A proposal set to be adopted by the municipal council late Friday will see permits withheld from 2020 for circuses that wish to operate in Paris while showing off wild animals. Most circus animals are lions, but there are also tigers, elephants, two hippos, baboons, macaques, snakes and parrots, camels, bears, ostriches and even zebras. In western Europe, 12 countries have a full, national ban on wild animals in circuses, and another 11 have partial, species-specific injunctions, according to a map compiled by One Voice. Meanwhile, Paris is following through on a plan announced in December 2017 to ban the use of wild animals in circuses, a step already taken by about 65 other French municipalities. Arnal added that for circus animals, "It is not a life worth living.

Source: The Local November 15, 2019 16:07 UTC