DutchNews.nl, June 22,
2015
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The German
company, Circus Renz, was in the town of Wilnis, south of Amstelveen, when
passersby saw the elephant being beaten. The man also shouted at his audience
to stop filming.
One eyewitness, Monique Kemper, told the Telegraaf the animal
was not being abused.
‘It seemed a hard thump on the film but it was not in
real life,’ she said. ‘I feel sorry for the worker because I had asked him a
question and he became distracted. That is why he had to correct the elephant.’
However, a spokeswoman for the Circus Renz International, which is based in
Berlin, told the paper that this is no way to treat animals. ‘The man had only
been with us for 14 days and has been sacked on the spot.’
The circus has owned
the elephant for 30 years.
From September, circuses will no longer be able to
use wild animals in their acts in the Netherlands.
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