Overview
- Animal Rebellion said its members entered the ring during the Munich winter premiere and attempted to display banners reading “Tiere raus aus der Manege.”
- Security cut the lights and removed the protesters as the audience booed, and further arguments with staff followed outside the tent.
- Munich police said more than ten patrols responded, seized two banners, and cited a 20-year-old from Nuremberg and a 56-year-old from Munich for trespass and an assembly-law offense.
- The group alleges violent removal and says it will file criminal complaints and submit footage to the veterinary authority, while police reported no injuries observed among activists encountered on site.
- Circus leadership denied any mistreatment of protesters and defended animal care, and the program continued to its conclusion with sustained applause.