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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

Crowds and Flash Photography Make Captive Chimpanzees Anxious

A new study has found that zoo visitors are causing stress and anxiety in captive chimpanzees.

Welsh Wild Animal Circus Ban Receives Cross Party Support

The Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Bill is one step closer to becoming law.

Notorious Zoo's Former Boss Has Riding School Application Rejected

The former head of South Lakes Safari Zoo has had his plans for a horse riding centre rejected.

10 facts about zoos

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

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!

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”

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

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

Aquariums

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

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

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

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Britta Jaschinski

Peter Tatchell

Professor Randy Malamud

Angela Smith - Baroness Smith of Basildon

Fiona Oakes

Professor Marc Bekoff