Update 3: Circus owner back in cage
Circus owner Mario Sali was back in a cage with two tigers today in protest because no place was found where his circus could be set up.
Circo Fantasy was last night planning to set up again at an alternative site today after failing to find an alternative site following an afternoon of talks with the planning authority.
Last night, the spokesman said the owner of a private site, which he did not identify, had turned them down. Talks with the owner of another site were held this morning but they failed.
On Tuesday, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority ordered the circus to close down after its 30-day permit to operate from Naxxar expired. It gave the operators 16 days to pack up and leave.
The next day, circus owner Mario Sali locked himself in a cage with two large tigers for five hours in protest against Mepa’s order.
He claimed he had police, veterinary and local council permits to run the circus in Naxxar until January 6.
A circus spokesman said the circus had abided by the law and dismantled all structures after the 30 days had elapsed.
However, the law did not prevent them from setting up again at a later stage. The circus structures would be re-assembled today, he said.
During yesterday’s meetings, which started in the early afternoon, the two sides discussed potential solutions and alternative sites.
A Mepa spokesman said the circus, being a temporary structure, did not need a planning permit to be set up but, according to planning regulations, temporary structures had to be removed within 30 days. This period was up in Naxxar.
This afternoon, Mr Sali returned to his cage and argued that he had a permit to work until January 6 and that was what he, his 45 artists and other employees wanted.
As solutions had been found for others, he said, he also expected solutions to be found for him.
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P. Attard
Dec 22nd 2012, 09:00
While on this subject, may I please make an appeal to ALL local media personnel, to stop referring to circus as CIRKLU in maltese; As far as I know cirklu means a social club, while the proper word for circus should be CIRKU. Am I correct?
martin pisani
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:54
agree or disagree hes paid up so deserves to stay. Mepa must be held responsible
just imagine paying your car license+insurance then the government say no driving for 2 weeks.buying a day bus ticket only 2 b told stop usage at 9am. Booking a hotel for 2 week holiday,pay in full only to be told go home after 7 days.
I don't like circuses but Mr Sali's being mistreated,maybe like his animals.
Diana Posey
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:36
I feel sorry for the tigers. Not only they are made to stay enclosed in a small cage when not performing for all their lives, but now with the owner in that cage with them, it must be hell for them since obviously they are scared of him and he is making them stay on a stool. They cannot stay comfortable even in their man-made environment.
Joe Cutajar
Dec 22nd 2012, 07:59
Dawk l-annimali m`ghandhomx ikomplu jsofru, jekk hemm xi soluzzjoni ghandha tinstab malajr kemm jista` jkun, jekk le dan ghandu jigi ordnat izarma u jitlaq immedjatament.
Bernadette Mizzi
Dec 22nd 2012, 06:17
Let him lock himself in the cage he will go hungry ,so will the tigers,he will get out of the cage this is not some form of blackmail ? ...it is our country he must abide by our rules.....
M. Spiteri
Dec 22nd 2012, 00:29
Ghala inghalaq ma tigra da? Hsara lilu jista jaghmel. Jekk qed jahseb li l gvern jew il MEPA ghandha tinkwieta ghax hu inghalaq ma tigra tieghu stess mela allura jizbalja hafna. Jien jekk mmur ninghalaq ma tigra tikolni. Good luck lil dan it taljan
Francis Grech
Dec 21st 2012, 23:41
This is episode getting to be more of a circus than the Circus it self Why din't you spoil sports leave these people alone to entertain our children and to earn a few Euros don't you have nothing else to complain about .
Peter Agius
Dec 21st 2012, 22:48
Just let him work.........or is it a crime know?
jenny saliba
Dec 22nd 2012, 10:07
Not a crime Peter, just animal cruelty... does that mean anything to you? ignorance is bliss :)
Alfred Falzon
Dec 21st 2012, 22:36
Mr Sali and his circus should know that all this is IRRELEVANT to Malta!
First we had PN MP Dr Franco Debono, now PL MP Dr Angelo Farrugia who have acquired enough bitter experience through their Parties' antics!
The reason why we can no longer TOLERATE a circus within a circus that is politics in Malta!
Mr Sali, all you need to do now is sue the authorities for damages!
Alfred A Falzon
Francis Formosa
Dec 21st 2012, 22:36
Dear Clare,
It is obvious thar you are one of the wise once, howevcer may I bring to you attention that the circus is not an educational exercise but a recicaiional event. The beauty of life is that every onoe is free to chose and no one has the right to stop them.
Most of the people are attending to the show, this raises the question of who is stuped ans uneducated and who is wise.
dawn wood
Dec 21st 2012, 21:07
oh wow locked up in a cage, with two tigers, should try being locked in an aquarium with politicians now thats scary!!
Justin Spiteri
Dec 21st 2012, 22:40
Should try being locked on an island with politicans, one month after election has elapsed, for a time period of 4 years and 11 months...
lee murphy
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:46
haha touche !
Mrs Joana Pura
Dec 21st 2012, 20:36
Yes...we don't want animals and circus in Malta. We have our own circus and the politicians are replacing successfully the animals. Besides no permits are required and no anti-cruelty movements are on. The nation is scared enough of tomorrow not to see, hear or react.
R Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 19:54
It is beyond me how people insist that the circus is not cruel to animlas!!!! Have you watched the interview?? Did you not realise how scared the animals are of him?????
The tigers have been forced to sit on those small stools for hours!!!! He should have gone on a hunger strike rather than forced the animals to stay on the stools!!! Just that in itself is cruel enough!!!
Mr J. Bonnici
Dec 21st 2012, 18:39
A circus within a circus.
It is perhaps time to realize that this form of entertainment no longer thrills the crowds like it used to do in the past.
fleur cilia buckett
Dec 21st 2012, 20:16
i like your comment
Rod Dangerfield
Dec 21st 2012, 18:38
Two articles whose comments certainly encapsulate the narrow mindedness of some of the readers. The whining here about a circus and the other is the Panto piece where they are getting massacred for daring to speak in Engish. Both of these are traditional Christmas fare for families so do please lighten up! No one is forced to go to the circus or the panto.
Joseph Fenech
Dec 21st 2012, 17:29
I am just perplexed and worried of how our country has ended. This poor person is desperate to be allowed to work and make a living. Does anyone think he is doing this out of spite or because he is enjoying it. I am sure he has commitments which he needs to full fill and due to the USUAL bureaucracy in our country this person is obliged to do what he deems is an act of desperation. LET HIM WORK.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 17:54
Sur Fenech, taf li gibtli qalbi perzuta?!!!!!!! You have brought tears to my eyes.
Or not!!!!
fleur cilia buckett
Dec 21st 2012, 20:16
yes of course all about a business and earning money ux?!
Mark Tarius
Dec 21st 2012, 21:29
just because he can make money from it we let him do it? with no regard as to what he is doing and how he is doing it? I think the Maltese, or most of them have a better sense than that.
R. Azzopardi
Dec 22nd 2012, 07:53
No we will not let him work. There are loads of circuses without animals and yet they give a great show. Those are more than welcome.
Mark Jones
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:29
@Mark Tarius
When was the last time you ate a chicken or fish which you bought from a shop, who's sole purpose is business?
lee murphy
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:48
he shouldnt be allowed to drag animals around with him "to make a living" sorry ...... rightfully banned in my eyes and as far as im aware most countrys of moral upstanding
Joe A. Borg
Dec 21st 2012, 17:21
Is it so difficult to understand for Mr. Sali that we do not like Animal Circuses in Malta!
Or maybe he need an interpreter?
oliver mallia
Dec 21st 2012, 19:45
Speak for yourself Mr Joe A Borg
George Joseph Cauchi
Dec 21st 2012, 20:58
Who nominated you to speak on behalf of all the Maltese?
lee murphy
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:50
funny i see more people backing what you say than saying go ahead with it..... so yes i agree with u sir .... be gone and stop dragging animals around for personal gain
Ella Galea
Dec 21st 2012, 17:15
Some weeks ago, I walked by the circus area in Naxxar.. I dared peeping in without letting any crew notice me. You know what I enjoyed??? seeing one of the staff playing around with the tiger.. this guy wasn't aware I was watching.. so please, it's unfair to generalize.
Also, not all kids have the opportunity to see wild animals for real. Let them live this moment. these animals are not hurt!
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:27
Not hurt? Please get your facts right, they need to be traumatized in order to be so obedient. Just a google search or youtube is enough to see how they are actually trained
fleur cilia buckett
Dec 21st 2012, 20:17
I suggest reading articles and seeing all the youtube videos of how they are taught to perform and not forgetting the 7 to 8 hrs travelling in dark trailers!
jenny saliba
Dec 22nd 2012, 07:19
oh xi hlew, he was playing with a tiger. mela it cant be cruel taaaaa !!! if you want your kids to see wild animals , may i suggest a safari trip or discovery channel & animal planet . BASTA
Matt Borg
Dec 21st 2012, 17:14
Is it my problem if he's back in the cage? For all I know it's him risking his life not me. When he's really afraid he'll come out by himself (if the tiger allows him).
Why waste time on such sensationalism?
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 17:10
Readers would do well to note that this is not the first or second time that Sali has resorted to this kind of protest - locking himself up in cages. The Internet is always quite helpful in such instances:
http://lists.peacelink.it/animali/2006/02/msg00248.html
Hope the authorities take a closer look at his past.
GORDON HEWITT
Dec 21st 2012, 16:39
Can anyone please tell me.....what has happened to the other circus here? Is it open and performing? Last heard of in the Addolorata car park I think?
Charles Falzon
Dec 21st 2012, 17:32
All I know it is still there.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 17:56
It is still there ... thankfully, however, not many crowds there. Most of the crowds in the vicinity are quite silent.
Mr Joe Frendo
Dec 21st 2012, 16:25
How long has MEPA extended the 30 Day 'temporary' permit for MFCC Tent at Ta' Qali?
oliver mallia
Dec 21st 2012, 19:46
Good point
lee murphy
Dec 22nd 2012, 08:52
depends how much u pay to how long your permit lasts ;) lol
Doris Sarlo
Dec 21st 2012, 16:23
This man should be allowed to operate. He was issued with permits till January, so he should be allowed to work as per permit.
The animals in the circus are well looked after, born in captivity - so I see no animal cruelty here!
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:41
Sarlo-the permit was for 30days. He has till the 6th to prepare pack and leave.
YOu see no cruelity in putting a tiger in a cage, and travel with it, through seas and roads.....????
Fleur Spiteri
Dec 21st 2012, 17:14
Ms Sarlo - did you see how the tiger shied down when this guy got close to it ?? That behaviour to me means something is not right ! To me it spells CRUELTY !
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 17:56
@ Doris Sarlo - Sheer intelligence emanating from you. And please tell us whether you have been a performing animal in another life? Eh? Eh? Go on: enlighten us!
R Mallia
Dec 21st 2012, 16:17
Pack and go Mr.Sali, and stop breeding these animals, their place is in Africa, Asia or south America & not in your cage. I believe these tigers where trained by that rod you have in your hand and they know that thing really hurts. Thats why they obey you.
Philip Grech
Dec 21st 2012, 16:01
MFCC has been there for 29 days I presume
Marco Cremona
Dec 21st 2012, 19:11
Excellent point Philip!
Chris Debono
Dec 21st 2012, 15:59
Why all this fuss for this guy ??????
First: If the Authority did not want him here why they gave him the go ahead to come ?
Second: Most of the School outings now a days are made to private parks to see animal and birds in cages so what is the issue about this ?
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:11
@Debono, probably the problem is that these teachers who organise these outings you mentioned are simply nonsense
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 16:48
@ Chris Debono: There's a Maltese saying which I won't write here. But please, don't mix up cabbages with potatoes! Enough said to those who want to listen!
Joe Spiteri
Dec 21st 2012, 17:30
@ Claire Busuttil. Seems whatever you say is right; all others are wrong. Right? And by the way, I love animals as much as you do, probably more, and accusing this man of being cruel to his animals is utterly nonsense!
Naomi Attard Borg
Dec 21st 2012, 20:17
Schools are only allowed to organise outing which are educational..hence, no outings to private parks to see animals and birds in cages are organised. I am referring to State Schools, and I know what I am talking about as I teach in a State School. You should get the facts right before posting a comment!!
C Vassallo
Dec 21st 2012, 15:54
I can understand all animal lovers to be against the circus ,I too am against any type of animal cruelty , but one thing I can't understand is , how come these people that are so much against the circus aren't protesting on a daily basis here in Malta at Bahar ic-caghaq ?. Is it ok for dolphins to be kept in pools rather than swimming free in the ocean ? Doesn't that classify as cruelty ?
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:03
@Vassallo- who said that it`s ok for Dolphins.....True animal lovers would never dream of going to see an animal in Captivity....being a zoo an aquarium, circus......these are all against ANIMAL RIGHTS
C Vassallo
Dec 21st 2012, 16:28
Than why aren't there protests there, if it ain't right for dolphins? . But every time a circus comes a big fuss is made !!! I'm just saying . !!
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:39
@Vassallo- sometimes action speak louder.....if you love animals, just do not go to these places, and do not these people who are keeping these animals, to get rich and richer.....
R Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 20:19
Oh please!!!! Do you really expect us to be protesting every day???? We also have a job and a life!! If people were educated enough not to go they would be forced to close their doors!! And for the love of animals pls don't just tell animal lovers what they should be protesting for, everyone should do their little bit!
fleur cilia buckett
Dec 21st 2012, 20:22
as an animal activist i know for sure there is a protest about our dolphinarium every year!
Neville Cutajar
Dec 21st 2012, 15:47
This interesting . 32 people commented ... How many people went to see the circus ??
Donna Parnis
Dec 21st 2012, 16:17
I didnt and wouldnt,
Geoffrey Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 15:36
Now MEPA pls explain this - this circus is set up in the same village and area where for years there used to be the Trade Fair. The company organising the fair had also set up a number of 'temporary' tents on Government owned land, on which there was also an enforcement notice. These tents remained there for many many years and no one even dared to just try and remove them. WHY?
Joseph Camilleri
Dec 21st 2012, 15:33
Can this guy pack his things, and go back to where he came from?! There is no place for a circus which contains animals in Malta... I write, from what I see... my personal opinion is that for me, it makes no difference, however for the animals, and the workers sake of this circus, and others... PLEASE stop coming to Malta!!!
M Borg
Dec 21st 2012, 16:05
Well why let him come in the first place and then refuse to let him operate ?
I do not like or ever go to the circus, but these people have a right to work. They should not have been given a permit , but now that the permit was given they must be given a place.
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:12
@Borg- Do not mix things up....he OPERATED for the 30days permit
Charles Grixti
Dec 21st 2012, 15:29
This is getting ridiculous. The government should do the right thing and take the bull by the horns and send them packing, never to return.
If we want Circuses, how about the sophisticated Circ du Soleil, with its human acrobats doing tricks for other humans, instead of using animals? Or is this too high brow for us poor folk here in Malta?
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 15:56
agreed
D Portelli
Dec 21st 2012, 15:28
Mr.Sali, you can stay in the cage until the 6th January,no difference for me.
I'm not a circus fan, but definitely if I was interested in visiting the circus I won't come to this one. Acting in this way to get it your way won't work out for me!
Good Luck and hope your animals like you in their cage.
Francis Formosa
Dec 21st 2012, 15:26
Can any one please explain to me how after all these years of having two circuses in Malta for the Christmas and new year duration, this year Malta is making it so hard for these circuses to set and function.
We have enough open spaces for them. At the end of the road it the maltese, especially the children that will entertained. Let us stop this nonsense once and fore all.
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:05
@Formosa-only stupid children, without education can be entertained by Animal Circus
Colin Camilleri
Dec 21st 2012, 15:14
Circus owner... take your bed with you inside this time!
Thomas Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 15:11
Tibqgħux tatuh importanza. Barrani ġo pajjiżna se joqod jisraq ix-xena? Ħalluh joqod ġo l-gaġġa kemm irid għandna ħafna iżjed affarjiet importanti minn dan il-barrani.
D Portelli
Dec 21st 2012, 12:16
If the Permit was for 30 days and it expired they should just leave, no matter of what they think or want to do.
On the other hand, if the Maltese Authorities don't want any animal circus in Malta they should put this in our law and not issue anymore permits in future.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 12:24
There, I agree with you as well. It makes no sense by playing around with permits and no permits. Animal circuses are either in or out. You don't play around with wild animals stuck in cages and trucks!
Jon Vercellono
Dec 21st 2012, 11:12
@F. Farrugia -a more constructive use of your time might be to contribute to animal charities fighting poaching in Africa a far worse problem than tigers sitting on a stool. The circus animals who are used to performing, and who do love their owners, may be far better off there than in their native habitat - and that is not a fallacious argument. Educate the masses on the beauty of these animals.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 12:23
Educate by all means, but performing animals is not a means to educating them. Thank you for giving me unwarranted advice re 'consturctive use of my time' but I think that from the way you write, you are nowhere able to give me such. Circus animals, by the way, do not LOVE their owners - they should have no 'owners'. They should have 'carers'. And this does not happen within such circuses.
Jon Vercellono
Dec 21st 2012, 14:56
@F. Farrugia-on the contrary, I do read an average of 6 newspapers daily, am using my own name, have a university degree, and am quite able to look at a situation and present a differing viewpoint. Poaching is a very bad problem in Africa and must be addressed (many face extinction). Yes address the needs of the 1% of animals in a circus environment, but don't forget the other animals in the wild
J Grima
Dec 21st 2012, 15:30
Mr Vercellono : To "Educate the masses on the beauty of these animals", one can visit a zoo.
On the other hand, making money by getting these 'beautiful animals' to perform unnatural tasks....is sad.
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 16:00
@Grima- ZOOS?!?!??!?!??! the animals are in captivity as well, and not in their habitat
J Grima
Dec 21st 2012, 16:16
Claire, you should be aware that thanks to a lot of big & well-run zoos, certain species have been saved from extinction. I'm sure you'd be glad for that!
A. Sciberras
Dec 21st 2012, 16:18
@Vercellono - i doubt you have seen previous footage of the tigers' reaction to this guy. they are terrified of him and definitely do not love him!
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:39
"The circus animals who are used to performing, and who do love their owners, may be far better off there than in their native habitat"
Now look at that, we have someone wiser than mother nature!
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:42
@Claire - Thanks to zoos animals have been saved from extinction because someone thought they can have a better life performing in a circus. And if you ever visited a zoo, every effort is made so the area where the animals live resembles their natural habitat... very much different than a cage!
j brincat
Dec 21st 2012, 11:08
Are we saying that they come here and dictate things to us?
There should be a clear policy about circuses, animals or not animals!
(jb)
George Cutajar
Dec 21st 2012, 15:12
Agreed. Ask JM to include in the Labour electoral programme seeing he has no policies to date. Might as well start a circus policy.
Peter Murray
Dec 21st 2012, 11:07
I thought MEPA had provided a solution?
fleur cilia buckett
Dec 21st 2012, 16:50
thats the other circus peter!
O Galea
Dec 21st 2012, 10:13
for the love of decency... let them just get on with it... then, just make a directive that no further circuses involving animals from 2013 onwards.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 10:39
That is what we always say, Mr Galea. And the circus keeps on coming, every year.
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 11:54
Galea-NO there was an order stating that they are here for 30days. That`s it!!!
Mvella .
Dec 21st 2012, 09:56
If there are ppl out there finding that circusses cause stress to the animals - what do you think these current sherades are doing to them? These animals are used to performing, bred in captivity and wouldn't be able to hunt for food even if their life depended on it. By not allowing to perform the circus will have no income and will not be able to feed the animals. Is that what you lot all want?
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 10:38
That argument of yours is fallacious from the very start. It is an argument that people behind animal circuses have been using for years on end - and the animals keep on being bred in captivity. There are ways and special organisations that deal with returning animals to the wild, and even if they are not, their place is not in front of you, entertaining you! Use other means for that!
Franco Attard Trevisan
Dec 21st 2012, 16:19
@ Franco Farrugia
Spot on!!!
Mvella .
Dec 21st 2012, 09:53
For all those ney-sayers in this matters - stick to your opinion and let others enjoy the events. It's probably the only time our children will be able to see these kind of animals in real life, so who are you to play God and take that away from them???
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 10:37
It's not a question of 'playing God'. It's a question of teaching YOU, for starters, since you have children (x'taghmel!) how to educate yourself and your children. If, as you are saying - wrongly!, an animal circus is the only way your children will be able to see these animals in real life, then, all I can say is that they are better off not seeing them at all.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 10:40
Another thing: try and learn - hmmm! - that it's not a question of sticking to my opinion and let others enjoy the events. If it is an event which goes against natural justice, I have the right to do my best and stop that event. And keeping wild animals caged, today, indeed, IS an injustice.
Mark Vella
Dec 21st 2012, 10:56
I bet you all go to the jungle yearly to see these animals. How many animals have you collected from the street and how much donations do you give for animal charity? I enjoyed the circus and its animals.
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 11:17
The fact that you enjoyed the circus and its animals only proves my point about you - unable to reach enough height to be able to educate. Well ... whoever you are, because 'Mvella' is neither here nor there. On the contrary, I show my name and surname, and people in know, are aware what I do and what I give towards the cause of the most vulnerable of animals.
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 11:51
Mvella- well, probably you can take thios example to teach your kids, that the mentioned animals SHOULD NOT be kept in cages, and FORCED, by some idiots, to jump or to roll!!.....ahh and since you wanted to mention God....infact he put them free in Africa, not in cages
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 11:52
Mark Vella, la hadt gost b xi haga hekk, nista nimmagina x tip ta persuna inti.
Mark Vella
Dec 21st 2012, 13:27
No really, whatever you say. I really don't care. I liked the circus and the kids too :)
Amanda Sciberras
Dec 21st 2012, 14:20
Just look around you and you ll be entertained for sure, more than going to see a circus show.
Mario Ellul
Dec 21st 2012, 14:38
M Vella, you are a pure example of a selfish human being who just thinks of his own entertainment and gives a shoot about the state and welfare of those poor creatures as long as it pleases you and your kids. Very selfish indeed.
Kevin Camilleri
Dec 21st 2012, 14:38
"Mark Vella, la hadt gost b xi haga hekk, nista nimmagina x tip ta persuna inti." u min int int biex taghmel dan l-statement? Jekk ma jogbokx c-cirku tmurx u mur ghamel li jogghob lilek imma mhux tigi timponi fuq haddiehor x-jaghmel. Jiena c-cirku jogobni ax ma andix finanzi biex darba f-sena nmur nara l-annimali go gagga fiz-zoos li hawn mxerdin gol-ewropa allura nmur narhom go cirku. Xorta gagga
maria borg
Dec 21st 2012, 15:29
i teach my children freedom not slavery
these animals are slaves closed in cages and travel closed in trucks for long distances
if they can`t be returned to their natural habitat at least they should be sent to zoos which have good amount of spaces for them to run and not small cages where the only time to go out of them is when being forced doing silly tricks for your entertainment
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 15:45
@Kevin Camilleri- kemm jidher li ma fimhtx xejn fuq ir rispett lejn in natura.....semmejt z zoos....u le jahasra....
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 15:47
@Camilleri-u nighdlek ohra...nies bhalek, li tifirhu b dan l affarijiet...nithassarkom....
Mark Vella
Dec 21st 2012, 16:04
@ Claire Busuttil - > and we pity you because you probably didn't go see the show :)
Mark Vella
Dec 21st 2012, 16:07
@ Franco Farrugia - just to clarify that Mvella and Mark Vella are not the same person. we just happened.
Franco Attard Trevisan
Dec 21st 2012, 16:23
@ Mvella & Mark Vella
I pity your kids if that's the only way you learned to keep your kids entertained! What a sad existence!
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 16:44
@ Mvella and/or Mark Vella: You will please leave it up to me what I think of you. Or both. Or, whatever.
@ Kevin Camilleri: Jien f'hajti qatt ma mort nara zoo. Jekk m'ghandekx flus biex tmur, ahdem izjed u faddal. Kif naghmel jien. Le, mhix l-istess gagga. Jekk joghgbok, tkomplix turi kemm int nieqes mill-edukazzjoni!
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:48
@Mark Vella - My mum thought me something better. To RESPECT nature as it is
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:52
@Kevin Camilleri - "Jekk ma jogbokx c-cirku tmurx u mur ghamel li jogghob lilek imma mhux tigi timponi fuq haddiehor x-jaghmel."
Ghidli naqra min qed jimponi fuq l-annimali...
R. Azzopardi
Dec 22nd 2012, 07:51
Mvella, if you haven't got the funds, that's your problem and not the problem of defenceless animals.I haven't got the funds to see these animals in their natural habitat so I watch documentaries on TV instead.
Ramon Mangion
Dec 21st 2012, 09:45
Ma nafx kif ha naqghu ghal dan ghax issakkar go Gagga. Permess kien ghal 30 gurnata u daqshekk
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 15:46
Nisperaw li MEPA ma taqax ghalih.....ha naraw
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 09:42
We can offer them a solution: pack up and leave!
effie stafrace
Dec 21st 2012, 09:40
malta is the only place in the world where these thing or gimmicks happen
Franco Farrugia
Dec 21st 2012, 11:18
You're wrong.
Kurt Mifsud
Dec 21st 2012, 19:53
Jekk ma tixghelx TV, Internet, u ma taqrax gazzetti, iva Malta l-unika
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 09:21
If the order was of 30days.....it is over....andate adesso...!
Claire Busuttil
Dec 21st 2012, 09:21
tipically an Italian/sicilian mentality...if I cannot go inside the door I will try from the window.....go away...and do not come again pelase!
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