Lionesses and lion at the Cirque de Paris

Certainly, the Paris circus has nothing to please. For several months, we have been regularly informed by activists and by social networks of the living conditions of the lions of this establishment. Not content with the living conditions of the elephants, Dumba (2018) and Baby (2020), the circus lions are hardly better off. We counted 5. Four lionesses, including Kara, used during the show and a male lion. We will call him Ben-Hur, waiting to know his identity. It is not presented under the marquee during the performances and could only be used for reproductions.

On the videos that our activists were able to provide us during the circus visits in various municipalities, we could see that, like the lions of the William Zavatta circus, the relaxation cage has never been installed. During the presence of the press, in Bruay-la-Buissière, in May 2019, the cage is well assembled ... under the marquee. For lack of space, it seems. According to the director of the circus, the lions go out 3 to 4 times a day. However, an activist who worked in the trade in front of the parking lot where the circus is installed confirms to us that the lions never go out. They stay in the truck until the hour of the show. They also have the bowl of water and food directly inside.

A little over a year earlier, in Garancières, an additional lioness was present. This counted the number of lions in the circus at 6. A few months later, the birth of two lion cubs will be a problem ... These two babies who, according to the circus, will end up devoured by the male. Strange, when you know that no circus leaves babies with a male ... And even less when the director of the circus has a big name for the circus. A family that runs many small capitals and are therefore used to births ...

We are not closed to discussion with this establishment. Neither with others in the same family. Their establishments are often the target of attacks, regularly failing to meet minimum standards, such as the presence of relaxation cages or even when this is set up, if only to a minimum to improve the welfare of animals in the interior. So why ? Why keep animals for the show? Shouldn't we be thinking of moving towards a new path ... that of day parole?