Samba in Noisy-le-Grand: what are the authorities waiting for to save her?
The Cirque d’Europe, which has been exploiting Samba for over twenty years now, is currently stationed in the town of Noisy-le-Grand. The elephant’s condition is more worrying than ever. Once again, we are lodging a complaint and demanding that she be seized and placed in a sanctuary.
After a brief stint in the Seine-et-Marne region, Samba is now in the Seine-Saint-Denis region, as and when the Cirque d’Europe moves. While we were concerned about her excess weight a year and a half ago, we are now dismayed by her emaciation. With her back hollowed out and hidden between two trailers in a Noisy-le-Grand parking lot, Samba appears gaunt. Her condition has seriously deteriorated since our last complaint in June.
Two decades of fighting
A place awaits her in a sanctuary. We’re ready to take care of all the logistics of her transfer, her medical care, and to provide her with all the attention she’ll need for the rest of her life, at our own expense. What are the authorities doing to get her out of there? Our government has announced the end of wild animals’ presence in traveling circuses in 2028. Are they waiting for the animals to die, or for them to be sent abroad so they don’t have to worry about their fate when the ban comes into force? Nothing is being done to put an end to their ordeal, and even reproduction, despite the ban, continues.
The Mayor of Noisy-le-Grand is mobilizing within her capacity. We thank her for this and assure her of our support in the procedures she has initiated.
We are lodging a new complaint, this time with the public prosecutor of the Bobigny judicial court, and requesting Samba’s immediate seizure. We can organize her transfer as soon as today, at no cost to the State. Sign our petition demanding Samba’s placement in a sanctuary.