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• Animals look well cared for

  I WAS quite depressed to read your article giving publicity to CAPS (Captive Animals Protection Society) the organisation purporting to "liberate" performing animals in circuses.( Standard, August 16) My wife and I recently took our grandchildren to see Gifford's Circus at Barrington. They were totally captivated by the show, as was the entire sell-out audience of both "townies" and "locals" alike. Had there been the slightest doubt about the well-being of the (few) animals involved my horse owning wife and animal loving grand-children would have been outraged. On the contrary, it was quite evident that, without exception, these animals were much loved and cared for by the proprietors. read more

• Have they seen show?

  HAVING just returned from a visit to Gifford's Circus at Minchinhampton common I was rather surprised to read the article by Ian Craig re animal welfare at this circus. read more

• Circus is the wrong target

  HAVING read the article in last week's Standard regarding Giffords Circus and having visited the circus over the weekend of August 18, I felt compelled to write and ask why your publication would give valuable column inches to the Captive Animals Protection Society when it's highly likely that they have never visited this circus themselves. I suspect they are just trying to create maximum publicity for themselves by having a go at a high profile target in the area. read more

• Few spoiling it for the rest

  I FIND it utterly deplorable that I have to write about dog fouling. read more

• Gardens let town down

  YOUR article (August 9) about the overgrown verges and roundabouts of Cirencester and the comparison of its "messy approaches to the town" with the lovely landscaped roundabout which welcomes drivers to Tetbury, made me think about how much effort has been made by so many people over so many years to ensure that our beautiful Cotswold town is always a serious contender in the "Britain in Bloom" contest. read more

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