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  1. Why it matters
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Festive Events

Festive Events

Reindeer, penguins, owls and other animals are used as props in festive events. Made to travel up and down the country and put on display for crowds - they are just like circuses. Read more

Published: 21st February, 2018

Updated: 16th October, 2018

Author: Nic OBrien

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Pet trade

Pet trade

Monkeys, skunks, crocodiles, hedgehogs and porcupines. These are just some of the many different species traded in the UK as ‘exotic pets’. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 28th July, 2020

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TV and film

TV and film

Animals are not actors or performers. They are forced into this life by human ‘trainers’, forced to perform cruel tricks for the camera. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 20th February, 2019

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Aquariums

Aquariums

Animals in aquariums are taken from the wild and forced to live in tiny tanks. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 22nd April, 2019

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  • Ten facts about zoos
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Circuses

Circuses

Animals including horses and dogs continue to be exploited in circuses in the UK. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 9th October, 2020

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  • circuses
Mobile zoos

Mobile zoos

Animals used in mobile displays are forced to endure stressful and unnatural environments. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 9th March, 2018

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Zoos

Zoos

Animals in zoos are denied a life of freedom. A cage can never be their home. Read more

Published: 2nd November, 2017

Updated: 27th March, 2019

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  • End a lifetime of lockdown for animals in captivity

    End a lifetime of lockdown for animals in captivity

    Lockdown hasn't ended for animals languishing in zoos and aquariums. Set up a monthly gift today and be part of the fight to free animals from captivity.

    Become a Freedom Champion today.

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    Become a Freedom Champion

    Freedom Champions are ordinary people - just like you - doing something extraordinary to help animals. By making a monthly donation, you will power all that we do to end the exploitation of animals.

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  • 10 facts about zoos

    10 facts about zoos

    Here are ten facts about zoos that you need to know...

  • Zoos

    Zoos

    Animals in zoos are denied a life of freedom. A cage can never be their home.

  • VICTORY: Wild Animals are Banned in Circuses in England!

    VICTORY: Wild Animals are Banned in Circuses in England!

    The Wild Animals in Circuses Act has finally come into effect, after over 60 years of campaigning

  • Top ten reasons NOT to visit Europe’s “Top Ten Zoos”

    Top ten reasons NOT to visit Europe’s “Top Ten Zoos”

    We take an alternative look at Europe’s “Top Ten” zoos suggest why you should give them, and any other business which holds animals captive for money, a wide berth

  • Circuses

    Circuses

    Animals including horses and dogs continue to be exploited in circuses in the UK.

  • History

    History

    From 1957 to now

  • Mission

    Mission

    Our Mission

  • Aquariums

    Aquariums

    Animals in aquariums are taken from the wild and forced to live in tiny tanks.

  • Animal circuses, animal suffering

    Animal circuses, animal suffering

    In this article we look at transport & life on the road, training, the performances themselves, the ethics, the scientific research, escapes, how it is legal for a circus to beat an elephant with an iron bar. We ask whether this is a relic of the not so distant past, highlight some incidents and look at the legacy of deaths.

  • Pet trade

    Pet trade

    Monkeys, skunks, crocodiles, hedgehogs and porcupines. These are just some of the many different species traded in the UK as ‘exotic pets’.

End a lifetime of lockdown for animals in captivity

End a lifetime of lockdown for animals in captivity

Lockdown hasn't ended for animals languishing in zoos and aquariums. Set up a monthly gift today and be part of the fight to free animals from captivity.

Become a Freedom Champion today.

Read more

Published: 19th February, 2021

Updated: 24th February, 2021

Author: Nic OBrien

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Freedom for Animals is the working name of the Captive Animals' Protection Society. 

The Captive Animals' Protection Society is a registered charity, no. 1124436, and a company, no. 2086775, 
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