Is America really in the grip of a clown shortage?

'No' says angry clown leader, who says he was misquoted, but figures indicate a serious decline

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 15:Demonstrators with Spain's Indignant movement dressed as clowns perform as policemen during a rally at Puerta del Sol on May 15, 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Spain's Indignan
(Image credit: 2012 Getty Images)

THE US is not suffering from a shortage of clowns, the head of America's largest clown trade organisation insisted yesterday.

A spate of articles proclaiming the death of clowning followed a report by the New York Daily News yesterday warning of an imminent clown shortage across North America.

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