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One voice at the administrative court of Bordeaux: hearing on 17 october 2017 to rule on the liberation of the elephant Maya from the circus who holds her

On October 3, One Voice filed a summary “appropriate measures ” to the Administrative Tribunal of Bordeaux, to request that the prefect of Lot-et-Garonne be summoned to remove the elephant Maya from the circus that holds, and to give the association One Voice the last three reports concerning the state of health, obviously alarming thereof, under penalty of 1000 euros per day of delay. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 at 14:30 at the TA Bordeaux to discuss our request for formal notice of the Prefect.

Historical announcement: in an answer to One Voice, the national order of veterinarians condemns wild animal shows in roaming circuses and thus legitimizes one voice’s combat for their release

The National Order of Veterinarians, “organization empowering the exercise of the veterinary profession in France [and] the guarantor of the competence of professionals and their ethics”, takes a stand in the fight that leads One Voice to release wild circus animals, including elephants Maya and Lechmee and hippopotamus Jumbo.

One voice in legal action for the release of the elephant Maya

The One Voice association lodges a complaint with the Prosecutor of Agen for acts of cruelty to an animal held in captivity. It also files a reference “appropriate measures” to the Administrative Tribunal of Bordeaux, to request that the prefect of Lot-et-Garonne be summoned, under penalty of 1000 euros per day, to withdraw Maya from the circus and to hand over to the association the last three reports about Maya’s obviously alarming state of health.