Giraffes and elephants: seen in a parking lot in Brescia

A few meters from a .’s cars parking spot in specific you can see walking elephant it is a giraffe. It happens in Brescia before the arrival of the Maya Orfei circus and the show “Madagascar”, which brings more than 100 animals throughout Italy. There are also zebras, lions and a white lion. The ticket price includes a visit to the cages and small quarters.

The circus will remain there until November 13. Citizens and activists have already protested a lot, as they have been asking for a long time forbid the shows of wild animals. Some citizens have asked the ASL offices to conduct an inspection to determine the condition of the animals. The mayor, on the other hand, was asked to take measures to ban shows with exotic animals. It is not easy to get such a ban. In Italy, the law has been applicable to circuses for over 50 years now. Administrative judges cannot resist applying it. In addition, there is no Community legislation that can prohibit shows with circus animals. The European Commission says it does not have the necessary powers and is transferring the power to the individual Member States.

As part of a review process, evaluate the criteria for the allocation of the Single Entertainment Fund contributions, taking into account the Ministerial Decree and Law No. 175 of 2017, and pending the adoption of regulatory measures prohibiting the use of the presence of animals in circus activities, the ability to discourage circuses that use animals and do not commit to not acquiring new ones, thus ensuring adequate oversight of these divestments processes.

Michela Montevecchi, Senator of the Five Star Movement in Government

To date, however, no concrete results have been achieved with this. For example, many circuses continue to perform animal exploitation shows for large audiences.