Already 20 countries in the world prohibit the use of wild animals in circuses. 64 French cities have also joined in. One Voice launches an inverted countdown and asks France to be the 21st country to refuse their exploitation!
It was July 12 in Granville, where one of the biggest circuses with animals from Europe was performing, time now for an action with the model Juliana Marques.
Locked in cramped trailers, transported from town to town, wild animals have no place in circuses. The experts commissioned by One Voice are unambiguous, nothing can be done to satisfy their well-being in travelling shows. Jumbo the hippo only comes out of his truck for 30 minutes a day. He only gets a jet of water when he should be spending long hours underwater. Elephants such as Maya or Samba suffer from the loneliness of going crazy. We remember the dramatic escape of Samba in 2013, which cost the life of a passer-by. The elephant Lechmee is blind and handicapped. She is unable to feed herself without the help of her companions and suffers at every step. And we’ve also seen the lion Chirkane rebel against his handler.
Awareness is on an international level. 20 countries in the world have already banned wild animals in circuses, 16 have taken at least partial measures. In Europe, 20 countries have partially banned them. Will France be the 21st country of the 21st century to achieve a ban? 64 municipalities have already positioned themselves in this direction and the circuses themselves have begun their conversion, lately we have seen André-Joseph Bouglione convert.
On July 12th, on the occasion of the launch of its new campaign "One day too many in the circuses", One Voice was in Granville where the biggest circus with animals of Europe raised its marquee. Beside us, the model Juliana Marques carried her message. After 5 hours of an artistic body-painting by the talented Ophélie Nezan, she represented the fight that we lead in the best way possible, in the form of the tiger, the logo of One Voice.
A special internet site was launched on July 11, launching an inverted countdown and prompting the public to metaphorically saw through the bars of animal cages held in circuses. Our latest survey (IPSOS / One Voice in December 2016) indicates that a large majority of French people consider that the animals are stressed (80%) and unhappy (69%). A major turning point is finally announced in this fight that One Voice has been conducting for 18 years! With the support of the greatest number, it can be crossed. Providing these animal prisoners with a peaceful end to this captive life is just a click away.
Muriel Arnal says: "For wild animals who live in circuses life is unbearable. What they suffer there is like slavery. In this prison world, a life of beatings and privation, they eventually go mad. And is it their madness and their submission to this violence that should be shown to the children? It's time for this to finish. The world is ready. France, which has already positioned itself for dolphins, must go further. The circus of tomorrow will be without animals! "
