Please take action for circus animals in Britain today!
Circus bill launched to show of unity
On September 3rd, 2014 Animal Defenders International, joined by social justice campaigner Peter Tatchell and supportive MPs stood united with Jim Fitzpatrick MP outside Parliament. Unable to stand by as the Government continues to stall on its promise to ban wild animals in circuses Mr Fitzpatrick, working with ADI, has taken action for the animals and introduced a bill to end such acts. We hope you will too.
Please join us in taking action for circus animals.
ADI has led the campaign to consign the use of wild animals in circuses to the history books and over the summer we have continued to keep up the pressure. With the damning footage secured by our undercover investigations, and scientific evidence, no one can be left in any doubt that the circus is no place for wild animals and that their suffering will only stop once the ban has been won.
Although the animals suffer in silence, behind the scenes, they are being given a powerful voice. An army of celebrities, MPs and people like you are championing their cause. We have also brought together animal groups to send a united message to Parliament that the ban that has been promised for several years must finally be passed.
On September 1st, ADI spearheaded an open letter to David Cameron urging him to support Jim Fitzpatrick’s bill and ensure that it is given time to pass. Ricky Gervais, Dame Judi Dench and Brian Blessed have also spoken out and in support of the bill.
We now need you – and your friends and family – for what could be the final push in winning the circus ban that we have all fought so very hard for.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY!
Urge your MP to back the bill to ban wild animals in circuses at its second reading – contact your MP here
Sign our petition urging the Prime Minister to back the new bill (thousands have already signed via Care2)
On behalf of the animals, thank you for taking action to stop circus suffering in Britain.
UPDATE
Following its launch on September 3rd, the Bill had its Second Reading on September 5th however it was blocked by Andrew Rosindell MP and a new date was set, October 17th. Sadly, Mr Rosindell blocked the Bill again. The next Second Reading took place on October 24th, which was again blocked, this time by Phillip Davies. The Bill was blocked by Christopher Chope MP at its Second Reading on November 7th, November 21st, November 28th, December 5th, January 9th, January 16th, January 23rd and on 27th February. The Bill was blocked for a twelfth and final time on 6th March 2015.
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No animals in circus, specially the one we call “wild”; I think attractions are enough in a circus without often “poor” shows with animals.
I fully endorse the end of this demonically blind practice of exploiting animals for mankind’s carnal pleasure… Let the ban begin now.
It’s about time!
There’s just too much cruelty and abuse involved in training the animals. Also, they are caged or restrained in horrific ways. Please let your humanity show and not your lack of concern. Please ban the use of wild animals in circuses and anywhere animals are exploited.
My friends and I totally agree your comment !
stop it
Let the animals go! They are not interested in “performing” and you need to figure out some other form of entertainment! Enough!! This ends NOW!!!!
Please support the bill to ban wild animals being in circuses.
It is cruel inhumane to use animals and force them to stay in captivity for mankinds entertainment….it is not entertainment….it is barbaric.
stop circus with animals
God did not put animals on this planet to be murdered needlessly .
Help the Animals!!!!!
Let animals be what they are, not human entertainment!
Animals are not ours to eat wear or use for entertainment! please stop this cruelty!
Stop the abuse
Please help these animals!
Stop this now
Please end suffering of circus Animals!!
The Circus is not a place of entertainment they are only death camps for the Beautiful Animal Beings that are forced from the wild and then forced to endure the slavery, torture and ultimately painful death that they all succumb to. Please Ban the Circus from having any kind of Animal beings in them.
Please stop using animals in circuses.
Stop animal abuse!
If this should even have to be debated. Be decent human beings and put an end to this. Find some other way of entertainment with all the technology out there now a days. Animals should are born free. The cruelty to animals in circus’ is unbelievably sick and unnecessary .
Causing animals to suffer for human entertainment is an outrage. Lead the way and do the right thing. Finally pass the ban.
No animal maltrato
No more animals in circuses please !!!
Please stop the animal abuse!
Animals don’t belong in a circus!
Stop circus suffering !!! No place for wild animals
Unacceptable
It is unnecessary animal torture. Humanity has no right to abuse other lives this horrific!
Please ban wild animals in circuses.
It is unnecessary animal cruelty. Humanity has no right to treat other lives this horrific.
BAN, THIS IS ABUSE AT ITS WORSE
Animals are not ours to use or abuse. This barbaric outdated way of life must stop. What is wrong with the human race – oh yes of course it’s all down to greed when it should be about compassion. Shame on us!!!!!!!
Animals are not ours to use or abuse. This barbaric outdated way of life must stop. What is wrong with the human race – oh yes of course it’s all down to greed when it should be about compassion. Shame on us!!!!!!!
Let My God’s Creatures Go!
No more animals in circuses!
Animals have their right to live a wild and free life in their habitats. We don’t have any right to take them away from there and put them in a life of slavement just to entertain ourselves.
We have moved on through time….
There is NO place for this in our society now …
Please stop it….
This inhumane treatment of animals cannot continue, purely for the pleasure and making of money of humans. It truly is the cruel. The torture these animals have to endure is beyond reprehensible. Please make this a thing of the past. I beg you!
PLEASE STOP THIS SUFFERING OF ALL ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES NOW.
IT IS DOWN RIGHT CRUEL
Please STOP ALL ANIMALS SUFFERING IN CIRCUSES. It is DOWN RIGHT CRUEL
PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU!!! PLEASE USE YOUR INFLUENCE AND ENERGY TO STOP CIRCUS
ANIMALS FROM BEING HELD PRISONERS, OR WORSE YET, TO BE HIT!!!!!!
PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU!!! PLEASE USE YOUR INFLUENCE AND ENERGY TO STOP CIRCUS
ANIMALS FROM BEING HELD PRISONERS, OR WORSE YET, TO BE HIT!!!!!!
Please stop the exploitation of animals in circuses, but also in any type of entertainment for humans.
Let’s work together to make sure wild animals are no longer found in circuses. We should know better that circus animals should have been banned years ago. That are kept in cramped quarters, often die during travel and are cruelly trained. Please pass the bill.
I am aware that the British Royal Family do good work throughout the World in relation to poverty etc but hey what about animals – they also deserve attention as they cannot speak for themselves but just silently suffer. Has anyone approached the Royal Family in relation to this horrific practice and, if so, was the reaction positive or in the “not my project” basket
Stop the cruel, insidious, an
d selfish torture of animals!
dear sir
stop the circus animals from suffering, this has been going on for years,now is the time to stop ,all circus in the uk that uses wild animals,
Stop this barbaric practice, people should spend more money helping these animals stay alive in the wild
Animal abuse is not entertainment.
No more circus with animals, please let them free…
Please show animals that you care.
NO animals in circuses!
there animals, not slaves or tools of enjoyment! leave them in the wild where they belong
Stop it please it’s about time it’s cruel
wild animals do not belong in cages .. they are born free and let them be … so dam cruel what humans do to make a profit at the expense of the animals please stop this cruelty amen
Please stop this! Animals cannot speak for themselves only we can speak for them…
This is so out of order and needs to be stopped! It’s cruel and certainly not entertainment. Please ban the exploitation of wild animals. 🙁
Take all wild animals out of zoo circus turn them back to their own habitat
Dieren horen niet in een circus. Ze horen te leven waar ze wonen, dat is in iedergeval geen circus en dierentuin
We cannot be a decent, compassionate society if we continue to exploit animals, for any reason!
Please end this suffering and cruelty !!!
The people around the world are agreed :
“NO ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES and NO APPLAUSE for ABUSE ” !!!
Ask your children …. they will answer the same !
PLEASE NOT LOOK AWAY and PLEASE NOT HEAR AWAY !!!
Angela Kohn
Germany
Boycott and ban circuses and zoos!!!
Circuses closed! Now!
STOP the abuse !!!!
Stop
These are wild Creatures let them live what God intended , Cages and traveling around was not meant to be for the Animals. Children much prefer to see a funny Clown !! After all is that not the intend of a Circus “Chidren” ?
about time to stop this , isn’t it??Never taken my daughter to a circus, never will!!wild animals do not belong in cages ..
This is so out of order and needs to be stopped! It’s cruel and certainly not entertainment
This just so wrong and cruel and has to be banned through the world these beautiful animals are not ours to use and abuse for our so called fun…
!!!!
Your the ANIMALS!!!!! Stop this NOW!
Please let these animals live where they belong, in the wild!
Stick to acrobats from humans…keep the animals out of the circus altogether…thank you..
Please stop this abuse
this must stop
People can be in a circus by choice, animals have no voice. This is just plain wrong, the treatment is horrendous… Even as a child i hated circuses.
Circus give me sadness. Because I see animals sad. Forced in acting stupid things. Dangerous for their health. Their dignity. I thing that animals have thoughts. Feelings. Emotions. Can feel joy and sorrow. Sadness and happyness. And I think: if I’m able to proof all these things, if I’m sad, tired, angry if someone wants keeping me sad, teased, humiliated…I don’t see any right reason for keeping animals that did not me anything of bad just in these conditions! It’s already happened that stupid people said me “yes but if a lion wants killing you, you will say again in your last minute all these things?” I have always told in my answer “I can avoid this. If I want see wild animals free, can do it in the better safety’s conditions”.
I WANT ANIMAL FREE
NO ANIMALS IN THE CIRCUS, JUST PLAIN CRUEL!!!
RELEASE ALL ANIMALS! NO MORE ANIMALS IN CIRCUS’!
Ban the exploitation of animals !
Animals have right to live in this world in freedom and without cruelty just like humans do. STOP CRUELTY TOWARDS ANIMALS!!
How would you like to get a love one taken away from you to be slave of circus and physically and mentally abused.
Is as easy as common sense.
Stop the injustice!
We are their voice
Stop cicus suffering right now !
No more animals in captivity and slavery!
please ban the exploitation of wild animals. and never slave the animals for circus..
So sad all animals deserve the best quality of life i am 44 and have never been to a circus as ive never thot any animal should be couped up an forced to entertain shame on us all for allowing this to happen
NOT in circuses, NOT in the zoo and NOT in cages anyway…they have to run free that’s what they are born for….
People should stop going to them then if no people means no audience for captive animals to entertain . Hit them in their pockets they will soon get the message
It is so important that a ban is impose on wild animals in circuses. I cannot think of one single reason why this should not go ahead – it is very traumatic for the animals involved, completely unnatural and I cannot understand why people find this cruelty entertaining. It has no place in 2014.
They belong to live in the wild,not in the circus!!
Let the animals free in the wild,treat them with
respect.
Please help instead of hurting these animals.
A circus is not a natural environment for them.
They need to live and be free.
Confining them to such a life of misery for the sake of “entertainment” is wrong. Very wrong.
Stop animal cruelty please
Keine Tiere in Zirkus und Zoos.
Keine Ausbeutung und Qual an wehrlosen Tieren
¡¡¡Dejen a los tigres en paz en su hábitat natural!!!!
No debemos seguir permitiendo animales en los circos, ya que con eso solo estamos apoyando la crueldad y el maltratoa nuestros hermanos menores, los animales sufren, sienten, y en los circos viven una vida en cautiverio, maltratados y torturados.
espero que tomen conciencia que esto ya no se puede permitir, los seres humanos debemos evolucionar, y eso significa no permitir que ningun ser vivo sufra por nuestras acciones
Stop the abuse and suffering of these animals.
Please let this stop! !!!
Stop cruelty
Stop animal servitude and slavery!!
free them!
animals are beautiful things, I hope people that hurt them for their own benifit, suffer too
No animals should be used for entertainment use and especially is circuses. It’s disgusting and should be stopped!
This “entertainment” is cruel in the extreme !! Animals are beaten, abused with hooks, chained, starved, and numerous other “training methods” are used to make them perform pathetic and unnatural tricks – this abuse MUST be stopped and stopped NOW – NO MORE EXCUSES !!
This is the 21st century, enough of animals in display in circuses!!!
The ancient times of bread and games and animal torturing are over. NOONE needs a circus with animals for entertaining.
Catapult yourself into the 21rd century and make a difference. Change the human history and make us all humane.
Stop animal abuse
DO NOT LET THE PAIN AND SUFFERING CONTINUE PLEASE STOP THE CRUELTY NOW!
Ban animals in circus
Please stop animal abuse in circus. Please they deserve a good life.
Stop the abuse please!!!!!
Please stop this abuse! Our entertainment should not be at the expense of their suffering. What is this teaching our children?
Animals were born to be free and not abused.
Its cruel for animal’s to be in the circus, they are abused .please help them.
Thank you for protecting and respecting these incredible beings.
I have never been to a circus or a zoo, because animals are not in this world for human entertainment.
SYOP THE HIDEOUS ABUSE OF ENDANGERED BEASTS IN CIRCUSES. ONLY CLOWNS SHOULD APPEAR AND HUMANSWHO DESIRE TO DO SO
Insegnamo ai nostri figli il rispetto per gli animali, diventeranno migliori. Fermiamo gli abusi sugli animali
Britain led the way with so many civilising organisations and laws. Please take the opportunity to add this to your record of compassionate and intelligent achievements.
Close all circusses
BASTA CRUELDADES COM AMIGOS ANIMAIS POR FAVOR
So heart wrenching to see the suffering and longing for freedom in these animals eyes. How would you feel when you are tortured to do tricks for the amusement of other people
Worldwide ban on the use of any animal in any circus, or fur coat.
Set animals free!
Animals have no place in circuses! Please stop this abusive practice; we are better than this!
Stpo it !
Please pass the law and ban all animals in circuses.
.Animals were not put here to be abused and to entertain humans! We are in the 20th century and they deserve the right to be respected and have a natural life! Step up and do what’s right ! Stop animals from being ABUSED and USED!
Using animals in any circus is exploitive and cruel. Please stop circus suffering by banning animals from the circus now.
Sickening practices in training these animals Please close all circuses and free these animals to where they belong.
This is disgraceful, this barbaric practice should be banned. SHAME ON ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY.
I, like many thousands of other people, think that it is high time that the cruel and unnecessary practice of having wild animals in circuses is brought to an end. I have been informed by a member of the conservative party that the government prides itself on the animal welfare standards in this country. Really? Compared to which other countries animal welfare standards? Iran? Romania? The UK still has far to go to improve the standard of welfare for resident animals. The government has an ideal opportunity to prove that it does take animal welfare seriously by banning wild animals in circus acts. That will do nicely for starters. Wild animals do NOT belong in circuses.
Disgusting, circuses are out of date and cruel. People are now realising that wild animals are always wild animals and need to be in their natural environments, not in small pens and cages.
The constant blocking of this VERY important bill my MPs playing silly political games is an absolute disgrace !!!!! every last one of them should be totally ashamed of them selves !!!!
I have protested outside of Peter Jollys Circus and seen for my self first hand the shocking conditions that the beautiful big cats are expected to have to suffer and endure 24 hours a day 365 days a year, I have witnessed pacing and swaying and its disturbing at the very least.
David Cameron and the conservative party, and anyone else standing in the way of the ban progressing should be very ashamed of them selves.
One thing is for sure, there will be thousands of us who will most certainly NOT voting conservative in the next general election!!!
THE POOR ANIMALS NEED THIS BAN ASAP.
Shame on the politicans that are blocking this ban. The torture and suffering of beautiful animals in circuses at the hands of cruel barbaric handlers, continues because of them. How can they sleep at night. SHAME
Stop this and other atrocities against animals. They deserve the same love, caring and respect as humans. We dont treat humans this way. Have the guts and stop this rather than only caring about the money.
Stop the suffering!
Stop animals having to perform in circuses! They have a miserable life, living in cramped cages, beaten into submission to entertain people, and often neglected when it comes to their health. Free the animals to sanctuaries, where they can live as free a life as is possible.
BIG CATS NEED TO GO HOME OR AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN GET
STOP IT
circus, is evil to animals, they should be free or kept in a sanctuary to live a free quality life. in a circus, they are secretly beaten to perform, and driven mad by being chained up all the time, and having no life, this is not natural for them to do, so it not only hurts with the beatings but emotionally they are driven mad by evil humans, ban all the circus
Animals need a voice! We are that voice! About time we were heard! Animal cruelty in all forms must stop…Now!!
They have done nothing wrong to deserve this
treatment.
Disgusting !!
No civilized ppl will practice or allow this ..
Pls stop exploitation of ANIMALS PLS ..
animals NOT here to entertain humans LEAVESDEN THEM ALONE !!
PLEASE STOP CIRCUS ANIMAL CRUELTY…HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THEIR PLACE…
THE ROOT OF EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG IN THE WORLD TODAY IS THE FACT THAT WE AS HUMANS VALUE THE LIVES OF ANIMALS SO MUCH LESS THAN OUR OWN…GREED IS ALSO A FRONT RUNNER…THE TWO RUN HAND IN HAND…
Let the animals be free!
we are standing in unity here on this- pay attention- animal rights are becomming big- don’t be on the bad wagon of prehistoric and barbaric mind set- when it comes to pass that we’ve made a huge mistake in how we treat other species….
PLEASE STOP THOUS CRUELTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is this still happening? We know enough about animal behavior to know this is wrong. I think it says more about the sick behaviour of human beings.. Stop this practice.