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Manuschka's start to a new life

From FourPaws
August 2024

Thanks to our rescue efforts and the circus's willingness to give Manuschka a better life, her fate has taken a positive turn. Unfortunately, not many wild animals in circuses have that luck. Wild animals still suffer in German circuses because the law does not protect them from being used for entertainment and kept in inappropriate conditions. 

Ever since she was a cub, Manuschka had to perform in a German circus. After the death of her half-brother, the circus family decided to place her in our care and stop using big cats altogether.

In July, Manuschka began her new life in her species-appropriate home at our TIERART Wild Animal Sanctuary, where she has already been released into her large, natural outdoor habitat.

Now, Manuschka finally has the space and care she needs for a happy life. In time, we will transfer her to her permanent home at our FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary in the Netherlands.

Thanks to our rescue efforts and the circus's willingness to give Manuschka a better life, her fate has taken a positive turn. Unfortunately, not many wild animals in circuses have that luck. Wild animals still suffer in German circuses because the law does not protect them from being used for entertainment and kept in inappropriate conditions.

The revision of the Animal Welfare Act in Germany this year offers a unique opportunity to finally change this. Germany lags far behind other countries worldwide that have long since introduced a ban on wild animals, and in some cases all animals, in circuses.

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: August 7, 2024
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