Elephant Anne And Roberts' Super Circus
EDM number 1658 in 2010-12, proposed by Bob Russell on 28/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Animal welfare.
That this House congratulates Animal Defenders International for its undercover work in filming appalling abuse and ill-treatment of 58-year-old elephant, Anne, belonging to circus owner Bobby Roberts; thanks The Daily Mail for publicising the ill-treatment of the elephant and other animals; calls on the Government and other agencies immediately to suspend licences issued to Roberts' Super Circus pending an investigation including the involvement of the police; and urges the Government to ban any species of wild animal in a travelling circus, a policywhich a consultation has shown would be backed by 95 per cent. of the population.
This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.
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