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Royal Russian Circus false allegations

category galway | animal rights | news report author Tuesday September 19, 2006 18:55author by C. Keating - Animals

Royal Russian Circus publically accuse Galway Animal Rights activists of criminal activity

On Saturday 16th September at 6.30pm, a number of people attended a protest against the use of animals in the Royal Russian Circus on the Headford road in Galway city. The cirucs responded by distributing the following:

"TERRORISTS

THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HANDING YOU FLYERS ABOUT ANIMALS IN THE CIRCUS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DUG UP A FAMILY.S GRANNY AND HELD THE CORPSE FOR MONTHS THEY ALSO SAID THEY WOULD SET FIRE TO J.P MC MANUS STABLES.ALSO TO MICHAEL FLATLEYS.HOUSE.AND HAVE MADE THREAT.S TO THIS CIRCUS AND TO OTHER COMPANY.S THROUGHOUT IRELAND ALSO A CIRCUS HORSE WAS SET FIRE AT A CIRCUS IN CASTLEBAR ALL THES STATEMENTS CAN BE CHECKED IN THE NEWS PAPERS"

The protest was organised by ARAN and protestors from the new Galway AR group, Animals, were also present.



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