London - Circus trainer Mary Chipperfield flew to Spain yesterday after she was fined £7,500 for cruelty to a baby chimp - and vowed to continue working with animals, despite protests.
Animal welfare activists and MPs demanded that Ms Chipperfield and her husband, Roger Cawley - fined £1,000 for cruelty to a sick elephant - should be banned from ever working with animals again.
There were rowdy scenes after the court hearing in Aldershot, Hampshire, when the couple were mobbed by more than 100 animal activists.