Lion Aid
UK Zoo is source of inbred lions used in a Japanese circus
Investigators from UK charities, LionAid and Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), have today released evidence to suggest that white lions bred at West Midland Safari Park have been shipped, via a UK animal trainer, to a travelling circus in Japan. The news has been branded “a shocking betrayal of both the animals and the public” by the two investigating organisations.
White lions are purposely inbred and zoos should not have them in their collections. They might be “cute” but contribute nothing to increasingly urgent conservation needs of their tawny relatives in the wild.
Click below to read the full press release:
http://www.lionaid.org/news/2012/11/uk-zoo-is-source-of-inbred-lions-used-in-japanese-circus.htm
