WHAT a delight it was to watch a circus which didn't profit from the degradation, humiliation and suffering of animals.

The Moscow State Circus at Witton Park, Blackburn was excellent family entertainment and I left feeling happy instead of sad as I had done previously after visiting a circus which used animals.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of those animals. I feel sad and ashamed that we let this go on in a "nation of animal lovers."

Don't spend your hard-earned money on their misery - there are animal-free circuses around. Support them instead.

A PARR, Blackburn Road, Entwistle.

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