Animal Defender Magazine UK Spring 2014 by Animal Defenders International

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ISSN: 2041-3653

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Magazine of Animal Defenders International and the National Anti-Vivisection Society

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UNDERCOVER: Lab monkey farms and cruel monkey trainers exposed UK circus ban kept on track ● Award-winning Lion Ark on the red carpet ● Secrecy on animal experiments ● Beagle dealer stopped ● Owl monkey capture outlawed ● Help save Peru’s circus animals ●

Editorial Stunning revelations from our two latest investigations on the abuse of primates detail the brutality in a UK Home Office (HO) approved laboratory primate supplier and cruel and sickening training of primates for entertainment in Korea.

HELP the National Anti-Vivisection Society Every year, millions of animals suffer and die in laboratories for experiments that have been shown to be unreliable. We investigate inside the laboratories; research the science and highlight advanced, non-animal research methods. We fund non-animal scientific and medical research through the Lord Dowding Fund, www.ldf.org.uk Please help, make a bequest today.

The HO claims to provide special protection for primates, yet continues to allow huge numbers to be imported for laboratories. The use of foreign suppliers that do not meet UK regulations and constantly take animals from the wild to supplement their failed captive breeding programmes is also permitted.

Where there’s a WILL there’s a WAY to help suffering animals

Flying in the face of public opinion and the will of the European Parliament in the EU Directive and Written Declaration WD40, the UK’s Home Office has failed to reduce primate use in research, or start to phase out the use of wild-caught primates.

The brutality these animals endure shames Britain. Our country creates the market for an evil trade in abused animals torn from the wild to breed in factory farm conditions with no regard for their high intelligence, emotions and sensitivity. Our second investigation released this year is on primates used in entertainment in Korea, where we got film of the cruel way in which monkeys are taught to walk on their hind legs. The trainers come across as cruel bullies, enjoying the terror and suffering of a little monkey as he tries to run away, repeatedly falling on his face, screaming in his desperation to escape. The good news here, is that a Member of Congress has tabled legislation, which we are supporting with our friends at Korea Animal Rights Advocates (KARA).

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The screenings of Lion Ark continued to change minds about animals in entertainment at the film festivals last year, and the tour continues.

Since 1990, ADI has worked all over the world to expose the suffering of animals in entertainment, in films, advertising and television; we lobby on wildlife trade issues and promote non-animal research. We have rescued animals from circuses, pet dealers and more. Over 25 countries have now ended the use of animals in circuses.You can make a difference, make a bequest to ADI today.

The priority now of course is to save the circus animals of Peru! I love Paul Taylor’s cartoon here but, no, we do not plan a sequel!

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Monkey hell

D E S O P X E on paradise isle The true horror of the laboratory monkey trade has been uncovered by our field officers and released simultaneously in the UK and USA by the NAVS and ADI USA. Our team infiltrated the secret world of two major dealers operating out of holiday island paradise Mauritius. We released footage from inside the Biodia facilities on Mauritius and Noveprim in Spain. A far cry from the sanitised images that are presented in the media, and used to lobby politicians, our findings expose a world of brutality, fear and suffering, long before the monkeys even start their terrifying journey to the laboratory.

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Holiday makers and honeymooners are oblivious to the hidden suffering in this tropical paradise. Mauritius is one of the largest suppliers of monkeys for laboratories in the world, sending thousands to miserable deaths each year – some could even be locked in tiny boxes in the cargo hold, next to holidaymakers’ bags as they travel home. Our field officers went inside Biodia, one of the key breeding farms, and exposed: ● monkeys torn from the wild, destroying family groups ● pregnant monkeys roughly manhandled and pinned down ● monkey babies wrenched from their screaming mothers’ arms and tattooed ● brutal capture methods with animals pulled and swung by their tails ● heavy-handed restraint with monkeys’ arms pinned tightly behind their backs ● terrifying routine procedures including blood sampling and TB test injections into the eyelid Our shocking findings were published in the Sunday Mirror and Mail Online, generating an outpouring of anger from

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Main picture – the common view of Mauritius featuring a World Heritage site. Smaller pictures from the top: A tiny screaming monkey is manhandled at Biodia on Mauritius. Three forlorn monkeys in the Noveprim holding facility in Spain. The story broke with a feature in the Sunday Mirror and was quickly picked up by other media. Jan and Tim appear live on national US show TakePart TV to talk about the exposé.

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EXPOSED Biodia: A baby monkey clings to its mother, while another adult monkey in the background is swung by the tail by a worker.

their readers. We quickly followed this with a launch in the US – the world’s biggest user of laboratory monkeys, experimenting on a staggering 70,000 every year and importing some 20,000, some from Mauritius. Jan and Tim appeared on the national show TakePart TV and discussed the use of monkeys in experiments. We then revealed the secret plans of Biodia and their US based partner

EXPOSED Monkeys were experimented upon in front of other monkeys (against UK guidelines) at Huntingdon Life Sciences – the UK’s biggest monkey lab.

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Noveprim: A monkey sits on the mesh floor of a hospital cage.

Noveprim: Monkeys in isolation stare out from a row of bleak hospital cages.

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EXPOSED Biodia: A mother is held by her arms as her baby desperately clings to her.

PreLabs to establish a huge monkey factory farm in Florida with some 3,000 monkeys. ADI USA is campaigning to block the shocking development. Next, we showed that it was the same story at other monkey dealers as we released footage from inside Noveprim’s monkey factory in Spain – a UK Home Office approved supplier. We found the same level of day-to-day suffering as at Biodia, including particularly brutal capture and handling methods and the same painful routine tests to which the Mauritian monkeys had been subjected. Inside the Noveprim hospital wing, we found monkeys that were being treated for injuries as a result of fights in the cramped cages. The conditions were bleak – the monkeys were isolated in tiny cages in a windowless room. Most monkeys at Biodia and Noveprim are kept in small, crowded gang cages with little to interest the animals. Our investigators were told fights and injuries were common. A stark contrast to their varied life in their lush forest homes.

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When the time comes for the monkeys to be shipped to animal experimenters around the world, including the UK and USA, they are packed into tiny crates and flown to their fate. This is probably the last time they will ever see daylight. Many airlines have turned their back on this cruel trade, but a few continue to help send thousands of monkeys each year to their deaths. One of the major airlines involved in the trade is Air France which, according to a senior Biodia staff member, “can take a pallet of 80 animals” and continues to fly monkeys from Mauritius. In the laboratory these animals, many only about two years old, will be subjected to procedures such as drug testing where they will be forced to inhale substances, or have them pumped directly into their stomachs; and brain tests where they may have bolts and electrodes implanted into their heads. As witnessed during our investigation of Huntington Life Sciences a few years ago, the stress of being restrained during NAVS & ADI

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EXPOSED Biodia: A tiny baby monkey is torn screaming from his mother and then, whilst fully conscious, given a huge identification tattoo.

frightening procedures is so great that it can cause rectal prolapse; tests caused vomiting, blocked lungs, collapse, selfmutilation and death.

The UK government fails to address monkey suffering The UK is the biggest monkey user in Europe, conducting tests on about 2,000 monkeys each year – with almost 1,000 from Mauritius alone. Monkeys from overseas breeders can be kept in conditions that are illegal in this country.

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ys caged and isolated in broken, rusting cages at ved UK lab dealer Nafovanny in Vietnam, supplier to A subsequent Home Office inspection team were simply ed away from the areas of concern.

Noveprim: Fear and dread – monkeys are restrained by their arms, one screams in fear.

Noveprim: Terrified monkeys crammed into a cage tunnel, ready for capture.

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EXPOSED Biodia: An adult male monkey is given a TB injection in his eyelid.

Our investigation of Vietnamese monkey supplier Nafovanny revealed that Home Office inspectors were simply directed away from areas of concern – despite that we had supplied photographs of the conditions; meanwhile, MPs continued to be assured of effective inspections. The Government has now told the NAVS that it is unable to set standards for foreign suppliers. After an intense campaign by the NAVS and ADI, the European Parliament made a Declaration to end the use of monkeys captured from the wild and restrict experiments on monkeys. This was reflected in the European Directive on animal experiments. However, implementing the rules that will prevent the dealers restocking their factory farms from the wild has been unacceptably slow. The first step towards this is a feasibility study to be published no later than 10th November 2017, with certain species phased out 5 years after this date. We must continue to push hard for this to be implemented as soon as possible.

Help end the suffering! ● Please send a donation today to

help us keep exposing animal suffering and work to end this trade. ● Contact Air France-KLM to tell them that you will be flying with other airlines until they stop transporting primates for research – write to Alexandre de Juniac, CEO, Air France-KLM, 10-14 Rue de Rome, 93290 Tremblay en France, Paris, France (visit our website to contact Air France online). ● Contact your MP and MEP and urge them to support a phase-out of the use of primates in research – we can provide contact details on request. Keep up-to-date with the campaign by following us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AnimalDefenders www.facebook.com/ NationalAntiVivisectionSociety And on Twitter: @AnimalDefenders @NAVS_UK

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UK third largest user of animals in EU New statistics on the number of animals used in research in the European Union reveal the UK as the third largest user of animals. The total number of animals recorded across the EU was 11,481,521. However, the breeding of genetically modified (GM) animals and harmful mutants has been excluded. GM animals account for 1.74 million in the UK (46%). Thus, the actual total of animal use in the EU is likely to be around twice the number currently published.

EU figures indicate a 4% decrease but without the inclusion of the growth area of animal research, GM, the picture is incomplete. EU primate use came to 6,095, with France, Germany and the UK the top three users, reporting 1,810, 1,770 and 1,459 primates respectively. There was alarmingly high dog use in Europe, 17,896 animals. Shamefully, the UK is the second largest user of man’s best friend, behind France. This dreadful statistic follows a recent rejection for planning permission for a beagle

breeding farm in the UK (p14); a new facility could have fueled a significant increase in dog use. The most used species were mice (6,999,312) and rats (1,602,969). Other species included rabbits, horses, fish and “other carnivores” including foxes, badgers, seals and otters. “Other mammals” increased, including boars, bats, shrews, llamas, moles and red deer. No species is safe from vivisection. The EU data is compiled from 2011 figures supplied by 27 of the Member States, and 2010 figures from France.

World Day for Laboratory Animals 2014 We need YOU to help stop cruel monkey business during Lab Animal Week Founded by the NAVS, World Day for Laboratory Animals on April 24th – and the week surrounding it, Lab Animal Week – commemorates the suffering of animals in laboratories around the world. This year, we need you to take to the streets to highlight the suffering of the victims of the barbaric primate trade and raise funds for the campaign. Collections and stalls will take place across the UK and we hope you can take part, and encourage friends and family to do so too!

To get involved, please contact our Supporter Relations team today on 020 7630 3340 or email info@navs.org.uk. Order copies of our new World Day for Laboratory Animals leaflet. Thank you for helping us campaign to end the global monkey trade.

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Secret suffering: UK Government delays again An end to secrecy on animal experiments in the UK would clearly provide the best opportunity to properly consider whether alternatives to animal use have been considered, or, through wider scientific scrutiny, whether the proposed research is duplication or lacks scientific justification. But progress remains slow. The Home Office public consultation on addressing secrecy on animal experiments has been delayed yet again and is now expected “in the Spring” this year. Under the transparency requirements of the EU Directive, the UK Government must overhaul Section 24 – the secrecy clause of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act. The Home Office claim that full openness in animal experiments will be one of the options still under consideration, but other choices will see information continue to be restricted. The NAVS participated in a series of workshops at the Design Council, to assess the level of transparency desired by concerned parties. But the working groups were structured so that those seeking full openness were heavily outnumbered by pro-vivisection groups, animal researchers, and officials. At Home Office meetings we pressed the case for full transparency and countered the unfounded assertions of an industry desperate to avoid public scrutiny. ADI & NAVS

Transparency of government administration requires that the licence applications proposing animal use receive wider scientific and public scrutiny, before licences are granted. This would allow evaluation of the necessity for animal use; whether research is duplicated; where alternatives exist; search other sources of the information required or whether the application to humans would be irrelevant or even harmful. The NAVS hosted a Week of Action Against Secret Suffering in UK Labs urging supporters to ask MPs to support Early Day Motion, EDM 630, in support of repeal of Section 24 – 40 MPs have signed up so far. Supporters were also asked to participate in an online consultation on ‘openness’ hosted by pro-vivisection lobby group Understanding Animal Research – a PR exercise to persuade the public that research establishments are prepared to be more transparent (provided they are not bound by legislation and thus themselves choose what to release, or not). The failure of government oversight of animal experiments was noted by a report about London’s Imperial College, which found multiple failings and described the institution’s Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Body as “not fit for purpose”. The Animal Defender & Campaigner

Support for the campaign has been gathering momentum, with academics, likeminded organisations, businesses and celebrities all backing our call to repeal Section 24. Groups as diverse as the Campaign for Freedom of Information and the Kennel Club and individuals such as human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and comedian Eddie Izzard, have signed up. Take action! We need to show MPs that people want transparency and public accountability – an end to secrecy. ● Contact your MP TODAY and ask them to sign EDM 630. ● Call or email us for a sample letter: t: 0207 630 3340 or e: info@navs.org.uk. ● Check whether your MP has signed (and if they have, please thank them!), see: www.parliament.uk/edm/201314/630

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Lion Ark

Wendy Turner Webster with Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips at Raindance. San Diego Breakfast Television starts the day with a live interview with Jan and Tim and clips from the movie. Actor Corey Feldman arrives at the Los Angeles VIP screening. Actress Tonya Kay at the LA fundraiser. Jan, Jorja Fox and Tim at the US premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Crowds at the prescreening reception at Raindance. Jorja Fox introduces Lion Ark in Mill Valley. Lion Ark Editor Tony Pattinson, Director of Photography Mark Whatmore, Jan, Tim and Composer Karel Havlicek answer questions at Raindance. Lynsey de Paul is interviewed at Raindance. And centre: Emmy award-winning TV host Bob Barker on the red carpet at the Los Angeles VIP screening.

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London’s Raindance Film Festival and, days later, the US premiere took place at the California Film Institute’s Mill Valley Film Festival. Actress Jorja Fox introduced the movie with, “Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the antidote to the cruelest show on earth: Lion Ark”. And we were off, with sell-out screenings, rave reviews, standing ovations and winning awards. Lion Ark is flying and, most importantly, winning hearts and minds. Lion Ark is about a serious animal welfare issue, the use of animals in circuses, but it is an uplifting, exciting, even funny, story. The lions are the stars and this time, the animals win! We wanted this film to get the audience up close with the animals, to understand their emotions and behaviour, to see past language and species.

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The story starts with the undercover investigations, which are covered briefly, then the lobbying and the law being secured in Bolivia. A year later, time is up for the animal circuses and the Bolivian Government asks ADI to work with them on the enforcement operation – Operation Lion Ark is underway.

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Photos opposite, clockwise from top left: CSI star and Lion Ark Associate Producer Jorja Fox introduces Lion Ark at the Mill Valley Film Festival.

We had agreed with the government that domestic animals would be rehomed locally; native wildlife would be returned to the wild or protected areas; exotic wild animals would be removed from Bolivia and found homes elsewhere. The film shows how eight "warm-hearted circuses that documentary... Lion Ark defy the law are proceeds with refreshing tracked down, the animals unpredictability." saved, and a New York Times joyous finale 25 lions “A consciousness-raising sees airlifted to freedom in milestone” Colorado on the The Ecologist Lion Ark flight. What is “an awe-inspiring journey engaging that grips and engages” - audiences in a Britflicks new way is that Lion Ark is more action adventure style than traditional documentary. This is up close and personal, right in the thick of the action; as close as you can get to these animals, understanding them and the effects of circus life. Without hiding the suffering, the progression for the animals is towards freedom – viewers get to see the animals live as they were meant to live. As the film explains, these animals In October, we unveiled Lion Ark – the feature-length documentary cannot go back to the wild, or to Africa; which tells the story of how the ban on animal circuses in Bolivia was we must give them the best that we can. secured and the animals saved. Our aim is to get Lion Ark seen by as Legendary actor Brian Blessed introduced the world premiere at many people as possible, all over the © R. Hill / Animal Defenders International

Right: Actor Brian Blessed gives the thumbs up to Lion Ark at the World Premiere, Raindance Film Festival.

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Lion Ark Photos opposite, clockwise from top left: Actresses Lee Purcell & Kate Linder at the Los Angeles VIP screening. Tim interviewed by CBS News in LA. Crowds after a screening in Denver. Singer Dan Corsi at Raindance. Actress K Callan at the Los Angeles VIP fundraiser. Film Producer, Julie Daly-Wallman is interviewed at Raindance. Pat Craig of The Wild Animal Sanctuary answers questions in Denver. Jan and Tim join a panel answering questions about animal rights at the Starz Denver Film Festival. The control room at Al Jazeera America as Bob Barker and Jan are interviewed live. TV presenter and writer, Gillian McKeith with daughters Skylar McKeith-Magaziner, and Afton McKeithMagaziner at Raindance. Jan answers questions at San Diego Film Festival. Songwriter, producer and presenter, Lynsey de Paul at Raindance.

world. The film reaches out to those who would not normally pay to see a documentary such as this. Audiences can enjoy the movie, and leave the cinema understanding the message!

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Lion Ark has been nominated for Outstanding International Motion Picture in the prestigious 45th Image Awards presented by America’s oldest and largest civil rights organisation, the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP). At the Nominees Luncheon in Hollywood a group picture is taken of each year’s nominees – this year including ADI’s Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips – and the picture is placed in the US Library of Congress. Pictured above: Jorja Fox, Associate Producer of Lion Ark, on the red carpet in Hollywood at the Nominees' Luncheon of the NAACP Image Awards in February.

The world premiere of Lion Ark at the Raindance Film Festival in London was introduced by actor Brian Blessed, who told the audience to “Buckle up for a nailbiting adventure....Lion Ark will leave you roaring for joy!” We were joined by songwriter Lynsey de Paul, TV host Wendy Turner Webster and presenter Gillian McKeith. After the screening the film’s producers, ADI Chief Executive Jan Creamer and Festival at Charlottesville and a glowing Campaigns Director Tim Phillips, held a introduction by award-winning and question and answer session with the Emmy-nominated documentary maker audience. Afterwards, our team was Joe Fab. surrounded by crowds wanting to know Starz Denver Film Festival in Colorado more and find out how they could help. was next – home to our Lion Ark prides – A long day for our London Lion Ark where four back-to-back sell-out premiere team, but a great start to the screenings and two special fundraising film festival season! receptions were held; and we got to visit the lions too! The next day, we headed on to the US premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival The Sun & Sand Music & Film Festival in in California. Over 300 people attended Mississippi saw Lion Ark win Best the sell-out show. Documentary Jury Award and we were thrilled that Dr Mel Richardson (see p13) Over the following weeks Lion Ark took could be there with us – tragically it was the festival circuit by storm across the the last time we saw Mel. US, securing critical recognition. Twenty-four hours after "Compelling cinema verité." Two week-long runs with daily screenings the first Mill Valley The Hollywood Reporter were held in New York screening, we hopped and Los Angeles, “Lion Ark is through and over to screen at the San Diego Film through entertaining…be ready beginning with a special VIP Festival – where we for some up-tempo actionwon our first award, adventure of the most thrilling fundraising screening in Beverly Hills with Audience Choice Best variety: real-life.” guest of honour Bob Documentary. Then it Stark Insider Barker. The was time to race back to Hollywood Reporter Mill Valley for the “AMAZING! Viewers will be followed a glowing second screening. crying tears of joy throughout.” review by listing Lion Next up was the Hawaii International Film Festival where extra screenings were added, followed by the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival in Florida, where a reviewer recommended Lion Ark for Oscar® consideration. From Florida, it was off to the Virginia Film

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“heartwarming, beautiful and inspirational.” Shock Cinema Magazine “Lion Ark is a dynamic and courageous film highlighting the best of human nature.” Epoch Times "Equally thrilling, enraging and uplifting. It'll make you want to stand up and cheer. If you're not moved by it, you must be made of stone." NYC Movie Guru

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Ark as one of 25 Best Documentary Oscar® contenders. In less than two months, Lion Ark had certainly roared to public attention! Lion Ark wrapped up the 2013 tour at the Anchorage International Film Festival, Alaska, winning another Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary. News of the film has featured on three national TV shows in the US and has secured media and created awareness everywhere it has been screened. We plan to tour more film festivals in 2014, and finally to get Lion Ark into general distribution so that it can go on to cinemas, TV and more. This amazing start to the life of this important film could not have been achieved without our amazing volunteer teams – a huge, huge thank you to everyone who helped to promote Lion Ark and helped on our information tables, giving out leaflets, taking donations and selling the important Lion Ark t-shirts!

Help screen Lion Ark During 2014, our aim will be for Lion Ark to continue to alert audiences about animal circuses – as well as gather support for our next rescue – getting the circus animals out of Peru! In addition to the film festivals (watch the websites for news on these), we plan a tour of special screenings in key cities – and we are looking for local volunteers to help us to organise the events. If you would like to work with us to arrange a screening of Lion Ark in your town, please get in touch and we’ll get back to you with details about how it can be arranged: Call on 020 7630 3340, or Email: info@ad-international.org

A HUGE TASK AHEAD OF US – PERUVIAN RESCUE MISSION Above: Peruvian circus animals. Below: Scenes from ADI’s Operation Lion Ark in Bolivia. Bottom: ADI’s Alexis Diaz Limaco leaves hospital after being beaten up by a Peruvian circus he was monitoring.

URGENT: Donate now for ADI’s rescue mission ADI has been busy setting in motion the complex preparations that are required to undertake the rescue of Peru’s wild circus animals – which looks set to be a mission exceeding the magnitude of Operation Lion Ark in Bolivia! As reported in the last issue of Animal Defender, it has now been two years since Peru banned the use of wild animals in circuses. ADI is now assisting the authorities with enforcement and relocation of the animals. It is important that governments such as Peru are supported in the enforcement of animal circus laws. So providing solutions to the problem of rehoming the animals is one of the most important actions we can take. Twenty-five countries have now ended wild or all animal circuses and similar legislation is being discussed in the UK and Brazil. Our rescue missions are a significant

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contribution to both saving animals and encouraging legislators to act. Each rescue mission encourages another country to end the suffering. For the past few months, ADI has been tracking down circuses in Peru to count the number of animals and species, and working with government officials to develop the plan of action. It is not without risk. Last year our South American Investigations Manager was hospitalised by a circus after they spotted him taking photographs. But we are all determined to keep going. We have already documented the terrible suffering of circus animals in Peru – scenes which shocked the country and helped win the ban. Now we can save them. The circus animals of Peru have freedom in their sights. They just need us to go and get them.

WHAT WE MUST DO: We will need to hire road and air transport to collect the animals; build temporary holding cages and make the animals secure; provide food and cover veterinary costs as well as travel crates and the main flight to the sanctuary in Colorado, where the animals’ permanent homes will also be built. We have been fundraising for this rescue but still need to raise £400,000 in the coming months. Clearing a whole country of its suffering circus animals is a huge task, but with your help, we can do this.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Can you help us raise funds for the Peru rescue? Can you organise a fundraising event, or sponsored challenge? Can you ask local businesses to take some Peru rescue leaflets? Can you help us organise a fundraising screening of Lion Ark in the closest major town? Please become a contributing member of our Peru rescue team with a donation towards the costs.

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It is with profound sadness that we report the death of Dr Mel Richardson, a dear friend and colleague on 3rd January. Known to many as simply “Dr Mel,” he was the overseeing veterinarian on several ADI rescues – including Operation Lion Ark – and also provided expert testimony for ADI for legal cases, hearings and in the US Congress. Dr Mel Richardson died of heart failure aged 63. Vastly experienced, with over 40 years working with captive wildlife, Mel had initially been employed by zoos and the captive wildlife industry before turning his back on that world and dedicating his life to saving and protecting animals. Always good-natured, calm, and experienced, he was a hugely important presence on our difficult and demanding rescues. The film Lion Ark captures Mel in action and is a reminder of the great person we have lost. In an incredibly poignant scene, Mel notes tearfully: “What motivates me now, was all the 42 years I didn’t do anything and all the, the um, suffering that I’ve seen with captive wild animals. At least, thanks to ADI and thanks to others, I have an opportunity to make amends, that’s what motivates me.” Mel was required to work in the field with minimum resources and sometimes extremely sick animals but we always knew that the animals were in the safest hands possible. He also had to treat a range of species. During Operation Lion Ark, in addition to 30 lions, there were horses, dogs, monkeys, a baboon and even a deer! He worked tirelessly, also training and guiding young veterinarians and veterinary students. Mel had suffered poor health over the past year. He was unable to make the US premiere of Lion Ark at the Mill Valley Film Festival, but he joined us when the film was screened at the Sun & Sand Mississippi Film Festival, where Lion Ark won Best Documentary. He was looking forward to the Peru rescue operation, telling his medical team, “You need to get me fit to go and save animals in Peru.” Tragically it was not to be. Special memorial screenings of Lion Ark are being organised later this year in Chico, California and Atlanta, Georgia, where Mel had lived. Funds raised will go towards the Peru rescue, which was so important to Mel.

ADI Latin American team honoured ADI & NAVS

As part of the Latin American Environmental Organizations Day celebrations, the Council of Bogota honoured ADI’s work in Colombia to protect wild animals and our campaign to save Nala (see p18). Campaign co-ordinator Eduardo Peña was also awarded with a certificate of recognition for his work at ADI by the Bar Association in Lima, following a presentation on the use of legislation in protecting animals.

ADI was invited to the Bolivian Embassy in October to brief officials and parliamentarians on our animal protection work and the Bolivian rescue. We met with Congresswoman Erica Claure and Congressman Hector Arce, Chairman of the Commission of Constitution, Legislation and Electoral Systems. ADI voiced objections to plans by the University of Colorado to expand existing animal research facilities, by building a 1 million-square-foot life sciences complex, expected to cost $300-500 million. In December MPs debated the future of the badger cull following failed trials in Gloucestershire and Somerset where the target number of animals were not killed. Information collected during the pilot culls will now be considered. Bullfighting has been given protected cultural heritage status in Spain. A sad outcome, which followed an intense campaign supported by ADI and a decline in public support – in a decade the number of events has fallen from 2047 to 903. An auction of vintage furs and skins went ahead in Shrewsbury despite calls from ADI to remove them. The sale of such items play a role in driving demand for fur products.

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Petition hits target! Over 1.3 million EU citizens signed the STOP VIVISECTION petition, supported by the NAVS, calling for a phase out of animal experiments across Europe. The European Commission is “compelled” to analyse the request, and required to organise a public hearing and release a statement.

Campaign News

ADI ‘foxes’ joined the National Anti-Fur Demo in London in November. Protests were staged outside stores that sell fur despite fur farming being banned in the UK. ADI’s LA office backed a 100 strong protest on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills marking Fur Free Friday.

VICTORY Beagle Farm Plans Defeated

A candlelit procession – featuring our handsome, inflatable lion – was held in Bogota in December to urge the Constitutional Court of Colombia to defend the wild animal circus ban AND the bullfighting ban.

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In November last year, the NAVS celebrated success for a second time in the battle to stop the construction of a beagle breeding facility in the Yorkshire village of grimston. Thanks to campaigning by the NAVS, our supporters, local residents and others, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council once again rejected the plans to breed beagle dogs for research. In 2011, the company behind the plans, Yorkshire Evergreen – also known as B&K Universal, a subsidiary of US company Marshall BioResources – submitted plans to build a facility on the same site. Opposed by the NAVS (we presented oral evidence to the planning committee) and others, the plans were rejected by the council, citing traffic concerns. B&K appealed the decision but the ruling was upheld by the Home Secretary in 2012. Yorkshire Evergreen resubmitted revised plans for the facility last year and we responded with a detailed submission to the council, covering planning issues and the disruption that the facility would have on local residents as well as rejecting claims by Yorkshire Evergreen that the proposed facility would provide “opportunities for sustainable economic development”. This latter claim could not be substantiated and is clearly at odds with the UK government’s initiative to reduce, not increase, the use of animals in research. Latest figures show that more than 3,000 dogs are used each year for experiments in the UK. NAVS teamed up with Lush Hull to oppose the plans, and an in-store petition for local residents was delivered to the council. Celebrity supporters Mark Radcliffe and Peter Egan also spoke out against the plans and a petition set up by local protestors secured over 40,000 signatures. Thank you to everyone who helped to defeat these cruel proposals. We did it!

ADI and other animal protection groups opposed the capture of 23 wild animal species in Namibia for export to Cuba last year. Sadly the round-up of 147 animals went ahead, the animals are now at the National Zoological Park in Havana. In October, ADI attended the International March for Elephants in London, Los Angeles and San Francisco to highlight the cruelty and devastation of the illegal trade in ivory. ADI participated in discussions on animal welfare policy in Boyaca, Colombia, organised by local groups with the support of the council and the Mayor. The City Manager of Lake Elsinore in California denied a permit request from “The Great Bull Run” which hosts events across the US emulating Spain’s infamous Running of the Bulls.

The IUCN African Elephant Summit, in December, saw 30 governments agreeing to take urgent action to stop poaching and ivory trafficking. One horrific statistic from the conference was that in 2012 approximately 22,000 elephants were killed illegally across Africa. After a three year hiatus, and despite protests, bullfights have sadly returned to the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias.

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Mandatory cosmetic animal testing in China relaxed Chinese regulators had demanded that cosmetic products be animal-tested to ensure safety, even when this had previously been determined without animals, leading to several “cruelty free” companies, which sold their products in China, being criticised for breaking their cruelty-free pledges. However, the Chinese Food and Drug Administration has announced that animal tests for some cosmetics products manufactured in China will no longer be compulsory. It is hoped that this requirement will, in time, extend to imported products.

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India moves away from cosmetic testing The Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) in India recently recommended to the Union Health Ministry that a provision be introduced in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules to ban the import of cosmetics tested on animals. India had already committed to phase out animal tests for locally-made cosmetics; the Health Ministry is in the process of putting in place the final framework. NAVS & ADI

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Owl monkey capture ended

The cruel practice of trapping wild owl monkeys for use in experiments has been prohibited by Colombia’s Council of State. This spells the end of the trapping operation run by Manuel Elkin Patarroyo at the Institute of Immunology Foundation of Colombia (FIDIC) – saving the lives of 4,000 monkeys who would have been torn from the wild and used for malaria vaccine research. ADI investigators exposed the brutal trapping operation in 2009. By night, the trappers searched the forests for the owl monkeys; they netted the trees and the tiny monkeys, unable to escape, were snatched from their homes; terrified and screaming, they were pushed into sacks and taken up river to the laboratory. Inside FIDIC, the monkeys were kept inside tiny, barren metal cages, a shocking contrast to their native forest homes. On November 29th, the Council of State ratified a decision taken in 2012 by the local tribunal in Cundinamarca, which had ruled that the research on owl monkeys breached Colombia’s commitment to CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). However, the decision by the Council of State now formalises the ruling and means that FIDIC will be prevented from catching wild monkeys from across the vast Amazon basin. Announcing the prohibition, Magistrate Enrique Gil said that it was “essential that humans change the paradigm in their view of animals” and that “for the Colombian legislator, animals and plants, in the form of forests etc, are subject to rights and therefore anyone can request their protection via public action as an overseer of these beings”. For years, ADI has campaigned to stop the capture of wild owl monkeys, hosting public awareness activities and screening our Save the Primates film – featuring our undercover footage of the monkey trappers – in the Colombian Congress. For the tribunal in Cundinamarca ADI submitted evidence, alongside researcher Angela Maldonado, Project Director of Fundacion Entropika, whose ADI-funded educational and census work with local communities reduced the hunting of owl monkeys in the Amazon.

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Iran sends second monkey into space

VICTORY

We lost another great animal protector over Christmas with the death of Tony Moore, co-founder of Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe from lung cancer, aged 79. For over 25 years, Tony – together with his wife Vicki, who tragically died from injuries sustained whilst filming undercover in 2000 – campaigned against bullfights and fiestas. In 1996 ADI presented Tony and Vicki with the Lord Houghton Award for outstanding service to animal welfare. The animals have lost a dear friend.

At the end of 2013, the Iranian Space Agency announced they had launched a second monkey into space. According to a tweet from President Hassan Rouhani the monkey, named Fargam, was “returned safe & sound” but no detail of the launch time or place was disclosed. Fargam was sent into space to an altitude of 120 km for 15 minutes before being returned to earth. A similar mission was apparently completed back in January 2013 – press photos showed the monkey which had “returned safely” heavily restrained and clearly traumatised – after a failed attempt in September 2011. Another rocket launch in February 2010 sent worms, turtles and a rodent into space.

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Bill to allow rescued primates into the US At present, it is not possible for animal protection groups, like ADI, to bring rescued monkeys into the US – despite the US importing huge numbers of laboratory monkeys! Tilin, the baboon we rescued in Bolivia, was not allowed into the US. ADI is supporting ‘H.R. 3556: Humane Care for Primates Act of 2013’ introduced by Congresswoman Renee Ellmers in November. If passed, animal rescuers will be permitted to bring primates to the US and provide them with sanctuary. ADI supporters in the US have been urging their Congress members to back the Bill.

An ADI undercover investigation has revealed horrific suffering behind the scenes at South Korea’s Monkey School. The School puts on shows in which monkeys are dressed and made to walk and behave like people. It looks amusing to audiences, but ADI’s undercover footage shows the brutal nature of the training. A small macaque monkey has his hands tied behind his back; he is seen running away on his hind legs, screaming, and repeatedly falls on his face, to guffaws of laughter from the trainers. When he tries to hide he is cruelly dragged from his hiding place, to more laughter. The ADI footage also shows deplorable living conditions and dead monkeys behind the scenes. In February we launched the footage to national Korean media with our South Korean campaign partner, Korean Animal Rights Alliance. Congresswoman Hanna Chang, who has proposed a Zoo Act in South Korea which would ban circus-style animal performances said: “'As seen in the ADI footage, it is hard to imagine the pain that monkeys have to go through for humans every day. This clearly shows that it is now time to have regulations to monitor the welfare of animals in captivity in Korea.” Please sign and share our online petition urging Members of the Environmental Committee of the Korean Government to pass the Zoo Act at bit.ly/1g8DsTS Walking upright on command during the performances.

An inquiry into the keeping of primates as pets in the UK was launched by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) before Christmas. No official numbers are kept on primate pets in the UK, but experts consider that they could exceed 7,500. In a written submission, ADI said only a ban could protect these intelligent animals from living in inappropriate environments and social isolation. Defra itself has said that primates “should not be considered as pets”. Legislation provides little protection for pet primates. It is not an offence for owners to be in breach of the current guidelines and although a licensing system exists under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act, this does not apply to many primate species, for example squirrel monkeys and tamarins.

HORROR IN KOREAN MONKEY TRAINING FACILITY

Behind the scenes, the monkeys’ hands are tied behind their backs; they are dragged along by their necks and left to repeatedly fall on their faces until they learn to walk on their hind legs.

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Attempts to limit proposed British circus ban defeated

Great news! EFRA proposals rejected As reported in the last Animal Defender, the Parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) had recommended that the scope of Britain’s proposed ban on wild animals in circuses be severely limited. The Committee proposed that the new legislation should apply only to big cats and elephants. EFRA claimed, without evidence, that these were the only species the public cared about and that zebras were no different to horses!. ADI rebutted these unsubstantiated claims with a detailed response, presenting scientific evidence and opinion poll data. An independent YouGov poll confirmed support for a ban on all wild animals. Bears elicited most concern, but people saw little difference between species and even a ban on snakes was backed by almost 2 to 1: Bears 9% should be allowed / 81% should be banned Tigers 12% should be allowed / 79% should be banned Lions 13% should be allowed / 78% should be banned Elephants 16% should be allowed / 74% should be banned Zebras 17% should be allowed / 73% should be banned Camels 21% should be allowed / 69% should be banned Raccoons 19% should be allowed / 67% should be banned Snakes 30% should be allowed / 57% should be banned Parrots 39% should be allowed / 48% should be banned Ahead of Defra’s response to the EFRA report, ADI and Mark Pritchard MP met Minister Lord de Mauley who confirmed that the Government still intends to ban all wild animals, as outlined in the draft Bill. Sadly, following this wonderful news, the Bill has since made little progress. Given that there will be an election next year, this is a cause for concern. We are therefore pushing hard for the ban to be introduced this year, to ensure that the proposed 1 December 2015 commencement date can be met. We remain concerned that the Bill may not prevent circuses from keeping their wild animals; the draft Bill seeks only to ban their performance and display. This means that circuses will be allowed to keep their wild animals, and to travel with them. We are calling for this loophole to be closed. The Scottish Parliament has finally announced its consultation on whether the use of wild animals in circuses should be banned in Scotland – ADI is making a detailed submission and asks that Scottish supporters contact us to ensure they take part. REMEMBER THE UK HAS NOT YET BANNED WILD ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES! The law must be passed before the next election – KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. Call 020 7630 3340 or email info@ad-international.org to help – do it today!

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Healthy animals killed at Copenhagen Zoo and Longleat Outrage swept the world, and ADI was interviewed by Russia Today (pictured), when Marius, a young giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo, was killed and then butchered in front of children. The zoo ignored multiple offers to home Marius. Uncontrolled breeding in zoos was also in the news when a whistleblower reported that Longleat Safari Park had killed six lions, including four cubs, in January. Longleat claimed this was due to “health risks” from “violence” due to overbreeding, and then added that the cubs had inherited a neurological disorder from their mother, which had been identified years earlier. Clearly, the mother should not have been breeding. There is rising concern that Anne the elephant, taken to Longleat after ADI’s exposé of her abuse at Bobby Roberts Circus, remains alone after three years and little progress has been made on the promised “elephant sanctuary”. It was not ADI’s choice for Anne to be rehomed to Longleat – a private deal having been made between her owners and the amusement park – but this was presented as a quick place of safety whilst Anne’s long term options could be investigated. Find out more about Anne’s story at: bit.ly/MFaXV7

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Stop Circus Suffering Global Round-up

West Hollywood City Council has unanimously voted to ban the display and performance of wild animals. Ahead of the vote, ADI worked with council member and sponsor Jeffery Prang on the language of the ordnance; wrote a letter to council members (which was quoted in the LA Times); organised delivery of a letter from Bob Barker; mobilised public support, and testified. A great victory for animals. Los Angeles City Council has missed an opportunity to secure a strong measure to protect animals in circuses by passing a “bull hook ban”, which will prohibit the use of tools such as bull hooks and similar implements used to control elephants. Council members had the option to vote for a ban on elephant acts, which ADI and supporters urged them to do but adopted the weaker bullhook measure without considering other options. Worse, the ban will not be implemented for three years.

Brazil: A ban on the use of ALL animals in circuses has been passed in Brazil’s second most populous state, Minas Gerais. Deputies approved the Bill in December and the state governor sanctioned it in January. ‘Movimento Mineiro pelos Direitos Animais’ led this campaign with ADI providing documentary evidence and – with our supporters – writing to state deputies.

Belgium: In December, the parliament voted overwhelmingly to pass the Bill banning the use of wild animals in circuses. It now awaits approval from the Senate before it can become law.

Ten of the 27 Brazilian states now have circus bans in place, the Minas Gerais language is one of the strongest. It prohibits the display, keeping and use of any animal in a circus or similar event. This means that vast swathes of this enormous nation are now out of bounds for animal circuses.

France: Our friends at Code Animal released a list of serious accidents involving wild animals in French circuses to demonstrate the tragic consequences and the safety risks of animal circuses.

Czech Republic: To assist Kolektiv pro zvířata, ADI provided a Czech translation of our Stop Circus Suffering video and are supporting their activities.

ADI complaint filed against Hall’s Bears: Our expose of Hall’s Bears (last issue) revealed how its performing bears are made to dance and perform demeaning tricks in circuses and county fairs across the US. ADI has filed a complaint to the USDA including video evidence of the bears desperately circling the small barren cages where they spend over 90% of their time. ADI and our supporters in the US are urging venues to drop the act. To find out more visit: bit.ly/UnbearableSuffering

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Colombia: A custody battle is underway in Colombia between ADI and animal circus ‘Nacional Los Muchachos’ over the fate of Nala, the lioness.

Authorities removed Nala and her brother Pemba from the circus in 2009, after inspections revealed a catalogue of welfare concerns. The circus owner was found guilty of cruelty and banned from keeping animals. Nala and her brother were taken to zoos, where they began to recover. Sadly, Pemba died after a minor procedure, his weak body unable to recover, but Nala’s health improved.

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Although Colombia banned wild animals in circuses last year, a phase-in allows two years before enforcement takes place. Meanwhile, the Council of State has ordered that Nala be returned to the circus, which ADI has challenged in the courts. A petition to keep Nala out of the circus has 23,000 signatures to date.

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germany: News that jazz star Jamie Cullum performed at Circus Krone hit the media, with comment from ADI. Our friends at “Initiative wildtierfreier Zirkus Halle” are busy planning a screening of our Stop Circus Suffering video. Ireland: VICTORY! ADI and ARAN secured a ban on wild animals in circuses in Arklow, County Wicklow. Good news is that the Arts Council of Ireland has substantially cut its funding to Duffy’s, one of the few circuses still using wild animals. The move followed communications between ADI and ARAN and the Arts Council, during which we advised them that they did not need to finance animal circuses to support classical circus acts, which had been the justification given for the funding. Bad news, however, is that Duffy’s have introduced a sea lion act this year. Sea lions are highly intelligent, social animals; they regularly dive hundreds of metres underwater to hunt in the wild – a fundamental, natural behaviour denied them in the circus.

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Slovakia: ADI is working with Sloboda zvierat to end circus cruelty in Slovakia. A petition calling for a ban has secured 30,000 signatures and Sloboda zvierat are collating national legislation implemented in Europe on the issue at the request of the Ministry of Agriculture. Spain: A bill to ban animals in circuses in Catalonia looks set for success. Our friends at AnimaNaturalis have been working to secure cross-party support for the ban. During a performance by Gottani Circus in Madrid in December a tiger attacked a trainer. The show resumed after he was taken to hospital. Sweden: VICTORY! The suffering of elephants Sonja and Vana Mana (exposed by ADI), received widespread media coverage when they performed with Cirkus Scott. Cirkus Scott then announced that, after 76 years, it would no longer feature wild animals. The Netherlands: Following the Government announcement of plans to ban the use of wild animals in circuses, our friends at Wilde Dieren de Tent Uit reported that the Secretary of State has commissioned research into the welfare of sea lions in circuses; we have submitted a report. India: VICTORY! Elephants have been added to India’s circus ban. In 1998 the use of lions, tigers, panthers, monkeys and bears was prohibited. ADI provided assistance in the relocation of animals. Now the Animal Welfare Board of India has announced that in light of “cruelties and abuse” suffered by elephants in circuses it is to ban their use and intends to ban ALL animals within a year. Qatar: A 6-year-old boy was attacked by a young leopard at the Royal Circus during a photo opportunity at the Hyatt Plaza. The circus was cancelled.

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Animals in movies, TV and advertising When ADI heard that Welsh TV channel S4C was using elephants for its film Y Syrcas, we expressed dismay and requested details of the supplier. They declined, but we learned Citta and Sandra, wild-caught in the 1980s, had come from Elefantenhof Platschow in Germany and were used for circus performances and rides. Welsh media covered the story ahead of the broadcast. Cinema goers were urged to boycott The Counselor over use of a cheetah supplied by Eagle Heights Wildlife Park in Kent, which keeps birds, reptiles, meerkats and otters. The Hundred Year Old Man was condemned over its use of elephant Vana Mana, who featured in the ADI investigation of elephants chained and beaten at the Great British Circus in 2009, along with companions Sonja and Delhi. The revelation received widespread media across Sweden, where the film was released over Christmas. ADI urged director Martin Scorsese to cut footage of Chance the chimpanzee from The Wolf of Wall Street. As well as being an unwilling ‘animal actor’ Chance has also been forced to perform as part of travelling circus, Rosaire-Zoppe Chimps. ADI condemned the use of Seaworld dolphins in Anchorman 2. Seaworld is facing renewed criticism following the release of Blackfish, which documents the tragic story of orca Tilikum who was captured from the wild. In advertising, ADI was advised by Bosch that Noah the tiger, used to promote a vacuum cleaner, had been rejected by her mother at birth and raised by hand (that old chestnut!). Noah is from performing animal suppliers Fauna y Accion S.L in Madrid.

Animals at events Victory! When US events magazine BizBash wrote about a Cybercoders party featuring a costumed elephant from Have Trunk Will Travel (HTWT), ADI contacted both companies, together with party planner Kapture Vision and venue Majestic Halls to inform them of the abuse ADI documented at HTWT. CyberCoders stated they would never use Have Trunk Will Travel again and BizBash removed all reference to the elephant in its article. We urged supporters to call on Hialeah Fair in Florida to cancel its cruel Banana Derby Monkey Jockeys, where monkeys are dressed in costumes and race around a track, strapped to the backs of dogs. Christmas is meant to be a season of goodwill, but it appears this sentiment is falling on deaf ears at a number of councils across the UK. Despite pleas from ADI, our friends at Cruelty Free Christmas and supporters, camels were used for a South Tyneside Council procession; Middlesbrough and Stockton-on-Tees held reindeer parades; St Edmundsbury Borough Council held a Living Nativity featuring donkeys, alpacas and sheep and Covent Garden London used reindeer for petting and photo opportunities. © P. Taylor / Animal Defenders International

Malta: In November, the Government invited comments on its draft bill to ban animals in circuses and ADI made a detailed submission. Over Christmas circuses promoted their shows billed as “last animal circus” – let’s hope so!

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