|
 CAPS
used the busiest day of the zoo calendar - August Bank Holiday -
to launch our biggest ever awareness campaign to highlight the plight
of zoo animals. A new package of campaign materials (video,
leaflet and fact sheet) have been
produced under the banner of 'Sad Eyes & Empty Lives: The reality
of Zoos'. During the week leading up to the Bank Holiday, these
were launched to the media both nationally and with a special regional
emphasis on those zoos features in the CAPS' materials.
Representing the Zoo Industry
All of the photographs and video used in the campaign have been
collected by CAPS during the past twelve months making it extremely
representative of the UK zoo industry at present.
All MPs have been sent a copy of the video and we are receiving
positive responses, including a request from an MP to mail the video
to every member of the Scottish Parliament - this we are proceeding
with. The video and accompanying information is also being offered
free to all schools.
Remember: Zoos will close once people stop paying to see animals
incarcerated.
Zoo Protests
On August Bank Holiday Monday, thousands of CAPS leaflets were distributed
outside zoos throughout the country. London Animal Action organised
a particularly good turnout of up to 100 people outside London Zoo.
In addition to the new CAPS leaflet, they distributed their own
specifically on London Zoo.
The group reports: "The response from the public was at times
very positive. Throughout the day there were examples of people
deciding not to go to the zoo, even some who had already bought
tickets. Many more who went into the zoo, read our literature and
came out to agree with us and vow not to return again.... We are
already discussing plans for a big campaign against London Zoo in
the spring."
In the West Midlands, the protests at Dudley and Twycross Zoos
were headline news on BBC Midlands Today. Other protests were held
outside Southport, Blackpool, Linton, Riber Castle, Whipsnade, Bristol
and Paignton. We are extremely grateful for the role they played
in the bank holiday zoo protests to:
- London Animal Action
- Animal Rights Cambridge
- Loughborough Animal Concern
- Luton Animal Rights Coalition
- Blackpool Animal Rights Coalition
- Preston Action for Animals
- Wolverhampton Animal Action
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
- Sheffield Animal Rights
HOW YOU CAN HELP
 |
Don't visit zoos and safari parks - your money
keeps them in business. Question the credentials of establishments
claiming to be 'sanctuaries'. |
|
Become
a supporter of CAPS. |
|
Order
a copy of the CAPS video Sad Eyes & Empty Lives. |
|
Write to your MP calling for a moratorium on
new zoos and greater legal protection for captive animals. |
|
If you see animals in poor conditions in zoos
or safari parks, write a letter of protest to the local council
responsible for the area and contact CAPS. |
|
Write to your local newspaper highlighting what
is wrong with zoos; use information from this website. |
|
Send
a donation to help our campaign. |
CAPS 1999
|
