Birth of camels since arrival of circus in Ireland raises serious questions

As protests against the use of wild animals by the Austrian Circus Belly Wien/Renz currently touring the country grow stronger by the day, its increasingly beleaguered spokesperson has taken to claiming in media interviews that its animals are happy, because several camels have given birth since arriving here.

This is a claim as lacking in reassurance as it is desperate.

All species, our own included, are capable of conceiving and giving birth even in the most adverse of circumstances.