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Release Winter 2025

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· Tethered, trapped, and fighting to fly

· Elephants deserve better - and you’re making it happen

· Your kindness in action

· Festive campaign strikes again

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Another season of circus cruelty has begun

Help us to take action against animal circuses!
Take action against animal circuses in the UK
Merlin Commits to End Gentoo Penguin Breeding in the UK

Read the statement from FFA, BFF and PETA here
Ban Mobile Zoos

Mobile zoos exploit animals for entertainment and profit. Tell DEFRA to ban.

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.
Zoos neither educate nor empower children
Aquariums

Animals in aquariums are taken from the wild and forced to live in tiny tanks.
Top 5 reasons safari parks are no better than other 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
Take Action! Free the Sea Life Penguins

Sign our petition to demand that Sea Life/Merlin Entertainments free the gentoo penguins from their basement prison, contact your MP to support the EDM!
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.
Circuses

Animals including horses and dogs continue to be exploited in circuses in the UK.
Marmosets Continue to Suffer at Manchester Pet Shop

Monkeys continue to be bought and sold as new Bill announced to outlaw the practice.

10 facts about zoos

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

Free the Fifteen Penguins from Sea Life London

We are asking Sea Life to free the Gentoo penguins living in their basement to sanctuary space and to cease the exhibition of penguins. You can help! Read more

New Tether and Torment Investigation Video Launch!

Filmed undercover across 3 UK bird of prey centres Read more