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Animal Defenders International (ADI), the leading animal welfare organization that works globally for the protection of animals, speaks out following a recent incident in the Ukraine in which an animal trainer was attacked and badly mauled. ADI believes such attacks continue to demonstrate the dangers of using wild animals in circuses for entertainment and is working towards a worldwide ban on the use of animals in circuses for entertainment.

The incident captured on video by a terrified onlooker shows lions mauling and seriously injuring a circus trainer during a display. At one point, one of the lions almost leaps out of the net surrounding the ring and into the crowd.

Lions attacked a trainer (video below) named Oleksie Pinko  during a Ukraine Circus performance this week. The Ukraine Lion attack video comes just one month after the Las Vegas MGM Grand lion attack and less than a year after Shamu whale Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau.

While the MGM Grand was quick to defend the actions of its trainers during a September 2010 attack, Ukraine circus reps have yet to comment on a video that was posted to the net and picked up by British news today.

The Ukraine video shows Oleksie Pinko and his partner trainer during a Circus performance in the city of Lviv. U.S. attendees tell British news that children spectators were seated only ten feet from the drama. Families were separated from the lions by only a mesh fence. Without much explanation, one of the lions fumes as Oleksie Pinko who has been garnishing a stick.

CIRCUS Oz members will be turning cartwheels of joy today as they learn that their search for a new home is over at last. The state government is expected to announce that it will give the troupe $10 million to begin refurbishing the site of the former TAFE college on Johnston Street, Collingwood, that will from 2012 be its home.

The money will be used to create rehearsal spaces, teaching rooms and workshops that will allow the company to undertake both commercial fund-raising activities and the development and rehearsal of new work simultaneously.

Circus Oz already runs kids’ circus skills classes and corporate training programs in Port Melbourne, where it has been based since 1993, but the space is too small to allow for these activities and show rehearsals to happen at the same time.

It’s one of the biggest orders of the year: more than 200 loaves of bread — keeping the staff busy at Widoff’s Bakery in Worcester. But what may surprise you, is where all of this is going.

The boxes of bread from Widoff’s are headed to the DCU Center, a special request on behalf of nine elephants in town for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

And for more than a decade, Joseph Ducas and his team have worked round the clock to make it happen.

Tigers are thought of as ferocious creatures, beautiful in their own right, to be respected for their strength and quiet grace. This, along with their pretty coloring, makes them a popular choice for little children when one offers face painting. Read related material at free articles

For the tiger face, she begins with a damp sponge, dabs on white around the eyes and for the beard, followed by yellow in the middle of the face, an orange border around the edges of the face, then brushes on black whiskers and stripes, topping off her perfection with a dab of glitter. Within minutes, the customer gleefully possesses the face of a tiger upon their own. She is a professional who carries liability insurance and uses paints made only from safe ingredients.

One of the biggest benefits of face painting cheek art is that it saves a great deal of time. It is a known fact that time is a major factor when doing face painting. It is also another fact that face painting cheek art can be done faster then full face paintings and large body art designs. Not only is face painting cheek art quicker, but you also use less amounts of face paint which can also save you money. Face painting cheek art is more convenient for your customers. Face painting cheek art can be a far greater alternative for your customers concerning such things as cost, time and making the entire face painting process fun. This will allow your customer to save money and make your face painting services more affordable.

A well-recognized and traditional mime “costume” is that of a white face, with black coloring around the eyes, a red painted mouth, a striped shirt, and suspenders attached to their pants. Painting a mime face takes at least thirty minutes. It’s recommended that facial hair be shaved and long hair be pulled away from the face. Apply skin moisturizer (not greasy cold cream). Outline your face in a white base, then start at the nose and work your way out to the edges.

Tip: Adding markings over cake makeup is easier than over grease makeup. Otherwise, you’ll want to lightly add white face powder to help the other paint to adhere when you apply the black around your eyes and anywhere else you’ll need it.

For best results, add markings as follows:

1. Eyebrows and other markings
2. Outline eyes
3. Add mascara
4. Add lipstick