LET ANNE THE ELEPHANT RETIRE TO A SANCTAURY

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Anyone thinking of going to Bobby Roberts Circus - DON'T they have a 55 year old elephant called Anne who has arthritis and although she no longer performs she is made to stand in a tent all day with a chain on her leg so she cannot move, swinging her trunk from side to side an obvious sign of distress, Bobby Roberts charges Ł6 to have people stand with her and have a picture taken.
Born free have offered to pay him to release her to a sanctuary where she can retire in peace and be with other elephants but he refuses and the misery on her face tells it all,
Anne was taken from the wild in Sri Lanka when she was five and he has carted her around for 50 years and will not let her have the retirement she deserves after all she has brought to him, they also have performing dogs, horses and a camel.
Please boycott this circus or write a letter to the local paper and the council and inform shops who have the posters displayed of the suffering that is going on....
http://www.captiveanimals.org/elephants/anne.htm
What Bobby Roberts had to say about the Born Free offer to take Anne to a sanctary :
http://www.bobby-roberts.co.uk/anne-statement.htm
Not good enough !!
LET ANNE HAVE PEACE !

We the undersigned request that Anne the Elephant be immediately handed over to a suitable sanctuary where there are other Elephants, so that she can live out the rest of her days in peace and amongst her own kind.
We also request that you find suitable longterm homes for the other animals forced to act in your circus,
Until this is done we will continue to Boycott Bobby Roberts Circus' and to spread the word amongst family , friends and through internet social sites.

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We signed the "LET ANNE THE ELEPHANT RETIRE TO A SANCTAURY" petition!

# 1,886:

12:08 pm PDT, Oct 19, Slavoljub Zaric, Canada

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12:05 pm PDT, Oct 19, Olga Zaric, Canada

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3:00 am PDT, Oct 19, Elena Georgiadou, Greece
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Do you think Animals should be in Circus's?

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9:44 am PDT, Oct 18, Afroditi Katsikis, California
Bobby Reynolds should be sequestered away from all humans during the last few years of his life just as he is doing to Anne! Bobby Reynolds is a selfish greedy man and will never understand the needs of animals - especially elephants who always reside in a family group of elephants - not people!

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5:19 am PDT, Oct 12, Carolyn Grimaldi, Connecticut

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12:12 am PDT, Oct 12, Natalie York, Nevada
Release this elephant to a sanctuary immediately. This circus should be ashamed of itself! Animal cruelty, abuse & neglect!

NO! Definately Not. There should be a world-wide ban on animals being used in circuses!

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1:28 pm PDT, Oct 11, Fredericka Hart, Texas
Good heavens, man! Don't you think you have ruined enough of her years? Here she is, slowly losing her mind standing in one spot on a chain, when she has been offerd the opportunity to walk freely with members of her own kind. Elephants are intelligent, feeling animals who spend their entire lives with their families, and you have denied her all of the things she needs to be a happy, contented elephant. Shame on you!! Please let her go to a comfortable place for the few remaining years she has left. Do one last kind thing for this animal who has done so much for you.

Absolutley not! Elephants do NOT belong in circuses. They spend way too much time chained and become terribly neurotic, if not psychotic. Is that how we want our animals treated? They are routinely beaten to behave and are forced to do totally unnatural acts so that their handlers can prove to the world that they can beat a huge animal into submission. There is nothing humane about an elephant in a circus. It is unnatural and inhumane and they should be banned from circuses forever.

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9:24 am PDT, Oct 11, Tory Braden, Georgia
NO!!!!

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9:22 am PDT, Oct 11, Savannah Robillard, Louisiana

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8:36 am PDT, Oct 11, Vanessa Gutierrez, California

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8:17 am PDT, Oct 11, Lesley Dombrow, Connecticut

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7:14 am PDT, Oct 11, Belinda Ogley, United Kingdom

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4:47 pm PDT, Sep 28, Name not displayed, Canada

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12:49 pm PDT, Sep 27, Rebeca Miles, Washington
Thios poor creature has made enough money for these low lives, time for her to go to a place like god intended for her kind.

Animals should not be used in circuses. However, it is still teh general public's fault. They go, they enjoy, they are ignorant and stupid to support such barbarity...so teh show goes on. That's it plain and simple...even though unpleasant.

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7:39 am PDT, Sep 18, Gail Harris, Maryland
What will it take for elephant owners to realize what a loving social animal they own. They were not put here for our entertainment. Wild animals should be kept in an environment which is natural for them.

Is the circus a loving,natural environment for them? NO!

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11:59 am PDT, Sep 17, Sila Ponce, California
Animals belong in the wild where nature placed them. People who use animals for entertainment should all be imprisoned for animal cruelty.

No!! Sanctuaries are the only educational housing for animals outside of their natural wild habitat.

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6:10 am PDT, Sep 16, Annabelle Piques, France

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6:04 am PDT, Sep 16, Sarah Wilding, United Kingdom
Its shocking to think that this sort of practise is still permitted in this day and age. Its disgusting to see animal cruelty allowed to continue. Please send a clear message to Bobby Roberts that this is not acceptable!

Animals should not be used for circus entertainment

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8:38 pm PDT, Sep 15, Viviana Beauchamp, Puerto Rico

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5:30 am PDT, Sep 12, Jo Liz Lehikoinen, Finland
Let Anne retire, please!

# 1,866:

2:19 pm PDT, Sep 11, ELIANE ROBIN, France
LibĂ©rez cette pauvre bete!! c'est inhumain de la laisser comme Ă§a!!

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1:45 pm PDT, Sep 11, Arnaud Henseval, France

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1:44 pm PDT, Sep 11, VĂ©ronique Ciesielski, France

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7:44 am PDT, Sep 7, Kennedy scott Scott, United Kingdom
Bobby Roberts might love his animals but he should never have been allowed to keep wild animals in the first place nor any circus for that matter, animals like this need space and others of their kind, if it is true that Annie could become traumatised by being seperated from her human family then it would not be fair to cause her anymore unneccasery suffering she may be at this stage better where she is i am not an expert but there should be no more wild animals allowed in circuses and this must never be allowed to happen again,a total ban needs putting into place never again allowing wild animals to be used in circuses. The only time animals should be taken from there natural habitat is for there own safety and then they should be put in a place of similar surroundings and spacious enough for them to be able to roam freely.

Not wild animals deffinately not. I dont object to small animals like ponies or dogs etc so long as they are trained humanly and transported comfortabley. But the likes of Tigers Elephants Lions Bears etc are not domesticated animals and need to be free. I would alway go to an all human circus like Blackpool which is excellent but only have people dressed in animal costume. I do not and never will support a circus with wild animals.

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2:03 pm PDT, Sep 3, Aileen Low, Delaware

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12:49 am PDT, Sep 1, Sue Stuart, United Kingdom
Let her retire and end her days with some dignity and peace

I don't want animals in circuses

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5:30 am PDT, Aug 26, Vivien Belshaw, United Kingdom
i THINK THIS IS DISGUSTING. I HOPE BOBBY ROBERTS GETS TREATED THE SAME WAY IF HE IS ELDERLY AND CRIPPLED WITH ARTHERITIS

NO I DON'T THINK ANY ANIMALS SHOULD BE USED IN CIRCUSES. THEY SHOULD BE LEFT IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT

# 1,859:

2:58 pm PDT, Aug 25, Ken Mann, United Kingdom
she deserves a rest, let her go.........PIG,,,,,,no animals in the circus too

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11:47 am PDT, Aug 20, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
It is absolutely criminal that this poor elephant is chained up each day. She now deserves a few happy carefree years to enjoy herself. Why don't we chain up the owner instead!

No. Animals should be free to roam if possible and definately not kept in a circus environment.

# 1,857:

10:58 am PDT, Aug 20, Lyn Evans, United Kingdom
no way,let her retire poor girl

# 1,856:

11:21 am PDT, Aug 19, Raven Flores, Wisconsin
Freedom for Anne!!!!!!!

NO!

# 1,855:

2:59 pm PDT, Aug 17, Kimberley Currie, Canada
NO

# 1,854:

8:53 am PDT, Aug 17, Mariya Sorokina, Canada
Absolutely not! We should not make a living thing like us suffer just for our cruel ignorant amusement.

# 1,853:

6:54 am PDT, Aug 17, Melissa Webber, South Africa
This man should be ashamed of himself, he should be put in prison for all the years of torment he has ensured this poor elephant has endured..This would of course mean that Roberts would spend the rest of his life behind bars just has his elephant has, the cruel bastard. Absolutely not.

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6:50 am PDT, Aug 17, Name not displayed, New York
It's terrible enough that you took this elephant out of her natural world and enslaved her for 50 years. The LEAST you could do is let her try to enjoy the rest of her life!

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