Articles tagged with: peter jolly’s Britain’s ‘last lion tamer’ refused licence to perform 13 April 2018 · 2 comments Animal Defenders International (ADI) has welcomed the decision by DEFRA to refuse big cat circus trainer Thomas Chipperfield a licence to perform in England. Welsh Assembly calls for urgent action on wild animal circus ban. 8 March 2018 · 2 comments The Welsh Government is under increasing pressure to ban wild animal circus acts in Wales. Government support for backbench bill to ban wild animal circuses. 5 March 2018 · 2 comments Animal Defenders International (ADI) is calling on MPs to support a government backed bill to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. UK Government to ban wild animal circuses by 2020 27 February 2018 · 2 comments Animal Defenders International (ADI) congratulates the UK Government on committing to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in England by January 2020.