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Covid-19 appeal - Please help

Your donation of any size today will help make sure animals are not forgotten during this crisis.

Right now, animals are still in desperate need in captivity. And they will still need our help when the Covid-19 crisis has passed.

You can take action to make sure we can keep fighting on through this difficult time and far into the future, for as long as animals need us. Because we cannot give up.

Please, if you are able give what you can today. Thank you Read more
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Published: 29^th April, 2019

Updated: 20^th May, 2020

Author: Nic OBrien

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

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