Guwahati: White Doves and Goat Rescued From North East Sun Circus Following PETA India Complaint
For Immediate Release:
22 September 2025
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Guwahati – During a raid at North East Sun Circus for forcing animals to perform without a Performing Animals Registration Certificate (PARC), Fatasil Ambari police, assisted by a representative and volunteers of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India), rescued three white doves and one goat from the circus.
The illegal activity came to light after a video surfaced on WhatsApp showing a goat being forced to walk on a tightrope and a dove being used in a magic trick during shows by the North East Sun Circus. Subsequently, PETA India submitted a complaint to the Fatasil Ambari police, which led to the animals’ rescue. The circus permanently relinquished the animals to PETA India for permanent rehabilitation.
Photographs and videos of the seizure are available upon request.
“Today, children are increasingly aware that the use of animals in circuses involves cruelty, and they are choosing other forms of entertainment. If circuses want to remain relevant in 2025, they will modernise and go animal-free, using only willing adult human performers,” says PETA India Emergency Response Coordinator Shilpi Das. “PETA India commends Fatasil Ambari police and, in particular, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), Moitrayee Deka, for their quick action in rescuing animals from North East Sun Circus.”
The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) is the prescribed authority under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, which regulates the use of animals for performances in the country. North East Sun Circus had not registered the animals or the animal acts with the AWBI.
Several AWBI inspections and numerous investigations by PETA India prove that all animal circuses are cruel. Even in circuses with valid PARCs, animals have been found chained or confined to small, barren cages when not being used for performances. Animals in circuses throughout the country are deprived of veterinary care and adequate food, water, and shelter and are forced to perform tricks through punishment. Many animals in circuses display stereotypic, repetitive behaviour indicative of extreme stress.
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment” – opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETAIndia.com or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
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