No Place Like Home is the brand new film from CAPS exposing conditions in UK zoos and explaining why they should be phased out. Click here to watch a five minute clip (50MB) or click here to buy the film on DVD. Zoos in this country are often seen as amongst the ‘best’ in the world but as our exposé reveals, animals are still lingering in miserable conditions, all so people can enjoy a day out. Filmed over the past two years in zoos across the UK, including safari parks and aquaria, No Place Like Home updates our 2000 production Sad Eyes and Empty Lives, which we still receive requests from campaigners, schools and colleges across the country and overseas every week. Both films are the only ones to look specifically at the state of UK zoos.
Stereotypic behaviours, a sign of frustration, boredom and stress, appeared so common that we only had time to include a small sample in the film. In several zoos animals continue to be used as circus performers - sealions balancing balls, elephants and parrots performing tricks. The zoos featured in the film were not selected because of any particularly bad record of animal care. Many are classed as the ‘best’ zoos in the country. The film compares footage of captive animals to some amazing scenes of animals living naturally in the wild. It encourages people to explore the wildlife in their own area as well as support conservation projects protecting and restoring natural habitats. Interviews are included with Professor Marc Bekoff, a leading authority on animal behaviour and a patron of CAPS, our scientific consultant David Spratt and two CAPS supporters. The film includes unreleased tracks from the American musician Moby, a supporter of animal rights campaigns. No Place Like Home was produced for CAPS by Environment Films HOW YOU CAN HELP
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No Place Like Home
Narrated by CAPS patron Sally Banks, wife of the late Tony Banks MP, the new video looks at issues of conservation and education and reveals shocking conditions in zoos, including: