11.   Unlike in the United States, where most circuses are touring enterprises, Russian circuses usually operate out of permanent buildings in major cities.

12.   When the Russian circus comes to town, two of their acrobats always make time for lessons.

13.   An animal welfare activist will fly to the Philippines on Sunday in a bid to rescue Skippy, a kangaroo caged and stranded in a bankrupt Russian circus.

14.   Five animals performing for a Russian circus in a southern Philippine city have died of electrocution, a newspaper reported Monday.

15.   Some animal rights activists have protested the treatment of animals in Russian circuses and zoos, but little has been said about dogs and cats.

16.   The city government of Manila has agreed to give temporary shelter to performing animals of an ill-fated Russian circus troupe which was abandoned in the southern Philippines by promoters.

17.   Three ponies and two donkeys performing for a Russian circus were accidentally electrocuted over the weekend before a horrified audience in the southern Philippines.

18.   But he is not interested in producing clothes and instead is preparing for a giant show next year involving the Russian national circus.

19.   Russian circuses, once lavishly treated by the Soviet state, now persistently run into financial problems when touring abroad.

20.   The animals of a Russian circus troupe stranded in the Philippines will be temporarily sheltered in the Manila city zoo, newspapers reported here Saturday.