Friday, 02 July 2010 11:15

Advocacy organizations and a councilman animals do not want animals in a circus that is mounting in the north. The installation of a circus on the grounds of Sarmiento and Catamarca Avenue, adjoining the supermarket Carrefour, has sparked a controversy following complaints by animal abuse. According to the site First Source, the Circus World is the same until recently was known as Australian and which was denounced in the province of Cordoba for leaving several animals abandoned because he could not keep.

In this sense, Councilman Raul Pellegrini said on Friday morning to LV12 would present a note to the municipal authorities to carry out an inspection. The mayor recalled that two years ago introduced a draft ordinance to prevent the capital of Tucumán are installed circuses with animals. The project has not yet been tried.

Pellegrini admitted that the circus is entertainment for the kids but it is necessary to send a message to these kids about how to treat the environment "so that our children do not do what we do" while recalling that "the City should monitor and watch over the conditions of the animals. "

For its part, Animal Life Foundation has organized a protest this Saturday by claiming that animals are often mistreated and also be fed to dogs and cats that are caught in the vicinity of the place. "We have information that this circus comes to Concepción, where he was ousted by a group of activists who rallied for animal abuse," said Natalia López Marneros, spokeswoman for the foundation.

"This circus can not be installed in our city. The people must know and understand at once, that the use of animals in circuses is not entertainment and is punishable by law 14 346 on animal protection," said Lopez Marneros.