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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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OneKind therefore urges the Scottish Parliament to support a strong Circus Bill for Scotland.

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