i know that they have moved all the nails of the little lion and they treats lions badly.they most be punished not by money but by staying in the jail for 3 years minimum.they are the best animals in the world

Save animals please if I could do something I would just tell me what to do... I'm so happy that that the minister of agriculture accually cares these days.thank you

put the keepers of the zoo in the cages and give them the same treatment.

it nice to see someone caring and working towards raising awareness...

I never go to circuses nor take my children to them in any country in the world. Anther of example of ho humans abuse animals for their own greedy needs. Circuses should be banned worldwide

Talk is cheap, we need serious people that are aware of the magnitude of this problem starting with saving animals and recognizing their rights to live and, exist along our side, earth is not for us alone, Im not just talking about only saving animals but also saving their ecosystem, unfortunately we cant work on that alone and alone I mean us the people, yet we do not need extraterrestrial help! This problem can be dealt with We need to let our voices be heard we need to start pointing fingers at the government asking: What have you done for such a major issue?! Not just major but Critical and crucial and by all means the most important.

Awarness is the key,
School children instead of being brought in buses to unhealthy zoos around the country, should be told about the importance of respecting these animals, and more importantly preserving their habitats.

save animals!

People should boycott circuses that include animals in their shows

the lion and the tiger it s live needs freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

free all animals and save the earth by not polluting it and do not frow garbage out

stop torturing the animals ..

Humans think that earth belongs to them and only them, and have the right to do whatever they can since they are the most dominant specie, although Im not a passionate religious person but I realize that after our time is over everyone will get what he bargained for in this life especially if one strives on others misery, animals cant fight their battles with humans which is a really an unfair fight, We must help not just animals but nature in all.

Free lions dont let them suffer again

i would love to help animals.

animals should live in nature not in the circus nor in the cages we must help animals

Save the animals!

Every place in world there is circus, we have to encourage tourisim . Sure animals should not be treated badly , but there should be circus also .

Shocking how this inhumanity and cruelty is hidden behind this traditional form of entertainment.

Well i am happy to hear those news, and i hope on top of banning the animals' abuse in circus, more efforts will be done as well to stop the criminals who are killing, hunting and kidnaping for the purpose of selling the few wild animals still available in our mountains. Maybe more education to the new generation should be done on how to treat and respect animals in general...way to go guys, i am sure it's not easy to achieve such a thing in a short period in Lebanon, many people are ready to support and i am one of them.

i love the animals.. so much ...so save this animals

I am really happy to know that we have such an organisation in Lebanon. Keep up the good work guys and what can I say, humans are the worst predators to all the animals and even their fellow beings. Good luck

we must block all circus because after several will be no animal in our environment

I am totally with the restriction and even banning of entry of circus animals because of the abuse they receive from the owners

How disgusting that people believe they have the right to abuse these animals.
Good job for Animals Lebanon, you make us proud.

let's pray for them so God would open their hearts and have some respects for these animals and stop the abuse...

You are doing a great job. Don't loose faith, we are all behind you.

how could we help? how could we be activists and work with you to guarantee the animal rights concepts

keep up the good work people...!

I wish that the director of this circus know what is he doing cz he's totally blind to see the reality.does he know that the lions are less in the hall world??well I'm with this company !!

people don't respect anything,why in the hell would u think they would respect an animal...what was done to the cubs and other animals should be done to them!!they are greedy humans who deserve to go to jail!

Well done "Animals Lebanon"! Through your good work, you are changing the attitude of Lebanese towards animals.

they r abusing living souls of poor animals..those animals were supposed 2 live freely..they r torturing them in a resentful way..
and yeah i agree wth Kris that we should start the change wth our next meal..
This circus should be stopped

dont hurt them!

this is so atroce i can't believe it i went to this circus and that man is so violent he could make cry my little sister(she's 9 years old)!!

Animal cruelty IS a crime !! The circus must be shut down !!

the circus should be stopped and closed

Full support for the Campaign!

dont hurt animals cause someday they will hurt u

well done animals lebanon!!!! and good luck.

I wonder if any of those who posted comments here have ever thought of what they have everyday in their plates to eat..
Meat, fish, Foie Gras,..
All animal food we eat is poison.
The animal, when slaughtered, releases stress hormones and poisonous substances that enter our body afterwards.
Wana help animals? Start from your next meal!
Also, i wish we could stand up and shout out loud with the same passion when any of our neighbours/fellow citizens are starving and treated even worse than animals.. in prisons or camps.

Peace.

Aux propriétaires du Cirque il faut faire suivre le même traitement!

Animals are vulnerable, and don't know how to defend themselves when those monsters who look like humans exploit them in circuses and hurt them, it is our duty to do whatever we can to protect them, this can be done through laws with severe punishments, and by raising the public awareness. Not only in circuses, you see cats and dogs on the streets, some people treat them harshly, this shoes that we are the fake luxurious, throw-away-society, and among us many are animal abusers and all other crimes which mostly go unpunished. For once, let us stop this.

i love animals

I love the animals

Not only the circus ppl should be stoped, but all the illegal pet shops who the poor thing in small dirty cages under the rain or sun...we 1st should try to stop the lebanes ppl who have such pet shops.

i love animals and the massacre had been stopped

Wow! saw the heated debate on New TV last saturday, and im happy for you and im in full support of your struggle!
let's hope we get a law passed for the ethical treatement of animals in Lebanon
cheers!

This massacre must be stopped

Animals don't complaint, and we should understand they have soul, and they can suffer from stress from a brutal misbehavior treatment.
I believe these animals are suffering from all kind of mistreatment, and the partners or the owners of this fake circus should trade places with the animals for a few days and feel what are these animals are suffering.
The only place for these animals is their homelands were they belong, let them have their freedom, due they are endangered animals and we should give them a decent life.
All my support for all of you...

Before saving Animals let's save poor Lebanese People who suffers a lot more than this circus lions ... First come the Humans and Second the Animals. Lebanon is like this circus you are talking about and the people are like these lions they suffers from our politicians and regime... So why not a website named People Lebanon instead of this website dedicated for bloody animals who love human flesh and blood.

Animals are living souls , created by GOD, and deserve to be treated with care and respect. In fact in most ways, they are more purer souls than humans, in that they have no malicious intent, their actions are based on survival. Lebanon is years if not decades behind on the animal treatment front. I can barely stop tears when I see some of the pet shops that operate here. Dirty cages, so small... a dog can barely stand up fully, probably preventing his growth. infectuin, disease. Cages cramped with different types of animals. We are also behind in education and social developmemnt. There are many times where I am out and see a group of children abusing a cat or kitten, throwing stones at it and laughing, while a parent watches on and says nothing!!!! (at which point, my usband interferes to get them to stop)We need to educate people, and children in school about animals.

chaim chaim chaim! to see this program in lebanon. im so sad of this animals i hope i will never see this again,,bicose i love animals please send me any phon number i like to help this animals in lebanon please dont leve this poor aimals.i like to saye to haje hassan please goo on we prye for u we lik u to mutch bicose u are man with big heart.god bless u

it's really sad to see those animals treated that way ... especially that they're so precious and what's more sad is to know that Lebanon doesn't give a damn about animals or cases of animal cruelty ... but whjat can we do they dont give a shit about people so why wud they do about animals !

it makes me cry specially that once i watched on tv the real abuse, it's god creation and they are messing with!! let the devil take them

I HATE watching animals getting hurt or even leaving them dying!! THEY MOST STOP THIS CIRCUS cz all they care about is money !!!

Good Job! Where's the circus headed next? They must be stopped.

I love animals too much , and it hurts me when i see them abused, anadoned and lonely.
We have to stand up now, and let the word hear our voices, and treat the animals just like God treats us, with love and patience. They are God's creatures, we should take care of them.

my dream in life became that 1 day i ll have my own farm,cos i love animals.and i have 3 dogs.&im some 1 who is against anykind of torture .why ?did they have the right? sure this kind from people are less then animals and we should treat them like they do 2 l,leave them without food&water for a lon time,beat them to let them know how its hard &humilating,shame on them i really can t describe my feeling &i feel sorry about whats go in on &i wish that i can do somothing

I followed this case in Media i.e. with Tony Khalifa on NTV. The pictures of such atrocity against those animals and the inhumanity of the circus event organizer broke my heart equally. Thank you for your great effort. Thanks to Tony Khalifa for his excellent coverage/debate. Thanks to the concerned minister for taking the right decision. I kindly urge you to make the case of those animals well followed in Egypt.
Norma

PLEASE STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!!!!!!!!

les animaux sont des etrs vivants qui ont comme nous les etres humains des droits pour vivre, alors ce sont pas des outils d'amusements !!!

i am an animal lover and your story is really amazing i would love to support your company ...what happend to lions must be terrible ...how could they leave them without food for several days???

I totally agree with Rita Asmar, AL and other animal activist in Lebanon should start working with children in schools, worship centers, etc. to teach children that animals should be RESPECTED and ABSOLUTELY NEVER EVER ABUSED...

Thank you Animals Lebanon for everything you did and still doing to ensure that animals are not in harms way whenever possible. God bless.

i am Glad that we have animal rights now in lebanon. if i want to join this group and help how can i do that? can anyone send me info about how to join?

It's finally overwhelming to hear that ther are people selfless enough to think of the welfare ofanimals. I watched on new tv the episode & found the circus owner unbelievably stupid, selfish and obviously cruel. I hope his circus is boycotted by all lebanese people!!!!

Against any kind of abuse!!

They most stop this circus ,,only they care about moneyyyy..

a radical approach is need here. Felines should be sent to sanctuaries in africa while the circus owners should be kept in cages.
shame on them.

First of all I once had a dream to be a vetrenarian but life wasn't kind with me so I didn't do the education that I like but I hate huntings killing animals for tradings and suffering so let's stand up together to stop killing and suffering animals because it is like us have blood soul and most important FEELINGS so I hope will be here in my country lebanon an organization for taking care of animals anyway thanks for giving me a chance for this

I LOVE U

this stupid circus most be stopped now!!!

I think that it's a great First step to start with.
I also do agree with those who mentioned that a follow up must be done to help those animals.

Another issue to be thinking of: is there any plan to introduce the animal world to our kids in a humanely and civilized way??

thank you

Finally we have animal rights in Lebanon, this will give us hope for all the violated animals in this country and will stop people from abusing their rights. I add all my support for you.

Bravo...Nice to see that ACTION is happenning.
You have my support fully.

Well done ! but Please do anything to arrest these people for abusing animals

this stupid circus most be stopped now!!!it s so cruel!we all support u thanks a lot.hope that these animals will be treated well again.let us work with children coz they should know how to treat all kinds of animals.animals can feel pain too people.thanks again 4 the minister,but pls ask him 2 do his best so we can help these lovely animals here in lebanon.thanks a lot again 4 ur mission.

WE SUPPORT YOU,HOPE THE RESPONSABLE OF THIS CIRCUS WILL BE IN A CAGE INSTEAD OF THE LION.

congratulations for what you are doing finally people care god bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!

If we really consider ourselves as a civilized country(as we pretend) those people runnig the circus should be arrested and the animals confiscated in order to send them later on where they belong.GOD help you in this matter.

good job! but what will happen to the animals after that? will they be abandoned again?? is there continuity?

good job!

it's great to know that we're finally entering the civilization; but it's still not enough because those people who are treating the animals this way should be punished because they are criminals ... animals are like the humans: they have feelings & they get hurt (physically & spiritually & mentally) even though they are not smart as the humans.
Animals kill to eat & survive ... what's our excuse??
Keep up the good work

i congratulate all the persones who are working for not abusing animal .i is sad how some persones treat animals .those poeple who misstreat animals are without heart and consious they should been treaten the same way;they should be sue and put in jail...i encourge poeple like u and prey that god give u the gforce and the guts to continue...

these circus must be stopped and the ower must be arrested he is a liar he do nt care for the animals he only care for money

Dear all,
First i want to congratulate you for the effort that you've been doing. It's sad that we live in a country that even don't recognize the human rights, imagine how it will treat it's animals. I had the opportunity to watch a small part of the interview at NTV, it wasn't chocking because i know how we lebanese are outdated and cruel. A person that misstreat an animal is a person beyond description, you can't describe his personality. The declawed cub is just a small example of what's goin on, Lebanes hit dogs and cats with there cars on purpose, a dog who doesn't perform well in hunting is shot by it's owner, we treat animals as if they don't feel the pain, knowing that for example dogs even have emotional pain i'm sure you heard about dogs that died after their ownersdid, and so on...
I encourage you to keep on your effort, your message and actions should be known by everyone until we reache a day where we can even sue people for abusing animals...
Sincerely,,, Tony

Reading these negative comments from the Lebanese people is very uplifting!!! Animals People, the Minister of Agriculture, and many more other Lebanese people who were adamant about having this so-called circus shipped out/closed down is a sign that the owner(s) was NOT WELCOMED to perform (abuse) these beautiful/majestic animals!!

I hope/pray that the owner(s) will cease to operate this so-called circus and quit dealing with animals simply because he/they do not have a clue about how to treat/respect animals and put his/their energy towards something that will benefit/profit the children/poor/old/sick of his/their country!!!!

THANKS A MILLION ANIMALS LEBANON FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE WHENEVER NEEDED.

In order to show you my appreciation, I shall donate some funds hopefully to help with some of the expenses.....

I think that what's happening is cruel and that the circus must be stopped, and what you are doing is great,its about time people took action about this problem!

i think the lions should be free in a place where they can go free, you have to ask yourself, do these lions and tigers deserve what you are doing to them?

help animals cause animals are beutifull and this small lion now in yr biusnes

Lions and tigers only live in the wild life and do not deserve such a beast like living in the circus. So have a heart and ship them back to where you get them from.

hi, i am totally with your project.animals should be treated kindly and should not be used for the entertainment of man.i just had to say,,,,how do those animal trainers fell when they beat an animal? i think they dont even blink when they are torturing the poor animals.
keep up the good work....its about time we fixed this issue...

all i can say...god help that animals coz who care them is mor...........all he want is $$$ all respect 2 animals lebanon, we r in ur sid

I agree with every step you make, to respect and treat animals with dignity and Love. is that too much to ask? God bless you and dont stop defending those adorable creatures God Created. Thank you for your effort.
Rita.A.Breidy

Finally I feel Lebanon is really heading towards civilization! Congratulations Animals Lebanon!

stop abusing the animals ..... leave them alone

Animals were created by God for many purposes. And circus or entertainment are definitely not one of them! Justice is about equality. Imagine the animals putting us in cages and laughing at our shows day in day out!!!

It's a disgusting thing they're doing... People never sit and think what horrible things are being done to poor and innocent animals that should be in the wild. I'm extremely proud to know that Lebanon has acted against this cruelty. De-clawing is absolutely inhumane.... It's likened to cutting off the tips of human fingers to the first knuckle! I'm glad to know some Lebanese actually care about the proper treatment of animals. I for one am a huge animal lover, and despise the silly and mundane acts circuses force these wild animals to do. It's slavery in the animal world. Dogs are different, they're domesticated and enjoy work and training; it's instilled in their instincts to please humans and enjoy praise as return. But wild animals are not domesticated, and need to be free!

I love Lebanon, and I love it even more now after knowing about what it's doing to counter these horrible acts.

Keep up the good work, you have a lot of our support. I can speak for the students of AUB when I tell you, great job! :)

We just watched the show on NTV about this issue. It's Obvious to all the the owner of the circus is a lying. I couldn't believe a word of what he's saying!!
Thanks for helping animals, and showing us the truth, we'r just proud to have such an organization in lebanon.

People should not attend this kind of circus spectacles if there is any abuse on the animals

people who practices inhumanity toward other god creatures should be punished.

ALL CIRCUS ANIMALS DO NOT DESERVE TO SUFFER LIKE THIS , I THONK IT IS SO CRUEL AND MEAN THE WAY THEY TREAT ALL ANIMALS IN THE CIRCUS , THESE ANIMALS DESERVE THEIR FREEDOM AND NEED 2 BE FREE IN THEIR OWN HABITAT AND NOT TO BE PUT THROUGH THIS KIND OF ABUSE , I WANT TO DO ANYTHING I CAN 2 HELP THEM OUT

Thanks Alot Animals lebanon, Its Good To see People Cares