Educational Resources

Welcome to the CAPS library – click on a title to download PDF versions of our educational literature or watch our videos online. Alternatively, order a hard copy of our reports or a DVD by clicking HERE.

Online Factsheets

Animal circus, animal suffering

10 facts about zoos

PDFs

NEW ‘Ring of Cruelty II’ – (which updates the 2006 study ‘Ring of Cruelty I’)  Report which investigates the use of animals in circuses in Ireland.

NEW ‘A Licence to Suffer’- Report which investigates the legal system put in place to protect animals in zoos in England.

Sad Eyes Empty Lives – The reality of zoos

Enclosure size – Report on size of zoo enclosures in the UK

Ethics of animal circuses – Report on ethics surrounding the use of animals in circuses

Suffering Deep Down – Report on UK aquariums (abridged version)

Aquatic Zoos – Report on UK aquariums (full version)

Exotic pet factsheet – Read about the exotic pet trade

Videos

No place like home – our most recent video on UK zoos

Animals are not clowns – our most recent video on animal circuses

Save the meerkat – our most recent video on the exotic pet trade

Ring of cruelty – Animal circuses in Ireland

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