ago, we are
fighting today to save its former companions who are also suffering
in misfortune like Nelly and Brigit, the lion Sirius and 18 other big
cats, as well as all the monkeys detained by this establishment.
These unfortunates vegetate most of their time in tiny, rusty cages
or rickety transportation facilities, devoid of any enrichment to
distract them from this misery and they lack hiding places to get
away from prying eyes. Their most basic needs are disregarded: it is
impossible to claw anything for the tigers or even simply to drink at
will for most prisoners! Not to mention the ubiquitous unhealthiness,
with straw mattresses dripping in excrement. In this miserable
atmosphere, these prisoners are reduced to taking two steps forward
and two steps backwards throughout the day. And when despair takes
over, they injure themselves, like Sirius, by bumping into the bars
of its cage.
Recreation and punishment
While
some prisoners never get out of their confinement, others like Nelly
and Brigit have this rare “privilege” to leave their pen
for a few minutes a day. Why? To relax, move and breathe? No, of
course not. They are led under the tent to do the show. And what a
spectacle: the pain of forcing their elderly bodies to sit upon
stools, the pain of forcing their feet to play with large balls and
the pain of riding on each other or trying to stand and balance on
tubes with their front legs.
We will save them all!
This
hell must end ! Our hard and relentless investigations, the images,
the expert reports that we have patiently collected so far
demonstrate the obvious distress of these animals and the numerous
violations of this establishment vis-à-vis the regulations in force.
We not only have evidence of mistreatment, but also serious safety
deficiencies which are endangering the general public! We are
therefore once again filing a complaint against La Piste aux Étoiles.
As for Maya, we urgently also request the seizure of Nelly, Brigit,
and the other wild animals, the primates and zebras so that they can
be entrusted to us while awaiting the hearing. For them all this
period of injustice must end ! We will not forget anyone !