Shocking new ADI cruelty exposé shames UK circus industry

On 23 November 2012, Bobby Roberts, owner of the Bobby Roberts Super Circus, became the first circus owner in the UK to be found guilty of offences under the Animal Welfare Act (2006). Mr Roberts was given a derisory sentence - he received conditional discharge of 3 years and received no fine, nor a ban from keeping animals. Bobby and his wife Moira went on trial as a result of an investigation by Animal Defenders International (ADI) at their circus’ winter quarters in 2011, the footage from which graphic