Animal rights activists gathered outside the grounds of a circus in Laval Saturday to protest what they say is the abusive treatment of exotic animals.

The protesters stood in the rainy weather to ask people to boycott the Cirque Estival, and all animal circuses.

The training process for animals like elephants and horses is grueling, said animal rights group Massacre Animal.

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