Chinese park denies abuse of exhausted dog after animal circus video

A Chinese park has been accused of animal cruelty after a circus trainer was spotted forcibly dragging a dog from the ground by its collar multiple times. Footage taken by a visitor shows the worker pulling up the poodle repeatedly after it seemingly refused to jump over a set of hurdles. The source claimed that … Read more

Animal circus trainer is filmed ‘repeatedly dragging an exhausted dog from the ground’

A Chinese park has been accused of animal cruelty after a circus trainer was spotted forcibly dragging a dog from the ground by its collar multiple times. Footage taken by a visitor shows the worker pulling up the poodle repeatedly after it seemingly refused to jump over a set of hurdles. The source claimed that … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Britain’s flying circus over airport Covid testing

Britain’s flying circus: It is farcical that government has taken so long to look into airport Covid testing, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 Whatever happened to the ‘can-do’ Dunkirk spirit?  The very notion that 200 days after … Read more

Russian circus worker mauled to death by a bear ‘was teaching himself to become a trainer’ 

A circus worker mauled to death by a performing bear was ‘trying to teach himself how to become a trainer’ when he was killed. Valentin Bulich, 28, dreamed of being a tamer and had successfully worked with cubs before he was killed, said his mother Elena, 52. Bulich secretly took the keys to a bear’s … Read more

Donald Trump proves he is still capable of shocking his opponents, and still the circus showman

He’s done it again. All the rules broken. All the normal conventions ditched.  His opponents, who thought they had seen it all, forced to concede that this man is still capable of surprising them, of shocking them.  Even as the President visibly gasped for breath in that extraordinary balcony appearance at the White House, his critics … Read more

Keeper is mauled to death by bear after entering the animal’s cage at Russian circus 

Keeper is mauled to death by bear after entering the animal’s cage at Russian circus Valentin Bulich, 28, locked himself inside the animal’s cage for unknown reasons The bear reportedly tore off the man’s scalp before he was pulled out of the cage The Great Moscow State Circus said Bulich had grossly violated safety protocols  … Read more

PATRICK MARMION reviews Summer Spectacular and Circus Berlin 

Summer Spectacular (Hippodrome Circus, Great Yarmouth) Verdict: A great Bank Holiday splash  Rating: Circus Berlin (Lodmo or Country Park, Weymouth, and touring)  Verdict: Berlin or bust  Rating: Hanky on head or brolly in hand, where better to spend the August Bank Holiday than at the great British seaside? And where greater than Great Yarmouth itself, … Read more

Cuban couple run away from circus stranded in Morecambe

Cuban couple run away from the circus after their troupe was stranded in English seaside town during Covid lockdown Jhanys Corrales and Sandy Triana, both from Cuba, work at the Big Kids Circus The pair vanished overnight on Monday without telling anyone they were leaving After they failed to return, the circus reported their disappearance … Read more

Cone-gratulations! Circus bear successfully chases down an ice cream

Cone-gratulations! Hungry circus bear successfully chases down an ice cream Bear named Tom bounds after a fearless man who’s running with the ice cream He picks up speed and catches up with the man who offers him the sweet treat Tom who is described as kind eats the entire ice cream and cone within seconds … Read more

Children scream as wild lynx pounces on trainer and claws his chest in Russian circus

Children scream as wild lynx pounces on trainer and claws his chest, neck and head in Russian travelling circus A lynx cat clawed its trainer’s chest as part of a travelling circus at Tskhinval The animal leaped into the air and tugged at their neck in South Ossetia show Some parents called it ‘scary’ as … Read more