Animal rights and wrongs: Confiscation of animals from city circus raises question of ?rights?

For the past few days, the Facebook page of the animal NGO, Wildlife SOS, has been receiving various posts that feature photographs of four elephants. The posts also seek donations for The Precious Four and a number of visitors, mainly from overseas, have already pledged donations. The four elephants in question ? called Pearl, Ruby, Goldie and Sylvie ? belong to the Rambo Circus where they were called Anar, Saraswati, Nitya and Champa. On May 27, the Sangvi Police had confiscated 22 animals from the Rambo Circus following allegations of cruelty and unlawful performance acts made by several NGOs against the circus company. A complaint was filed by city-based ResQ Charitable Trust and Delhi-based Wildlife SOS to the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) authorities. The 22 animals that were confiscated included four elephants, three horses one pony and 14 dogs. - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/animal-rights-and-wrongs-confiscation-of-animals-from-city-circus-raises-question-of-rights-2835304/#sthash.L33ucsoe.dpuf
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