#Act4 Wildlife Environment Secretary Michael Gove has today (1 May) announced a new Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. UK Government bans wild animals in circuses 1 May 2019
#Act4 Wildlife From 2022 the granting of these grants will be conditioned to a cessation in the use of wild animals The Spanish Ministry of Culture to end subsidies for circuses with animals by 2022 25 April 2019 AAP
#Act4 Wildlife Animal advocates congratulate the city of Madrid for banning wild animals from circuses Circuses with wild animals banned from the Madrid Capital Region 27 March 2019
#Act4 Wildlife In particular, wild animals in circuses should be a thing of the past, with an increasing number of organisations calling for a ban at EU level. EU leaders should work harder to protect wild animals (and citizens) 3 March 2019 AAP
#Act4 Wildlife On Wednesday 4 July in Osnabrück an elephant of the Circus Krone fell over the spectator area during a performance. Elephant nearly crushes audience in Krone Circus 9 July 2018
#Act4 Wildlife A major animal transport operation took place across Europe: five tigers have being transferred from the rescue centre AAP Primadomus in the small town of Villena, in South-East Spain, to Isle of Wight Zoo, in the English Channel. Five ex-circus tigers en-route to new future in the UK 24 June 2018
#Act4 Wildlife On 6 June, Luxembourg has adopted a new Animal Welfare Act including Positive Lists for mammal and non-mammal pets and for animals used in circuses. Luxembourg adopts positive lists to regulate the exotic pet trade and the use of animals in circuses 18 June 2018
#Act4 Wildlife After years of campaigning against circuses with animals, on 25 May 2018 the Slovak Parliament adopted a landmark amendment to the Veterinary Act introducing an ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. SLOBODA ZVIERAT: Slovakia bans wild animals in circuses and introduces mandatory microchipping for dogs 4 June 2018 Sloboda Zvierat
#Act4 Wildlife Thanks to the hard work of several member organisations of Eurogroup for Animals, Ireland becomes the 20th EU Member State to introduce a ban or restrictions on the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. Irish success! Wild animals banned from circuses as of 1 January 10 November 2017 DSPCA
#Act4 Wildlife On 8 November the Italian Parliament adopted a legislation prescribing the phase-out of circuses and travelling exhibitions with animals following a 2016 draft bill of the Government. Italy phases out the use of animals in circuses and travelling exhibitions 9 November 2017 LAV
#Act4 Wildlife Former Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Circus big cat trainer Alexander Lacey is back performing in Europe following his controversial departure from the US last month. The show sadly goes on for ex-Ringling big cats in Europe. 18 October 2017 ADI