Here comes the law forbidding animals in circuses

Final approval of the new Law on the show forbids once and for all to keep them animals in the circuses and in traveling shows. This is a huge step forward for a more humane form of entertainment, which embraces the sensitivity of most Italians. The government has the text ready to implement it. Finally, there will be no more animals in circuses, unfairly imprisoned and violently trained to be exhibited in traveling shows.

Me too’Italy therefore, a giant step is needed to modernize, supporting more than 50 countries, where it is already being implemented. It had expired in 2019. The new Entertainment Act provides that more than 2,000 animals used by 200 circuses in our country they can get a second new life. Legislation once and for all in line with the sentiment of Italians, who have been asking for this form of humanity for years.

We call on the Minister of Culture Franceschini to adopt the previous text of the implementing decree, which has already been prepared and discussed by his ministry, and to have the regulation approved as soon as possible in the Council of Ministers to allow the reconversion of the to start shows at certain times, also taking into account the order of the day welcomed by the government by the deputies Maturi (Lega) and Prestipino (Pd), this time it will result, for the animals, for the citizens, but also for the circus companies, otherwise inevitably destined to a slow death caused by a wrong and outdated idea of ​​tradition and fun.

Gianluca Felicetti, President of LAV

We hoped for an immediate stop, but this gradual overcoming will give the circus troupes the chance to adapt and build into a show free from all suffering and to get out of this barbarity, a choice now mandatory because of the low number of spectators at shows with the presence of animals.

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