The circus will be visiting the towns of Bunbury, Bridgetown
& Manjimup during May.
Great turn-out for our 17 Perth Demonstrations
held over the past 4 weekends (including Easter)
A big THANKYOU to all who attended and helped
protest, especially those who made it to virtually every demo.
Don't forget to let your friends in the South West
know the circus is coming. Please contact the office if you require
pamphlets for local demonstrations. Phone 9227 0672
Please check back here for updates and pass details
to your friends that don't have Internet access.
In addition to the demo's we will also be lobbying
the Perth
City Council and WA
Government,
so keep writing those letters, sending faxes & making phone
calls - let our elected officials know your opinion.
Also; the circus is planning a return to Perth,
but approval must now go back to Perth City Council - so keep
the pressure on.
Go
to News items - AL NSW court case updates, AL WA interview
with BBC
Demonstrations were held on the following days;
Thurs 12th,
opening night (E), (Good) Friday 13th (AE), Saturday 14th (AE)
Monday 15th (MA), Saturday 21st (AE), Sunday 22nd (A)
Saturday 28th (AE), Sunday 29th (A)
Saturday 5th May (AE), Sunday 6th (A)
Morning 10am-11am, Afternoon
1pm-2pm & Evening 6.30pm-7.30pm
At Ozone Reserve, corner of Plain
Street & Riverside
Drive, Perth.
The Circus is at the Causeway
end. (see
Map)
Click here City
of Perth Council details
Thursday - Given it was the start
to a Easter long-weekend with late night shopping and lots of
people in "escape the City" mode; Animal Liberation
had a pretty good turnout, whilst the circus would have wanted
a better opening night. Thankyou to all those who held banners,
waved placards and handed out pamphlets.
For the City of Perth to ban exotic animal circuses,
they have to see and hear us. Friday, the circus
will probably have a bigger turnout, so we should be there in
greater numbers too!
Friday - was a good turn-out for Animal
Liberation again; the afternoon demo was sunny, if a bit windy
and the evening was just chilly. The circus seemed to be having
poor attendances, whilst we had thousands of cars driving by on
Riverside drive, many tooting their horn for the animals. Thanks
again to all who attended the demo.
Saturday - much the same as Friday,
not as windy or chilly. Again much support from passing traffic.
Monday - Good turnout for a mid-morning
demo, and a much larger turnout for the afternoon which was attended
by theWest Australian Newspaper (article)
and by the Television Media.
Some photos taken of
Monday afternoon's demo
Saturday (April 21st)
- Held 2 more demos. Excellent turnout especially the evening
show, many more supporters and several new faces. Thankyou to
all who attended. Plenty of support from passing traffic.
Sunday (April 22nd)
- Not as many people as Saturday, but still a good effort. Thanks
to all who gave up this weekend for the benefit of the animals.
See you all next weekend.
Saturday (April 28th)
- Good turnout, plenty of support from the public and a bit more
abuse from the redneck brigade.
Sunday (April 29th)
- Another good turnout for what was supposed to be the Final Perth
Show. Seems attendances were down, so the circus has decided to
take the option of an extra week before moving on to Bunbury &
Albany.
Saturday (May 5th)
and Sunday (May 6th) - good turnout again for both
days. Sunday mornings demo was cancelled due to the heavy rainfall,
but the afternoon went ahead as planned. That was their final
show in Perth, they are now commencing a tour of the south west,
first stop is Harvey.
