Russian circus stranded in RP

Russian circus stranded in RP

MANILA (AFP): Fifteen members of a Russian circus troupe and
21 circus animals have been stranded in the southern Philippine
city of Davao after their Filipino promoter abandoned them, the
official Philippine News Agency (PNA) said.

"We have no money, we have no food for ourselves and our
animals to exist normally. We have no documents for the
repatriation of our equipment and animals from the Philippines to
Russia," PNA quoted troupe leader Boris Fedotov as saying.

The agency said the group was part of a bigger entourage that
performed in the central city of Cebu last year but which broke
up due to internal disputes.

Fedorov's group went to Davao and agreed to perform for the
Twentieth Century Fairs and Amusement Inc., but the promoter has
since left the city and stopped providing the daily food
allowance for the troupe two weeks ago, it said.

The circus' elephant, two camels, seven bears, two St. Bernard
dogs, a puma, a kangaroo, one pony, a llama, a tiger, a python
and three chickens were surviving on discarded vegetables from
the local market and collected by a Roman Catholic church
charity.