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OneKind Campaigner Sarah Moyes gives us the lowdown on the passing of the Bill to ban wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland. [View the story “Scotland bans wild animals in travelling circuses” on Storify]  

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Leading animal protection charity OneKind is today (Wednesday 20th December) celebrating as the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill has been passed. The Bill was passed by unanimously following a debate at Holyrood. Scotland is now the… Read more

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With the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses Bill about to be passed by Holyrood, Libby Anderson, OneKind’s Policy Advisor, reflects on a decade of campaigning to end the use of wild animals in circuses. Having taken a leading role in campaigning for a… Read more

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OneKind, Scotland’s animal campaigns charity, has welcomed today’s Stage 1 vote in support of the General Principles of the Bill, which will see the use of wild animals in travelling circuses banned in Scotland. The Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses… Read more

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This briefing by OneKind was provided by MSPs with regard to the Stage 1 debate on the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill scheduled for this Thursday 5th October. OneKind supports the aims of the Bill and also supports the Scottish Gov… Read more

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Leading animal protection charity OneKind has called on the Scottish Parliament to pass a strong circus bill that will end the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland. The Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill is currently… Read more

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Every summer, right up to 2011, a traditional travelling circus would make a two-month tour of southern and central Scotland.  Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus always brought with it their aged, arthritic elephant Anne, taken from the wild in Sri Lanka and… Read more

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It has been a long time coming, but today is the day that the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill starts its progress through the Scottish Parliament. In around a year, we hope, our law will state: “A person who is a circus operator com… Read more

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The Scottish public care deeply about animal issues. Last year in the run op to the Holyrood elections OneKind and our partners in the More for Scotland’s Animals coalition commissioned a YouGov Poll to test public support for progress on animal welfar… Read more

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Scotland could be a wild-animal-circus-free zone by next summer. OneKind understands that the Scottish Government Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses will be lodged before the Scottish Parliament rises for the summer recess. The… Read more

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In its new proposed programme for Government 2016/17, the Scottish Parliament has pledged to introduce a Bill this session to end the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland. This follows decades of campaigning and lobbying for a ban by… Read more

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OneKind has responded to a Scottish Government consultation on wild animals in travelling circuses. Download (PDF, 562KB)

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Circuses are no fun for animals; they are transported throughout their life cycle, routinely travelling for seven hours or more, often covering thousands of miles a year, regardless of age, condition or reproductive status. Download (PDF, 212KB)  … Read more

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OneKind is pleased that East Ayrshire Council is considering extending its policy on the use of Council land by circuses using animals, and grateful for the opportunity to submit views on this matter. Download (PDF, 223KB)

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In the summer of 2009, Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus set out on a tour of southern and central Scotland. Travelling with the circus were horses, ponies and dogs for use in the show, as well as two non-domesticated animals. This report describes how, as t… Read more

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We believe that a complete ban on wild animals in travelling circuses (both terms as defined in the Impact Assessment) is extremely desirable and indeed, overdue. Download (PDF, 244KB)

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