This follows a number of appeals having being made to Boswell to release Opal, an Orangutan, who has been caged for 36 lonely years at the Natal Zoological Gardens just outside Pietermaritzburg.
According to the SPCA, Opal is housed in a concrete enclosure with “minimal environmental enrichment”.
Boswell, who is the owner of Brian Boswell Circus and the Natal Zoo, has been plagued by controversy and criticism concerning the well being and care of zoo and circus animals.
Last Week Boswell’s wife Jane, their daughter Georgina, and elephant handler David Marais, appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court for allegedly contravening the Animal Protection Act.
The charges against them relate to an incident during December 2012 where employees were filmed allegedly beating and chaining elephants at a school.
