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NGO One Voice is fighting to save hippopotamus Jumbo

For 30 years, Jumbo has been living in a circus. He is left all alone in a truck and supposedly goes out only 30 minutes a day. NGO One Voice followed the circus all around France and is fighting to save him.

03/28/2019 6:24 PMupdated: 04/01/2019 4:57 PM
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102 comments

  • Cal W.
    03/28/2019 18:28

    what a nice animal

  • Shelley L.
    03/28/2019 18:36

    Lucky him. Most dairy cattle in Canada don't get out at all...

  • Vicki G.
    03/28/2019 18:40

    If the authorities agree with you why isn’t your police force helping with this situation?? I don’t understand!! Who cares what the circus owner wants. He only sees $.

  • Timothé G.
    03/28/2019 18:42

    He didn't understand anything, this guy. The future of the circus is no longer here. In the past, the circus used to show animals in the countryside and in the cities that no one had seen, that no one knew. THIS TIME IS OVER! Do something else, circuses ! If I want to see wild animals, even without moving my ass, there are webcams in hundreds of animal reserves, there are documentaries and eventually, although I am divided on the subject, large zoos where tigers are not forced every night to get on a stool. Go to the circus, people, enjoy yourself but don't go to circuses featuring wild animals. Let die these ones.

  • Carlos B.
    03/28/2019 18:48

    Again Legal does not mean appropriate... kind or good...

  • Linda S.
    03/28/2019 18:50

    My daughter asked me why I never took her to the circus. She is 25 years old ....I told her because it called ANIMAL ABUSE ....

  • Renee W.
    03/28/2019 18:51

    People suck

  • Daniel B.
    03/28/2019 18:56

    Offer the owner enough money and he will sell Jumbo. He will probably use the money to buy a new and younger hippo and then you will still have a cause.

  • Tina S.
    03/28/2019 19:03

    I love her accent

  • Justin V.
    03/28/2019 19:33

    End the stupid circus!

  • Better w.
    03/28/2019 19:41

    Animals were not born to perform for us. And they do not belong in circuses. Forcing them to do so is extremely cruel and unnatural. Every country should ban animals in circuses. And the animals already in circuses need to be rescued and sent to reputable sanctuaries where they can live the rest of their lives in peace. #Breakthechains #Emptythecages #Dontbuyaticket

  • Jamie M.
    03/28/2019 19:49

    Ban all circuses

  • Lulu C.
    03/28/2019 20:26

    They can even use holograms these days ... come on!

  • Deirdre D.
    03/28/2019 20:35

    Disgusting cruelty to animals 💔

  • Wendy D.
    03/28/2019 20:44

    Go France!

  • Kadija P.
    03/28/2019 20:48

    Stop This cruelty

  • Sanna H.
    03/28/2019 20:52

    ^^

  • Adriana C.
    03/28/2019 20:52

    Aqui no Brasil não mais usam animais em circo. Uma lei que foi respeitada.

  • Adriana C.
    03/28/2019 20:53

    Alguns humanos😈 não deveriam ter nascido.

  • Paul N.
    03/28/2019 21:25

    Saddest thing I’ve seen today. Abhorrent.