Actually it's far from great news - it's disgusting. It amazes me how people don't care how the animals are kept or trained or the fact that they are beaten into submission. It wouldn't suprise me if the animals are drugged before performances and are declawed and have had their teeth pulled.

After the whole ordeal with Balou the bear from the last circus you would think that people would be against animals in circuses. These poor animals have already suffered being stranded in a car park for 5 days in Bahrain - no doubt they'll get stuck in Qatar too and end up at the zoo in poor condition like Balou now is.

Please don't visit the circus.

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