Council land ban on circuses
PA Wellington Travelling circuses may be prohibited from using city council land when they (visit Wellington in future. A report will go to the Wellington City Council parks and recreation committee (recommending that circuses using exotic animals be banned from ' using council land. The recommendation comes from the parks director, Mr Richard Nanson, (who said he did not want to comment until the
■' . - committee! had discussed the issue. , i i !
The "Evening' Post” said the recommendation apparently resulted from a letter from a group called Save Animals from Exploitation (S.A.F.E.). The group had issued a statement saying it was encouraged! by the proposal for’a ! ban. The group 1 said circus animals were banned in more than 90 boroughs in Britain and more than nine local ! authorities in Australia, i
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Press, 9 March 1988, Page 26
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