The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Hussein Hajj Hassan, made a decision to deport all the circus animals.
Monte Carlo circus came to Lebanon from Egypt, and the animals are used in acrobatics performances since late last month, near the compound of Michel Murr Stadium.
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Early Christmas morning we were alerted to a shipment of lions and tigers that were on their way to Lebanon as part of a circus.
Coming overland from Egypt, they had been without food for days as they crossed into Jordan, finally reaching Lebanon two days later. The Princess Alia Foundation worked to ensure the animals were given food and treated humanely while they were driven across Jordan.
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