The animal liberation movement takes a giant step toward farce:

…the Animal Liberation Front… told Circus Royal director Oliver Skreinig they planned to steal [the Circus’s] Siberian tiger and hand him to a zoo.But when they broke into the circus enclosure and saw the animal they changed their minds – and stole a rabbit instead.

The liberationists then posted pictures of themselves online wearing black army uniforms and balaclavas and holding the rabbit.

Skreinig said: ‘The pet rabbit was not even in the show, it belonged to our clown’s six-year-old daughter.'”