Circus life is not happy for Annie

From the archive, first published Wednesday 19th Oct 2005.

UNFORTUNATELY, that throwback to a less enlightened age, the circus with animals, was in the Bolton area last week.

Bobby Roberts, who trails a lone, old, arthritic elephant up and down the country year after year, tells people that Annie the elephant is part of his family.

I wasn't aware it was usual to keep one's family members in chains, depriving them of company of their own kind!

If Bobby Roberts had an ounce of decency in him, he would let this wretched animal go to the sanctuary which has been offered. Couldn't be anything to do with money could it? A few pounds a time for visitors to have their photos taken with the elephant. A few thousand a time for the commercials she has ìstarredî in.

The saddest thing of all is that those people who visited the circus for their hour of pleasure condemn this animal to live out what's left of her life in misery.

Susan Berry

Preston

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