Video ID: 20140723-008 W/S Women doing acrobatics on a horse W/S Women doing acrobatics on a horse W/S Woman and man doing acrobatics on a horse SOT, Juventino Fuentes, member of traditional Circus owner family Fuentes Gasca Family (in Spanish) "What we want is that the circus continues with animals, and lets be clear, we don't abuse animals, we are actually against animal abuse, we don´t want them to be abused." W/S Man doing acrobatics M/S Crowd watching M/S Man standing upside down M/S Man juggling in front of crowd W/S Man juggling in front of crowd SOT Maria Guadalupe Felipe, circus fan favouring show with animals (in Spanish) "We can all be against animal abuse but no against a circus with animals, they should be regulated and watched over but not have the animals taken away." M/S Woman chanting (in Spanish) UPSOUND "Yes to circus but without animals!" W/S Zocalo square SCRIPT Around a hundred people gathered to watch circus workers perform a free show in protest against a recently approved law banning the use of animals in the circus, at the Zocalo square in Mexico City on Tuesday. Jugglers, clowns and gymnasts on horseback gave a circus show for free at the to state their case to the Mexican authorities. One member of the Fuentes Gasca circus family, who owns various circuses in Mexico City, claimed that his family is against animal abuse and should therefore be allowed to continue using them for their circus performances. A few activists came to counter protest chanting "Yes to circus, but without animals!" On June 9, 2014 Mexico's legislative assembly approved by 41 votes and 11 abstentions the law which prohibits the use of animals in circus in Mexico City. Circus owners will have one year since the law was published to remove animals from their shows, otherwise they will be fined. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly LiveLeak: http://www.liveleak.com/c/Ruptly Google Plus: http://google.com/+RuptlyTV Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/Ruptly YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://www.dailymotion.com/ruptly Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv

• published: 23 Jul 2014
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