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Anim lDefenDer
Summer 2011
Anne the elephant saved � Break the Chain� Victory for NASA monkeys � News
ISSN: ONLINE 2158-5059
Operation Lion ArkClosing down every
Bolivian circus, savingevery animal!
EXPOSED!
Beatings & electricshocks: The realtraining behind Waterfor Elephants
Editorial
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Welcome to the Summer 2011 issue of
Animal Defender, with all the news of ADI’s
campaigns, investigations and animal
rescues. Following hot on the heels of the
success of our campaign for a ban on
animals in circuses in Bolivia, we were
asked by the Bolivian government to relocate
the remaining circus animals. Operation Lion Ark was born – the biggest airlift
of lions the world has ever seen – 25 lions from Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Denver,
Colorado. And on the way we saved lots of other animals, including Tim the
horse – pictured, as I led him away from the circus. See the full story opposite.
No sooner had the Lion Ark landed
and the lions started settling into their
new home, another challenge
presented itself. ADI’s long-term
investigation into the use of animals in
the entertainment industry has been
broad and thorough. Those who know
us, will know that sometimes our
investigations can last years – we
finish when we have answered all of
our questions. The full project was not finished and we were not ready to release
the details, but were incensed by the assurances given to the public by the studio,
actors and Have Trunk Will Travel, over the training of Tai for the movie, Water
for Elephants. This was a very difficult decision, but it had to be done, and we
released our undercover footage of the training of Tai (45), Kitty (45), Dixie (46),
Becky (26), Rosie (30) and Tess (30) and the distressing early training of Tess’
baby, Tucker (now 6, and at Houston Zoo). See page 11, to find out how you can
help to put pressure on the movie industry, and what you can to do save Tai and
all the other animals who have no voice but yours.
The ‘Break the Chain’ campaign network for an end to the use of animals in
traveling circuses goes from strength to strength with campaigners all over the US
participating in public education events, demos, publicity, and putting pressure on
their representatives. Now is the time to BREAK THE CHAIN of suffering and
servitude of animals in circuses. See page 20.
ADI is campaigning and saving animals all over the world – see our roundup of
news from across the globe – including the latest success with the NASA primate
research campaign and how this can help put pressure on Russia and others.
We urgently need your help to spread the word about ADI. Please sign up a new
supporter – we’ll send them a copy of this magazine, we are happy to be judged by
what we do. We also need your help with fundraising – we are now
feeding a lot of animals while running our campaigns and
investigations.
Jan Creamer, President.
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Editors: Creamer/PhillipsDesign: Creamer/Phillips/ElsonCartoons: Paul TaylorContributors: Jan Creamer; Tim Phillips; HelderConstantino; Alexandra Cardenas; Christina Dodkin;Amanda Hudson; Jessamy Korotoga; Lisa Mitchinson;Matt Rossell; Toni Scalera.
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OperationLion Ark
First we exposed the suffering; then we campaigned and secured a ban; and when the first circus closed we took all theanimals to a wonderful new life. It turned out that was just the start.....In November and December we raided every circus in Bolivia and rescued EVERY animal. An entire animal circus industrywas closed down in a stroke with the most comprehensive enforcement operation the world has seen. In February, we movedthe lions to the US in the biggest airlift of its kind ever. This is the story of Operation Lion Ark.....
Moving day at Santa Cruz Airport and the sheer scale of Operation Lion Ark isapparent as crates containing 25 lions are lined up ready to be loaded.
Below: ADI’s Jan Creamer and Tim Phillips with one of the lion cubs duringthe rescue; Campeon and one of his sisters reach their new home.
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The record-breaking Operation LionArk that began in Bolivia lastNovember, ended on February 16when 25 lucky lions touched down atDenver airport. Operation Lion Arkwas the world’s biggest rescue andairlift of lions. It began with dramaticseizures across Bolivia as ADIworked with the Bolivian authoritiesto enforce their new law banninganimal circuses.
The ADI team seized 25 lions; somewere extremely malnourished, skin andbone, dehydrated, living in overcrowdedcages. One family of eight was all in acage the size of a double bed. Theywere fighting to survive, taking food outof each others’ mouths. The stories are
heartbreaking. Six monkeys, a coatimundi, a deer and horse were rescuedand relocated in Bolivia or returned tothe wild.
This is the first national circus ban inSouth America and the world’s first banon all animal acts. This is a worldrecord for a lion rescue and ultimately ahistoric victory for animal welfare. It is alandmark in how strong animalprotection legislation can be swiftly andeffectively enforced.
Bolivia has set a shining example to theworld and we hope that Operation LionArk will have far reachingconsequences, and encourage othergovernments to stand up and act, likeBolivia, to do the right thing for animals
currently languishing in circusesthroughout the world.
This gargantuan task to end circussuffering in Bolivia started six years ago,when ADI field officers first exposed thecruelty in South American circuses. Theshocking footage swept the continent,and in Bolivia the public were horrifiedby the conditions the animals wereforced to endure.
The exposé led to an educational andpolitical lobbying campaign that gainedearly victories with animal circus banssecured in key cities and then aftermany attempts, the new law wassecured on June 17, 2009. Thecircuses were given a year to relinquishtheir animal acts.
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No. 5. Eight lions – Bam Bam, Morena, Campeon, Maria, Marta, Rosa,Rosario, and Rosita – in a stinking cage. The circus owner has threatenedto kill them and produces a knife with which he stabs the tires of the truckwe are moving them in. There is a confrontation but we rescue the lionsand a horse called Tim.
No. 6. Kenya had been put in this terrible cage as a cub. The circusowner didn’t realize she’d get so big, so she stayed there. Oursurveillance reveals the owner has hidden monkeys. We search thecircus. They’re informed that ADI will constantly monitor them – themonkeys are handed over two days later.
No. 2. The ADI team remove India from the circus in the cage she’slived in all her life. Despite the deplorable conditions, the circusregards her as a pet – they cry as she is removed.
Circus No. 1. Chitara and Dalila arrive at the ADI compound in the circuscage. The circus ran for it, leaving the two lionesses behind. Theoperation starts smoothly.
SEARCH & SEIZURE In the weeks leading up to the operation ADI Field Officers kept the circuses under constant surveillance. We then rushed in with the authorities to rescue the animals.
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The battle of the circuses
One circus voluntarily gave up theiranimals, and ADI moved this first familyof four handsome lions, Camba, Daktari,Bambek and Simba to the PerformingAnimal Welfare Sanctuary in California,and a Hamadryas baboon, Tilin, toLakeview Monkey Sanctuary in England,in 2010.
Our South America campaigns team inLondon and Bolivia began draftingregulations to enforce the new law,4040. As this progressed it was clearthat the remaining circuses planned todefy the law. This would be harder.
ADI teams spread out across Bolivialocating circuses and conducting a
census of all animals. When a lionesshad cubs, the number of lions rose to 24and it became apparent that this wouldbe a huge operation.
In November 2010, ADI circus searchand seizure operations in Bolivia began.Ensuring an element of surprise wemoved rapidly and, with the support ofthe Bolivian authorities, notably theDGB, Santa Cruz Governor’s office andpolice, staged raids on circus aftercircus.
Our teams covered hundreds of mileseach day; we provided the transport,cages, animal handlers, veterinarysupervision, and all other animal carerequirements.
The circuses were very angry. Therewas much screaming, shouting, threats,and one circus owner came out with aknife – slashing the tires of the transportvehicle. Others tried to make a run forit. One circus kept moving, and thengave up, leaving their animals behind asthey left town.
One attempted to conceal monkeys, butwe were alert and searched and foundthe animals.
We received threats but stood firm. Inthe first week we closed 7 circuses.Only one remained, which kept on themove in an attempt to find ways aroundthe ban. The circus continued to takethe cubs into the ring and to parks forphotos. Later named Bob, Nancy and
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No 7. A search of another circus secures the rescue of two spidermonkeys, two capuchin monkeys and a coati mundi. They were returnedto the wild in a safe natural area run by the Santa Cruz governor’s Office.
No. 8. After playing cat and mouse we catch up with the last circus.The owner threatens the ADI team and builds barricades. It doesn’tstop us. Hercules, Panchula, Fida, Kiara and the cubs Bob, Nancy andPercy are all rescued. The last animals to perform in Bolivia. Abovethe cats on the ADI transporters head for freedom.
No. 3. The circus tries to make a run for it and the local policeimpound the lions. Above ADI prepare to load Pancho and Temuco.
No. 4. Seizing Colo Colo, Muñuca and Lulu – the lions that hate peopleand want to attack them (who can blame them). The circus hands themover willingly, probably because they are so aggressive!
In the weeks leading up to the operation ADI Field Officers kept the circuses under constant surveillance. We then rushed in with the authorities to rescue the animals.
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Percy, they were the last animals toperform in Bolivia.
We caught up with them in a remotetown in the rugged mountain area whereChé Guevara once had his hideout.They attempted to barricade theanimals’ cages and threatened toassault the ADI team. But in the endthere was little resistance: we took theanimals.
A more daunting prospect was thetreacherous 18-hour drive through themountains back to Santa Cruz!
In less than three weeks we hadremoved all of the animals from everycircus in Bolivia. The animal circusindustry was shut down in a stroke.
was terrifying; we worked desperately torevive him – then, after what felt like aneternity, he got to his feet.
Since then, Campeon has grownstronger every day; the joy on his facewhen he got his first toys, footballs andlogs, was something to behold. It will bea long road, but we are all crossing ourfingers that this brave little lion willcontinue to get stronger and stronger.
These lions lived in bare cages, withnothing to do, nothing to interest them.When we gave them hay for the firsttime, their sheer joy at having somethingto touch, sniff and roll about in was trulyamazing – they cuddled the logs andtires we gave them to play with.
These animals had endured a horrific
Jan Creamer lures Kimba into his ADI travel crate.
Hercules in the ADI compound the day after his rescue. His face is amap of the hard life he has lived in the circus, but proud and unbowed.
In Santa Cruz, we built temporary holding units for the lions as theyarrived. They had hay and toys for the first time and, although small,they had more space than ever before in their lives.
Lion Number 25: Kimba looks from his cage in Tariqa zoo. The ADIteam had to knock down a wall and cut through the bars.
RESCUE & REHABILITATION As the lions arrived at the ADI compound in Santa Cruz, new homes were built for them, they were given veterinary care and their strength was built up.
The ADI reception center
Mayor Percy of Santa Cruz donatedland to temporarily house the lions. So,during the rescues we established ourreception center, constructing securityfencing, holding cages, installing runningwater, electricity, and veterinary facilities.It was here that the lions were nursedback to health, put on weight, built uptheir strength and had veterinary care.
One of the family of eight who werecrammed into that cage was poor littleCampeon, a young male. His front legscrippled with bone disease, he was tooweak to get into the wagon that wouldtake him from the circus. Our vet fearedCampeon might not survive, and duringthe journey to freedom he collapsed; it
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life, so our veterinary team led by Dr.Mel Richardson, with Jimena Delgado inattendance daily, were regularly dealingwith crises.
We saved lion number 25, Kimba, inFebruary. Once owned by a circus, hehad been dumped in a small zoo due forclosure, some eleven years earlier andhad been alone since. He was a 48hour drive away, so we booked spaceon an old C130 Hercules and flew downfor him. We had to smash down a walland hack through his cage bars, but wequickly lured him into his travel crate.
On arrival at the reception center, thisgrand, old, peaceful lion heard the roarsof other lions for the first time in all thoseyears and roared back.
The Lion Ark
The most efficient way to move the lionswould be all at once and we secured ahome for all of them at the Wild AnimalSanctuary in Colorado. With ADIfunding, construction began immediatelyon a huge biosphere to house the lionsas they acclimated. Back in Bolivia,travel crates were built, including aspecial mother and cubs crate.
Torrential rain made the roadsimpassable and the ADI team had towork soaked to the skin, pulling downthe rain covers to protect the lions. Itbegan to look like the whole rescuecould be washed out. But the sun cameout on loading day and spirits rose.Loading 25 lions was a challenge. An
hour per lion was not an unreasonableestimate – but that would mean a lion ina crate for 24 hours before even leaving.We had to do better.
Two teams, all well drilled, professionaland with great affection for the lions,worked in near silence, coaxing the lionsin with food. Loading took just sixhours. At midnight we headed to theairport. We had a TAB Airlines DC10rented at a discount price and crew allhad ADI logos on their uniforms for theday. Thanks to the ON Group whohelped and were at our side at everystep on this final stage. Our meticulousplan to have all the lions in color-codedcrates denoting family groups made sureeveryone remained calm.
Percy plays with a branch in the ADI compound. Born into misery, hislife had just changed forever, he will live free.
Chitara and Dalila - like many of the animals we were saving they onlyhad each other. Now they are in a pride with Pancho, Temuco andIndia.
Worming day for the cubs with Bob being held by Tim Phillips.Kimba heads to Santa Cruz in style, with the ADI team in a C130Hercules that had seen service in the Vietnam war!
As the lions arrived at the ADI compound in Santa Cruz, new homes were built for them, they were given veterinary care and their strength was built up.
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Touchdown
There had been continuous media inBolivia and at Denver InternationalAirport there was more, with Jorja Foxand Bob Barker there too. The video ofthe doors opening and Jan punching theair before the lions were unloaded racedround the world.
The huge extended pride that arrived inDenver are the adorable cubs Percy,Bob and Nancy and their mother Kiara;the beautiful girls India, Chitara, Dalila,Kenya, Muñeca, Lulu, Panchula, Fida,Marta, Maria, Morena; and the naughtyyoungsters, Rosita, Rosario, and Rosa;and the magnificent males, Temuco,Pancho, ColoColo, Kimba, BamBam,Hercules, and young Campeon.
All the families are now in the specially-designed 10-acre biosphere at The WildAnimal Sanctuary (TWAS) near Denverwith natural sunlight, grass and treeswhile they acclimate.
When they arrived, they ran andfrolicked, they had grass beneath theirfeet for the first time in their lives, andthey loved the pine trees. A thrillingreward for the months of preparation.
As summer arrives and the outdoorenclosures are finished, they will havefree access to a further 70 acres.
At the sanctuaries in Colorado,California and the UK, construction hasbeen paid for by ADI, and all three arereceiving payment from us for thelifetime care of the animals.
These lucky lions have been on thejourney of their lives, taking them fromcages on the back of trucks, beingforced to perform demeaning tricks, toan expansive natural enclosure at astate of the art facility near Denver.
That is really part one of this immenseundertaking, in the next issue we willreport in full on the lions’ new life atTWAS, as they are formed into pridesand released into their huge enclosures.
Now, we need your help.
Operation Lion Ark was logisticallycomplex and expensive. Now we needyour help to keep our promise of a brightnew future to the lions. The sufferingand years of neglect these animals have
Saved: The baby monkeys that the circus tried to hide.
Jan nurses a foal that is desperately ill and has collapsed, the baby wassaved. We are still working to rescue a group of horses in Bolivia.
Lion after lion is unloaded at Denver International Airport.
This is freedom. Within 24 hours of his seizure, the coati mundi whohad been snatched from the wild by the circus was free again. Here heis draped over the branch of a tree.
SEARCH & SEIZURE In the weeks leading up to the operation ADI Field Officers kept the circuses under constant surveillance. We then moved in at speed with the authorities to rescue the animals.
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endured has taken its toll. We aregrateful to the Peter Emily InternationalVeterinary Dental Foundation (PEIVDF)for life saving dental work on several ofthe lions. It is hard to imagine the painthey had lived with for years.
We are urgently calling for donations tosupport these lions for life – up to 23years.
This is such an important rescuemission because it shows SouthAmerica and countries all over the worldthat if they pass strong laws to endcruelty, then ADI will be there to helpensure they are enforced. Too oftenhave there been laws full of promise,heralded as victories, but simply neverenforced because of lack of resources.
Not this time. There are no animalcircuses in Bolivia.
Life is now worth living for these lions.
Campeon, the little lion with his twistedlegs who almost didn’t make it, now sofull of fun running and playing with hisboisterous family.
Quiet and gentle Kenya, her circus cagewas the size of a cupboard with solidwalls, put in there as a cub, never tocome out. Now she leads a pride ofPancho, Temuco, Chitara and Dalila.
Exquisite ColoColo, the angry lion whoreacts so aggressively when he sees ashovel or stick, but who can blame him?Now his teeth have been fixed and hecan spend his days with his family,
Muñeca and Lulu. Nobody is going tocome near him with a stick ever again.
Sweet Kiara and her three cubs, safe atlast. Her cubs will never be taken fromher again.
These lucky animals symbolize the workof ADI. The costs of rescuing theseanimals, including the investigation, thelegislation campaign, rescue itself, thesanctuary enclosure and habitatmaterials, food and veterinary care,have been covered by ADI.
We urgently need supporters to adoptsome or all of our rescued animals –see page 26 or call (323)935-2234 fordetails. This was a rescue for life!
The Lion Ark arrives in Denver and the lions start to be unloaded.
With the females on contraceptives to prevent pregnancies, Bam Bamrejoins his family in his new home and looks content.
Campeon, the little lion who was sick and almost died, runs and playson grass for the first time in his life. What a future now awaits!
Actress Jorja Fox and TV presenter Bob Barker greet Bam Bam atDenver Airport with a drink of water. Two substantial donations fromBob Barker enable these ambitious seizure operations in Bolivia.
In the weeks leading up to the operation ADI Field Officers kept the circuses under constant surveillance. We then moved in at speed with the authorities to rescue the animals.
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It was tough seizing the animals fromCircus Carioca. The authorities wereworried and the circus was constantlymoving through the remote mountains.But ADI had a field officer in the circus,monitoring their every move. Theythreatened to assault ADI people if we setfoot in the circus, then barricaded theanimals in before we arrived. The raidrescued three 8-week-old cubs – the lastanimals to ever appear in a Bolivian circusring. So it seemed fitting to name themafter people who made their new lifepossible – Bob, Nancy and Percy.
Percy was named after Mayor PercyFernandez who donated the land in SantaCruz that became the Lion Ark holdingcenter. Bob and Nancy after TVpersonality Bob Barker and Nancy Burnetwho works with him.
Years of ADI undercover investigations andcampaigns led to Bolivia banning allanimals in circuses and similar legislationunder discussion in Brazil, Peru, Colombia,and Ecuador.
In 2009, with the campaign desperatelyshort of funds, Bob Barker stepped in togive the ADI team a massive boost withtwo donations of $1million which werecommitted to our operations in SouthAmerica and the USA respectively,enabling us to launch campaigns,undercover investigations (like theshattering circus tiger abuse exposé in2010), produce educational materials, andcommit to relocating Bolivia’s animals.
The rescue of the first four circus lions anda baboon was desperately hard, requiringADI to fund state of the art lion facilities atARK2000 in California and baboonfacilities at Lakeview Primate Sanctuary inthe UK. We built a massive holding facilityin Bolivia while they awaited export
permits. Bob Barker learned of themounting costs through the New YorkTimes and donated another $1million.Operation Lion Ark was now possible.
Too much animal protection legislation ispassed but not effectively implemented.We were determined that Bob Barker’ssupport would enable us to actuallyenforce this ban. This would set anexample to countries all over the world thatstrong animal protection legislation can bevigorously enforced.
Over $1million has been poured into thewonderful facilities and care costs atARK2000, The Wild Animal Sanctuary,Lakeview Monkey Sanctuary and ADI willcontinue the care for these animals forlife – a substantial combined annual bill.This also represents a great investment insanctuary infra-structure – so ultimatelymany more animals will benefit. Searchand seizure operations,construction ofholding facities, veterinary care andfeeding, and relocating all the animalsaccounted for just over a further $1million,
bearing in mind that this involved threeairlifts: four lions to California, a baboonto the UK, 25 lions to Colorado, as wellas relocation of horses, dogs, a coati, adeer, and monkeys.
An operation of this scale might haveparalyzed our organization but themoney dontaed by Bob Barker hasenabled ADI campaigns andinvestigations in the USA and SouthAmerica to develop massively in thesepast two years – as we believe thismagazine shows.
It was therefore fitting that Bob Barkerwas at Denver airport as the the Lion Arktouched down; he appeared on theGeraldo show, and other media.
Bob Barker said: “I am pleased andproud to say that a couple ofcontributions of mine helped ADI in theirhistory making accomplishments inBolivia. I am so impressed with ADI that Iam going to make another investment intheir mind-boggling work, and I inviteyou, in fact, I urge you to ‘man-up’ andjoin me, too. Believe me, you’ll get yourmoney’s worth.”
We urgently need funds to ensure thatour work has the ambition and impactthat animals deserve. Bob Barker’ssupport of ADI has made history andchanged the world for generations ofanimals to come. We make thispledge to all our supporters whetheryou contribute $1 or $1million we willmake that donation work as hard andas effectively as possible for animals.
Rescued lion
cub named after
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Rescued lion
cub named after
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“lion numberone, come ondown!” BobBarker welcomesthe OperationLion Ark lions totheir new life.
Below: Bob thelion cub, justafter beingrescued from thecircus by ADI.
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ADI puts the behind-the-scenes animal abuse in the spotlight
Movie Star Electric ShockedWater for Elephants.... and electric shocks and bullhooks....Water for Elephants is a romantic drama set in a 1930s animal circus in the USA, starring Reese Witherspoon and RobertPattinson. The biggest star of the film is 45-year-old Asian elephant Tai, who plays Rosie, provided by the performing animalsupplier Have Trunk Will Travel, of California.
In the film the elephant is brutally attacked by the circus owner who beats her with a bull hook. But the producers, stars, andtrainers were at pains to stress that Tai was trained with kindness, marshmallows, and positive reinforcement. This was not justbig screen romanticizing of the circus – with the exception of those few cruel, bad apples – but a worldwide promotion ofelephant training.
gary Johnson, co-founder of Have Trunk Will Travel claimed: “Tai was never hit in any way at all.” American Humane observedthe animal action during filming and said: “We’re here observing prep on Water for Elephants and so we’re here to make sure
that everybody knows that not only the action on set but also the prep is humanely done, all these animals have been treated
fairly and humanely throughout the entire course of their training.”
As the film opened across the world ADI released undercover footage from inside Have Trunk Will Travel showing the elephantsbeing repeatedly betean and electric shocked. Tai cried out as she was shocked with a stun stun gun to force her to do the verytricks that later would later appear in the film. The horrifying images shot around the world.
Left: garyJohnson, co-founder of HaveTrunk Will Travel,electric shocksTai while sheperforms aheadstand. Right:Kari Johnson, theother Have TrunkWill Travel co-founder gives anelephant a tasteof a bullhook asopposed to amarshmallow.
Below: ADIPresident JanCreamer talkslive on televisionabout the exposé.
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ADI’s shocking video filmed at HaveTrunk Will Travel in 2005 shows:
� Elephants including Tai arerepeatedly given electric shocks withhand held stun guns.
� Tai cries out when being shocked intoperforming a headstand.
� Elephants including Tai are beatenabout the body and legs with bullhooks.
� A baby elephant is hooked in the lipand cries out.
� An elephant is pinned with bull hookswhile her tusks are sawn down, closeto the bone.
� Have Trunk Will Travel co-founderKari Johnson viciously strikes anelephant.
� A baby elephant being hit over thehead and dragged by the trunk.
� Elephants being hit and jabbed withbull hooks.
� Elephants chained by the legs barelyable to move (the elephants werechained from 6.30pm to 6.30am, 12hours a day).
From the outset, ADI was uncomfortablewith the message of this film, but the morewe saw the repeated assertions that this
elephant has been treated with love andaffection and never been abused, werealized that we had to get the truth out.The public, the stars and the filmmakershave been duped. This poor elephant wastrained to do the very tricks you see in thefilm by being given electric shocks.
This undercover footage was actually partof a wider investigation of the the ofanimals in films and TV and was not duefor release until the whole investigationconcluded. Those familiar with ADI willknow that our investigations can coveryears, when the purpose of a study is toshow the culture of an industry. However,despite the risk to the rest of theinvestigation, we decided that themisleading claims about the treatment ofTai being spread around the world duringthe launch of Water for Elephants could notbe allowed to go unchallenged.
Our footage shows handling and trainingfor common tricks of Tai(45), Kitty(45),Dixie(46), Becky(26), Rosie(30) andTess(30) with her baby, Tucker (now 6).
Kari Johnson,co-founder of Have TrunkWill Travel had previously stated: “HaveTrunk Will Travel has never issued awritten endorsement, nor does it condoneusing electrical devices to discipline andcontrol elephants except in situations
where elephant or human safety is at risk.”However, Gary Johnson and trainerJoanne Smith appear in the video givingthe elephants electric shocks.
ADI sent copies of the DVD to the film’sstars and makers, but have yet to receiveany statements or responses.
ADI has contacted the American HumaneAssociation, urging them to re-evaluatetheir statements which effectively endorsethe use of performing animals.
The suffering at Have Trunk Will Travel hasbeen receiving universal condemnationaround the world from vets, elephantexperts, zoo industry insiders, and thepublic.
Dr Mel Richardson, captive wildlife vet: “Asa veterinarian with 40 years of expertisecaring for elephants and other captivewildlife, I can assure you these videosdepict animal cruelty and unnecessarysuffering. These people are tormentingtheir elephants. The aggressiveness andvengeance with which the handlers beatand punish the elephants isunconscionable. There appears to be nopurpose other than to torment theelephants. As a veterinarian in 1982-84, Iworked for an animal dealer who imported44 baby African elephants to train for theperforming animal industry. I have
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witnessed and treated the wounds ofelephants traumatized by severe trainingtechniques. And nothing rivals the cruelty Ihave witnessed over the last few days fromthe videos from Have Trunk Will Travel.”
Dr. Joyce Poole, world renown elephantbiologist, Co-Director of Elephant Voices,lead author of The Elephant Charter, world-renowned elephant biologist, with 40 yearsstudying elephants: "What we see issystematic abuse of fearful and terrorizedelephants. The brutality and aggressiveattitude demonstrated by the handlersleaves no doubt in my mind about thetrauma that has been inflicted on thesepoor elephants. The roars of pain andsqueaks of alarm heard in the footage allconfirm the same - elephants forced withviolence to do painful tricks that areunnatural and harmful to them."
Pat Derby former TV and movie animaltrainer and founder of the PerformingAnimal Welfare Society, Ark2000 elephantsanctuary: “The actions I viewed on thisvideo could only be characterized asneedless suffering and unnecessarycruelty. In the early 70s, when I wasworking with animals on film sets I hatedthe way elephants were trained. Elephantsbring out a fury in many men as no othercreature does, a rage to dominate and tohurt.
“Although Have Trunk Will Travel statesthat their elephants are trained with foodreward and positive reinforcement, notreats are visible anywhere in this video,and the bull hooks and electricity are usedaggressively and angrily."
“The elephant actor in Water ForElephants, and the other elephants atHave Trunk Will Travel, have paid a highprice for a few mediocre moments ofentertainment. If you care about elephants,skip this movie.”
Peter Stroud, former curator of elephantsat Melbourne Zoo, has said there was littledoubt Tai has been subjected to crueltraining methods at some point:
“Getting an elephant to do what it’s toldreally requires the elephant to bedominated. If you want to see an elephantbehaving in the way this elephant probablydoes in this movie, where it’s in andaround people and performing circus tricks,it’s a near certainty that it’s been trainedusing punishment, using pain, using verytraditional methods that have been with usfor a long time but are not at all elephantfriendly. They’re basically cruel.”
Have Trunk Will Travel has not denied thetreatment of the elephants, insteadclaiming “The video shows heavily editedand very short snippets”, and that they: “…
stand by our care and training methods.”We responded by posting online full lengthclips (which had been available to themedia from the outset), noting that viewerscan see what happens before and after theincident while the elephants are still hit andelectric shocked in between.
Hollywood must change its act
When Tai the elephant cried out as shewas electric shocked, it was a long wayfrom the glitzy premieres and movietheatres. Unfortunately, as animal circusesclose around the world, performing animalsare becoming an all-too casual inclusion infilms and TV commercials.
Tai is already appearing online in the trailerfor ‘Zookeeper’ with Kevin James, with thevoices of Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stalloneand Cher, which opens this summer.Previously she has appeared alongsideBritney Spears, Ellen Degeneres, JimCarey, Steve Carell and Morgan Freeman.
When these animals arrive on set, trainedup and ready to perform on command, Webelieve the actors and the movie makerswant to believe they are trained by loveand kindness. They like to pet the animals,they see the trainers stroke them andsmile, and when they are told its all treats
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� If you live in the U.S. or Canadaplease email [email protected] ask for a Water for Elephants
Letter Writing Pack; includes DVDand sample letters to actors, moviemakers, newspapers.
� Write a letter to your local paperabout Tai’s abuse and educate thepublic that animal suffering is neverentertainment.
� Contact the Director, Producer
and stars; politely ask that they makeWater for Elephants the last film they willuse live animal actors. (Contacts in ourletter writing pack.)
� Spread the word - link to the video onyour Facebook and other socialnetworking sites. Visit www.adiusa.orgto watch the video and get the facts.
� Boycott this film and tell your familyand friends to take a stand to onlysupport films without animal actors.
� Leaflet moviegoers at a theater nearyou to educate them about the abuse ofTai and other performing animals.Contact ADI to order leaflets.
� Contact your local theater with a copyof our DVD we can provide you,and politely ask them to makethe right choice and stopshowing the film.
What You Can Do to Help Prevent the Suffering of Animals like Tai
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Above: JoanneSmith was theon-set trainerwith Tai duringthe filming ofWater forElephants. Hereshe is trainingback at HaveTrunk WillTravel: givingelephantsmassive electricshocks with astun gun;hacking at theirlegswith abullhook tomake them liftthem; cchargingafter elephantsto hit and jabthem; and evengiving tiny babyTucker a hit overthe head with abullhook. Tuckeris currently onloan to HoustonZoo.
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Have Trunk Will Travel hire their elephantsout for rides, as well as movies andadvertising. Each weekend, elephants aretrucked from Perris, California to the SantaAna Zoo to give rides to visitors (picturedabove). It’s the same trainers andelephants that appear in our shockingvideo (pages 11-14).
Previous complaints about abusive traininghad been dismissed by zoo and cityofficials; now the evidence is irrefutible.
ADI is working with a coalition ofgrassroots and national groups includingOrange County People for Animals, AnimalProtection and Rescue League, CaliforniaLobby for Animal Welfare and PETA to help
end the rides. The new videoevidence should convince thezoo director, the Santa AnaMayor and City Council to haltthe elephant rides.
No decision has been madeas we go to press; howeverthe zoo director, KentYamaguchi, has said publiclythat he would immediately endthe rides if proof of abusesurfaces. He told ADI that thecity and zoo are aware ofvideo footage, he had viewed
it, and they are investigating and taking thematter seriously.
ADI Campaigns Director, Matt Rossell,recently addressed the Santa Ana CityCouncil and presented them the footage ofTai and other elephants at Have Trunk WillTravel being hit with bullhooks andshocked during training sessions. Heurged them to review the evidence andmake the right decision to shut down theserides. ADI has approached Mayor Pulidoand members of the city council for ameeting and we are awaiting a response.
Please help us end the rides. Contactthe Santa Ana Zoo Director and Mayortoday and politely ask them toimmediately end the elephant rides.
Kent Yamaguchi Santa Ana [email protected] Ana Zoo1801 East Chestnut AvenueSanta Ana, CA 92701
Miguel A. Pulido Santa Ana [email protected] Ana City Council20 Civic Center PlazaP.O. Box 1988, M31Santa Ana, CA 92701Fax: 714-647-6954
and positive reinforcement, it is humannature to want to believe it. The reality asthe footage showed, is very different. Likeanimal circuses, there is a huge gapbetween how the animals are trained out ofthe public eye and how they are presentedin the ring.
Elephants from Have Trunk Will Travel,including Tai, appear in: Water ForElephants, Zookeeper, Evan Almighty,Vanity Fair, Larger Than Life,Jungle Book, George of the Jungle, AceVentura When Nature Calls, OperationDumbo Drop, and the Britney Spearsmusic video, “Circus”. TV commercialsinclude Hewlett Packard, Visa, Oreo Cookies and American Express withEllen Degeneres. In addition, English artistBanksy painted Tai for an art installation inLos Angeles.
Some of these animals have the kind ofCVs that should give them real star powerin Hollywood but they’re not living the goodlife. Over the years in training centers formovies and TV work, ADI has secured filmof lions, chimpanzees and elephants beingbeaten and getting electric shocks. It’stime to stamp out the suffering.
Producers must ask themselveswhether their film really needs thelifetime sacrifice paid by a living animaland whether they can genuinely assureaudiences of humane treatment.
Remember, the actual training goes on insecret. Animal suffering is never romanticand it is never entertainment.
Our message is that if you care aboutanimals, don’t go to see films whereperforming animals appear.
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In public the bullhook is used as a nasty reminder, but the elephant
certainly doesn’t forget how it is used in private.
Below: ADICampaigns DirectorMatt Rossellpresents the ADIvideo evidence tothe Santa Ana CityCouncil.
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Our global campaign to end space
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massive boost with NASA halting its
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monkeys. The announcement
followed distribution to every
member of Congress our new space
experiments DVD and campaign
activity in the US, Europe, Russia and
Brazil.
The Brookhaven National Laboratory,where the monkey experiments were totake place, announced that “NASA hasinformed Brookhaven that a proposalinvolving primate research at the NASASpace Radiation Laboratory on theBrookhaven Lab site should be removedfrom consideration for experimental time atthe facility.”
Additionally, NASA stated that it is “going toundertake a comprehensive review of theagency's current research and technologydevelopment plans to see how they alignwith the president's plan for humanspaceflight, as outlined in the U.S. NationalSpace Policy and the 2010 NASAAuthorization Act.”
In September, we launched our new video‘Space Experiments on Monkeys – OneGiant Leap Backwards’ revealing thehorrific nature of the monkey experimentswhich would have included: Burns,weakness, hair loss, organ failure andnausea. We underlined how the tests were
scientificallyflawed andincluded quotescondemning theexperiments fromthe European
Space Agency, Cosmonaut ValentinLebedev, who set a world record for time inspace, Jim Bates, NASA retiree, formerCo-Chairman of the JSC Space RadiationEnvironment Group, and Ex-ESA astronautand former MEP, Umberto Guidoni. Therewas also an extensive interview withaerospace engineer April Evans whoresigned from NASA in protest over thetests. The video was distributed to everymember of the US Congress.
Those in the space program often talk inlofty terms that this is about makingadvances for all humankind. We wantedthe world to make it clear that this crueltyis not in our name, and there are plenty ofpeople in the space research communitywho agree with us. Under the banner ‘Not
in our name’ supporters all over the worldwere urged to contact the US and RussianEmbassies.
From the outset the scientific validity of theexperiments had been questioned butNASA seemingly pressed on regardless.The project grant proposal noted “Weunderstand that in these initial studies,monkeys will be exposed to particleradiation that does not fully mimic thechronic low dose situation in a mixedradiation field.” A Freedom of InformationAct request revealed how NASA braceditself for public opposition. FrancisCucinotta of NASA’s Johnson’s SpaceCenter, had informed Jack Bergman theresearcher who was to carry out theexperiments, via email that “one topiccame up is to be prepared [sic] for anypublic relations issues that could arise withupper NASA management or the public.NASA has funded primate research in thepast but not in the last few years.”
At one point, Bergman complained; “Thisprimate issue is annoying but we are fullycommitted to the concept and work of the
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Above: Our NASADVD. Left: AprilEvans the NASAengineer whoresigned over thetests, speaks atCongressionalreception
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Campaign Newsproject. I don’t understand how folksexpect space research to progressotherwise.” Bergman had also noted; “Thesubjects we will use will live out theirnatural lives and be available to NASA forfurther study, should that be desired.Indeed, that is a notable strength of theproject design.” So experimentationwithout end had been planned for thesepoor monkeys.
On the same day, a Johnson Space Centeremployee reassured Bergman about thefunding for his project; “know that you haveHUGE NASA support…But being NASA,HQ wants to proceed as cautiously andpolitically correct [sic] as possible – comeswith the territory of a federal agency…Soknow that we are doing everything we canto get the award out to you.”
In September ADI joined in a reception atthe US Congress organized by PhysiciansCommittee for Responsible Medicine withApril Evans calling for NASA funding to beredirected from the monkey tests. Thatnight the NASA Authorization Act of 2010passed the House of Representatives,disappointingly, without the original Houselanguage requiring “justification andrationale for human primates".
Despite this setback, we pressed on, andNASA finally decided to halt the tests.
This leaves Russia the last holdout in itsuse of monkeys in space experiments.Supporters will recall the horrificphotographs we obtained from inside thelaboratory in Abkhazia showing themonkeys restrained during the experimentsand living in tiny, barren cages. Like theNASA tests, the Roscosmos experimentsare aimed at enabling a mission to Mars.
In October we launchedthe campaign in Russiawith VITA, a non-profitanimal protectionorganization based inMoscow, urging theRussian Federal SpaceAgency (Roscosmos) notto perform theexperiments.
We continue to press thespace agencies aroundthe world to abandon allanimal experiments.
Below: TimPhillips, ADICampaignsDirector arrives atCongress on theday of the vote.
Make no mistake it’s fake
In recent years there has been a blurring ofthe line between fake and real fur, withdesigners dying and trimming real fur so thatit can look more fake than fake. We aretherefore pleased that the EuropeanParliament has passed a regulation ontextile labelling stating that any garmentmade from real fur must be clearly labelledstating that it contains non-textile parts of“animal origin”.
Last year ADI launched a horrifyingundercover investigation of 30 fur farms in Finland – the world’s largest producer of fox fur.A detailed report and video were produced in English, French, Italian, Finnish and Hebrew.The findings were presented to the European Parliament, Israel’s parliament (theKnessett), and released with events at the London, Paris, and Milan fashion weeks.
To watch our Fur Stop campaign video, read our report and find out what you can do visithttp://furstop.com/
In October, something once unthinkable occurred in the UK: Chipperfield’sCircus appeared with no animals. Chipperfield’s was once the biggest UK animalcircus and was a supplier of circus lions and tigers to European circuses as wellas to Ringling Bros. October was the first time that Chipperfield’s Circus hadappeared since being exposed by ADI for animal cruelty in 1998.
Between 1996 and 1998, ADI field officers worked undercover inside three circusestablishments run by different members of the Chipperfield family: Dicky Chipperfield’sChipperfield Enterprises, lion and tiger breeders and suppliers to Ringlings andChipperfield’s Circus and Mary Chipperfield Promotions, huge training and animaldealing operation, suppliers to European circuses and Disney.
The ADI investigation of 18 traveling circuses and winter quarters in the UK andEurope is credited with bringing the UK’s animal circus industry to its knees. Within sixmonths of its release, half of the UK’s animal circuses had closed. The investigationled to successful cruelty convictions of Mary Chipperfield and her husband Roger, jailfor their elephant keeper Michael Gills, and subsequent closure of all three Chipperfieldcircus enterprises in the UK.
The news that Chipperfield’s Circus was animal-free was greeted with delight by ADIand with fury by several circus people – including members of the Chipperfield family.
UK circusname oncesynonymouswith animalcruelty goesanimal-free
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Another SeaWorldwhale, Kalina, hasdied. The youngfemale orca’s death inOrlando follows that ofanother young orca,Sumar, at SeaWorld’sSan Diego facility. It has been reportedthat SeaWorld is planning to allowtrainers back in the water with orcas,and may spend millions of dollarsinstalling pool floors that can be quicklyraised in an emergency. They are alsoconsidering using remote controlledunderwater vehicles, emergency airsupplies for trainers and ways to pryopen an orca's jaws.
African vulture numbers havedeclined dramatically due topoisoning by farmers, who leave deadgoats laced with pesticides to killhyenas and lions.
The Performing Animal WelfareSociety has offered free lifetime care,relocation and transportation expensesfor Toronto Zoo's 3 African elephants.
Elephant intelligenceis on a par with that ofgreat apes anddolphins according to astudy in which theycooperated to solve aproblem.
British firms are selling woodproducts from countries whereillegal logging is devastating theenvironment. A new report found thatwood sold in the UK originates in partsof Indonesia, Malaysia and the CongoBasin where illegal deforestation isthreatening animals, plants & humans.
The total population of Californiacondors, a species once nearlyextinct, is expected to reach 400 bysummer 2011, the largest number onrecord since the 1920s. This is due inpart to captive breeding in zoos,however, a large number of the birdshave been reintroduced into the wild,making the wild population 181.
Missouri: Voters support puppy mill law;then the Governor re-writes itIn November, voters in Missouri passed Proposition B, the Puppy Mill CrueltyPrevention Act, which established minimum standards in Missouri, a place regarded asAmerica’s puppy mill capital due to the fact that there are about 3,000 puppy mills inthe state. Five months later the Governor ignored the voters and re-wrote the rules.
Every year countless dogs are bred for sale in factory farm conditions. Puppy mill dogsoften live in small cages in absolute squalor, with females repeatedly made to producelitters.
ADI joined other groups such as the coalition Missourians for the Protection of Dogs,who drove this law forward. ADI contacted all supporters in Missouri and ran an onlinepromotional campaign. Former TV presenter Bob Barker, an alumnus of DruryUniversity in Missouri also urged voters to support Prop B. The combined efforts paidoff, resulting in the monumental passage of the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act.
Upon hearing news of the historic victory, Mr. Barker said, "With the passage ofProposition B, the wonderful people of Missouri have taken a major step in erasing thedubious distinction of being the puppy mill capital of the U.S.A."
ADI Vice President Tim Phillips said, “We are delighted that compassion has won theday in Missouri. ADI applauds all voters who cast their vote for those who cannot speakfor themselves. This is a step towards ending the suffering of countless dogs crammedinto small, dirty cages across the state and we look forward to these measures beingimplemented.”
This legislation would have brought fundamental changes in how dogs are kept inlarge-scale breeding establishments in Missouri. Unfortunately, as of April 27th 2011,Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed into law new legislation which rewrites the voter-approved Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act.
The original legislation would have banned conditions such as wire flooring andstacked cages, and required breeders to provide each dog in their care with sufficientfood, clean water, improved housing and space, necessary veterinary care, regularexercise and rest between breeding cycles. However, the new law signed by GovernorNixon eliminated the limit to the number of breeding dogs per business, modified therequirement for outdoor exercise and changed the specific square footagerequirements for cages. The new bill also extended the length of time which existingdog breeders have to comply with the minimal changes remaining in the Puppy MillCruelty Prevention Act.
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One year after thecatastrophic BP oilspill in the gulf ofMexico, studies showthat the mortality ratefor dolphins, whales,narwhals, and turtlesare still about 50% higher than normal,as evidenced by the bodies of animalsfound on shore.
A restaurant in Los Angeles painteda donkey pink as a publicity stunt togain business for Cinco de Mayo;instead of receiving more business,protesters organized a boycott.
Circus lions seriouslymauled a trainer andalmost escaped fromthe ring during aperformance inUkraine. One lionattacked the trainer and
another joined in. Circus workers triedto beat back the animals and sprayedthem with water.
“Knut” a 4 year old polar bear hasdied in the Berlin Zoo. Knut was amajor attraction; in 2007, the zoo evenregistered his name as a trademark.
ADI will participate in the AnimalRights National Conference which isthe “world’s largest and oldest animalrights gathering, attracting thousands ofparticipants”. The conference will takeplace July 21-25 in Los Angeles.
Displaced pets arecrowding animalshelters across theMidwest and southeastern United Statesas the Mississippi andother rivers overflowtheir banks and flood waters pushpeople from their homes. Wild animalsare also being displaced; authoritiesrecommend allowing wild species tomove unhindered through flooded areasas they seek higher ground.
European Commission urged to
uphold cosmetics testing banWe continue to work to ensure that the cosmetics testing ban timetable remainsin place. With clear resistance to the ban coming from certain sectors of thecosmetics industry, we recently met with the European Commission andMembers of the European Parliament to discuss the issue.
In 2003 the EU introduced a phase-out of cosmetics testing on animals and a ban onthe sale of cosmetic products that contain ingredients tested on animals (regardless ofwhere in the world the testing occurred.)
Although the ban on ingredients tested on animals has been in place since March2009, the deadline for replacement of some tests under the marketing ban wasextended to March 2013 to allow the development and approval of alternatives.
In our last issue we reviewed the European Commission’s draft technical report onalternatives to animal testing for cosmetics, which gave a pessimistic view of the
replacement of theremaining animal tests
by the 2013 deadline. It isclear that, instead of investing
in alternatives, some cosmeticcompanies that use animals for
testing have been dragging their feetand are lobbying in Brussels to be
allowed to continue their horrific tests.
The European Commission has recentlystated that they have “not yet taken a decision as
to whether or not to postpone the implementationdate.” There is speculation that there could be a
proposal to postpone the ban by at least 5 years, aterrifying prospect.
In January, we had a series of meetings at theCommission and European Parliament to ensure
that a strong stand was taken on the deadlines.In general, MEPs agreed to stand firm on theMarch 2013 deadline. However, theCommission confirmed that the officialposition remains that a decision has not yetbeen taken. The Commission also stressed
that they will be hearing the concerns of thecosmetics industry regarding the deadline aswell as our concerns. They say that anassessment of postponing the deadline ornot “will need to take into account thepotential economic, social and
environmental of these options.” ADI isfighting to uphold the 2013 deadline.
Educate your federal representatives aboutthis upcoming cosmetic testing ban in the EU,
and encourage them to introduce a similar banhere in the US.
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guinness WorldRecords has droppedelephant polostatistics from therecord books, “in linewith our policy not toaccept or recognize anyrecords based on the killing or harmingof animals, this includes fox hunting andbull fighting”.
The work of The Lord Dowding Fundfor Humane Research wasshowcased at the British ScienceFestival held in Birmingham last year,and was a great success. This year’sevent, themed "Exploring New Worlds"will be in Bradford.
Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species (CITES) quotaspublished. The CITES 2011 nationalexport quotas have been published.DRC, Togo and Tanzania have allestablished quotas for trade in liveAppendix II primates.
An international treatywill set the first-everlimit on the number ofpolar bears that nativepeople in NorthwestAlaska can harvest,and also make polar
bear hunting legal in Russia for the firsttime since it was outlawed in 1957. TheRussia-U.S. commission agreed to letnative subsistence hunters in eachcountry kill 29 bears per year.
Chimp meat has beendiscovered on themenu in restaurantsin the UK after raids bytrading standards.Backstreet restaurantsand market stalls in theMidlands are believed to be sellingchimpanzee meat.
Canada’s fight against a Europeanban on seal products has moved to anew level. Canada’s Federal FisheriesMinister says the government will takeaction through the World TradeOrganization over the European Union'sban on seal products.
Photos oppsite fromthe top: Dr. Hallgiving his lecture;the audience listensintently to Dr Hall;Pr. Hendriksenpresents"Alternatives forPotency and Toxicityfor acellular and wPvaccines"; theconference venue.Pr. Hartung presents“Toxicology for the21st century";
Alternatives to animal
experiments presented in Cuba
The Lord Dowding Fund for HumaneResearch (LDF - ADI’s humane researchwing) was invited by Dr. Mario LandysChovel, organizer of the 4th CubanInternational Congress of Pharmacology andTherapeutics, to present our work to atHavana City from the 13th to the 16thDecember 2010.
Dr. Stephen D. Hall, LDF grantholder and researcher at theNeurophysiology and Clinical Neuroimaging Research Group of theSchool of Life and Health Sciences at the University of Aston, UK,delivered a well-attended plenary lecture on “The application of novelpharmacological neuroimaging methods in the investigation of drug
action in heath and disease”. Dr. Hall’sresearch involves the use ofmagnetoencephalography (MEG) andFunctional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI) to better understand the action ofdrugs in the brain. The use of MEG andfMRI techniques replaces the use of animals,and the data obtained is directly relevant tohumans. The lecture was followed by alively Q&A session, which reflected the high-level of worldwide interest for this noveladvanced technique.
Helder Constantino also attended the Conference as aspokesperson for the LDF and presented its work at the Symposiumon Alternative Methods. It was attended by several leading expertsin the field including Pr. Thomas Hartung from the Center forAlternatives to Animal Testing of the John Hopkins University and Pr.Coenraad Hendriksen from the Netherlands Vaccine Institute.
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Worldfest, Los Angeles
ADI’s Los Angeles office teamhad a successful day at the2011 Worldfest Earth DayFestival in May in Van Nuys,CA. Worldfest is a 100%vegan and solar powered eventfilled with entertainment,education and enlightenment,with exhibits from over 100environmental, humanitarianand animal welfare non-profitgroups. ADI had a greatreception, making personal connections with supporters and reaching out to hundreds ofothers. Over 350 people picked up leaflets from our table and nearly 100 people signedup for our mailing list! After the successful turnout at Worldfest, we’re already lookingforward to participating in similar upcoming events! ADI will have a table at the AnimalRights 2011 National Conference which will take place July 21st-25th 2011 in Los Angeles.
Stop Circus Suffering
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ADI recently set into motion what may endup being the animal rights news story ofthe year (see p.11), releasing shockingvideo footage of Tai—star of the movieWater for Elephants—being hit with bullhooks and electric shocked during training.
The irony is that Tai’s character in the film,‘Rosie’, is an abused circus elephant andthe fictionalized Hollywood violence mirrorsher real-life abuse and illustrates the harshtruth that performing animal traininginvolves pain, punishment and fear.
Have Trunk will Travelalmost pulled off anincredible bluff, standing inthe public spotlightdenouncing the fictionalcruelty of the film, sayinghow they usedmarshmallows and affectionto train their elephants. ADIcalled the bluff.
Tai’s story is stirring emotions andinvigorating activists. Volunteers with the‘Break the Chain’ campaign are taking Tai’sstory to the streets, and our Los Angelesoffice has been flooded with requests tohelp. We sent out over two hundred actionpacks in the US alone during the first weeksince the news broke!
Break the Chain network
Last October, ADI launched the ‘Break theChain’ campaign in the US, to driveforward the demand for legislation onanimal circuses. ADI is partnering withlocal animal advocates in this grassrootsnetwork, organizing publicity events andpublic education outreach across the US,and this recent avalanche of news aboutTai's abuse is bringingmore momentum.
'Break The Chain' isbuilding on the success ofADI's international ‘Stop Circus Suffering’campaign which has createdunprecedented awareness about animalcircuses, reduced audiences and promptedlocal and national governments around theworld to ban the use of animals in circuses.Since 1992, ADI field officers have workedinside the circus industry in country aftercountry, gathering the evidence needed topush forward change. National bans onthe use of wild animals, or selectedspecies, have been adopted in: Austria,Bolivia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Malta,Slovakia, Sweden, Portugal, Taiwan,Singapore, Bolivia, Costa Rica, India andIsrael. Similar laws are being discussed in:United Kingdom, Netherlands, Brazil, Chile,Colombia, Norway, Ecuador and Peru.
Local town and city bans are inplace in the US, UK (over 200),Brazil, Greece, and many othersin Europe and South America.
This campaign is breakingdown barriers, generatingpublic and political awarenessin diverse countries andcultures, and succeeding withevidence-led campaigns. Itcan be a long, hard fight butthis is a battle we can win.
Operation Lion Ark (p3)represented a culmination of aremarkable campaign. A teamof ADI field officers in SouthAmerica gathered evidence for two years,
moving from circus to circus, countryto country, catching
shockingcruelty on
film. The findings, scientific reports,videos, and campaign that followedcreated public support.
In Bolivia, local city bans were secured andtested when Las Vegas act the FercosBrothers arranged shows with their lionsand tigers. Legal action ensured the bansheld firm and the wild animal acts did notcome to Bolivia. A series of nationallegislative initiatives were put forward;failing at first but then succeeding after adetermined lobbying campaign.Bolivia banned animal circuses.The first circus handed over itsanimals; the rest said they wouldfight the ban. So with theBolivian authorities, ADI raidedevery animal circus and rescued
If you are looking for a sign, an animaltotem to inspire, or a harbinger to markthe right moment to help us launch afull-scale initiative to end the sufferingof animals being forced to perform incircuses in the United States—what, orwho, might you be looking for? Perhapsa 9000-pound, 45-year old Asian femaleelephant named Tai. And if so, thecampaign she will symbolically lead, tomobilize the grassroots and createlasting legislative change for circusanimals is called ‘Break the Chain.’
‘Break the Chain’ is an ADI initiative todrive forward the demand for legislationon animal circuses.
ADI is partnering with local animaladvocates in this grassroots network,organizing publicity events and publiceducation outreach across the US.
ADI believes that together we can breakthe chain and end the suffering of theseanimals once and for all.
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costumed volunteer was a big hit with thekids. Cheryl Biren, of OpEdNews.comwrote a compelling and sympathetic four-page article about the opening nightdemonstration.
Many of the same Philly activists traveledto nearby Trenton, New Jersey whenRingling returned to the area. A Trentonpaper published a great letter to the editorthat spread the word even further.
In April, the Los Angeles ADI team joinedthe efforts of Orange County People forAnimals and other national groups toeducate circus-goers at every performanceof the Shrine Circus at the Al MalaikahShrine Temple. Hundreds of Stop CircusSuffering leaflets were distributed to areceptive audience, many saying thiswould be their last visit to an animal circus.
Bay Area advocates scheduled events atnearby towns whenCarson and BarnesCircus was travelingpast San Francisco.
And in May, advocatesdemonstrated againstRingling in Albany, New York. It washeartwarming to see the dedication of oneelder ADI volunteer, who describes herselfas a "survivor" and despite her healthchallenges, mobilized a dozen friends anddid outreach at all eight Ringlingperformances! She reported backenthusiastically that they are ready to workfor a county-wide circus ban, and organizeoutreach in the school districts. Afterwardsa columnist at the Albany Times Unionwrote a scathing critique of the show titled,“Ringling Circus Mostly a Waste.”
ADI is hearing from new advocates all thetime. Just last week a rural Iowa residentcalled us after seeing the horribleconditions for caged tigers and chainedelephants at Circus Pages. Before evencontacting us, she had already videotapedthe conditions and gave us a full report.Another activist is born!
Later this month dedicated advocates inAlberta, Canada are going to be on a localradio program talking about the plight ofanimals in circuses. ADI is assistingcitizen advocates campaigning for a ban inIrvine California.
And the list goes on! We’re sorry if wehave missed your events!
You can be the next advocate or localorganization to join ‘Break the Chain’! ADIwants to make sure, no matter what citylarge or small, if any circus shows up, andthey are traveling with animals,compassionate people will be there toexpose the suffering. We want to ensure
that nocircus animalperformances gounquestioned andthat there is noCongressional
district whereawareness is notbeing generatedabout this suffering.
Help us
Break the Chain
We need to hear fromyou if you can help,no matter how -distributing leaflets,letters to editors orCongress,proposing bans inyour area, beingpart of it when welaunch an exposélike Water forElephants. Pleasehelp email us [email protected] orcall 323-935-2234.
Stop Circus Sufferingevery animal. The circus industry wasshut down in a stroke with ADI saving allthe animals.
In their hearts, no one would believe that itis easier to campaign for animals in Boliviathan the US. Different yes, but then so areAustria, Sweden, Brazil, the UK, andothers. Indeed it is indicative of US caringthat here public generosity has ensuredsome of the finest sanctuaries in the world,so perhaps little surprise that the Bolivianlions found their safe haven here.
Breaking the chain
Following ADI’s investigation ofthe use of animals in UScircuses, and publication of our2008 report, ‘Animals inTraveling Circuses: the scienceon suffering’, we have workedwith the Performing AnimalWelfare Sanctuary (PAWS) onoptions for US legislation.Meanwhile, the 'Break theChain' campaign in the UScontinues to gather support,
with our database of participatinglocal groups at over 200-strongand growing.
This campaign is reaching out tolocal communities andgovernments to educate themabout circus cruelty, with ADIsupplying reports, DVDs,leaflets, posters and otherresources. Recent 'Break theChain' activities include
leafleting and demos at circusshows; lobbying for city banson animal circuses; presentingdetailed reports and evidenceto legislators; and publicityevents.
It is early in the 2011 circusseason and there havealready been severalsuccessful outreach events.Here are a few highlights:
In February, advocates fromgroups including ADI-partner
Animal ACTivists of Philly lined thesidewalk outside at the Wells FargoCenter in Philadelphia for the Ringling’sshows, holding signs and handing outleaflets to circus-goers. An elephant
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In March, a daring ADIinvestigation exposed thesickening abuse of Anne theelephant and other animals atBobby Roberts’ Super Circuswinter quarters in the UK. Thehorrific images that ADI caughton film of Anne, chained andbeing beaten sent shock wavesaround the world. Within twoweeks Anne was removed fromthe circus. A month later thecircus gave up Monty the camel.Anne was born in the wild in Sri Lanka in1954 and has been with the Roberts familysince she was a baby. ADI has monitoredAnne’s life for over twenty years – until
2001 she had elephants Janie and Beverlyfor company; then they both died suddenlyat the winter quarters, leaving Anne alone.
In 2002 we became concerned by hercondition and secured a veterinaryinspection of Anne and our vet discussedimprovements in her care with the Roberts.However they were unwilling to negotiateher release. It seemed that Annie wasdestined to die alone, crippled with arthritis,living in chains. Until ADI placed a camerain the winter quarters where Anne and theother animals were stored betweenNovember and March each year.
Over a period of three and a half weeks inJanuary and February 2011, our fieldofficers recorded activity inside the barn.Incidents captured on film include Annebeing hit with a metal pitchfork and kickedaround the face and body 48 times;workers hitting and kicking miniatureponies and horses; and spitting in the face
She was chained, unable to escape and beaten and kicked repeatedly. She is almost 60 years old.
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Longleat is not the best shortterm/emergency location and might, withnew facilities and other rescued elephants,provide a good home.
At this time, the ideal location would beARK2000 in California (home of the firstBolivian lions we rescued) whichspecializes in the care of rescued circuselephants and which immediately offeredADI a home for Anne for life when weexposed her suffering. Here, she wouldhave the best possible climate for herarthritis, wonderful facilities and space,staff with experience of elephants with herproblems, and importantly a chance tohave the companionship of other ex-performing elephants. However, it’s a longjourney involving road travel and a flight of12 hours or more, so we would have to be
sure that an elderly lady like Anne wouldbe fit for the journey. However, on thepositive side, she is a complete survivorand has traveled all of her life.
We will do our best to ensure Anne’s bestwelfare is secured for the long term,monitoring the options inside and outsideLongleat. For now, the sun on her back, afew logs, a shallow pool, a sandpit, andfreedom to move must be paradise for her.
A storm of protests has followed the circuson its UK tour, as well as ADI’s circusbillboard; Roberts claims his business isdown by 99%.
In May, Roberts handed over Monty thecamel to a UK wildlife park. This meansthat Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus is nowwild animal free but the ponies remain.
Meanwhile, our legal team is currentlyworking on potential criminal prosecutionsunder the UK’s Animal Welfare Act 2006.ADI is urgently appealing for funds forthe prosecution.
veterinary and skin care – about 30minutes a day. ADI has visited her atLongleat and have witnessed that Anne’slife has changed immeasurably since shewas removed from the circus.
It was acknowledged from the outset thatfacilities at Longleat were rudimentary –they have not held elephants for over adecade and the building is outdated. Annehas a basic paddock and night quartersshared with a rhino.
Since the relocation, Anne has become ahuge attraction at Longleat, with long linesof visitors. The public has donated$565,000 to Longleat so far to Anne’slifetime care and there has been talk in themedia of Longleat becoming a sanctuaryfor elephants. This would be welcome, butat this time there is a long way to go.
Longleat remains a commercial exhibitor ofanimals. Plans for a new elephant facilityhave not been published yet and it isunclear whether this will phase out the useof bull hooks to control elephants – theleading sanctuaries (and several zoos)have moved to protected contact becausethis removes the habit of physical controland intimidation of the animals.
It is also agreed that Anne needs to beassessed and that her future may be bestserved elsewhere. That is not to say
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of Monty the camel. The disturbing footagealso shows Anne constantly chained for theentire period; often by her front andarthritic back legs only able to take onestep forward or backwards. Her chainswere only changed to different legs twice.
In the past, Bobby Roberts had claimed,“We take good care of her, she is a familypet,” and responded to criticism from ADIand other animal protection groups: “Howcan they know better than us what is bestfor her?” Roberts himself was captured oncamera kicking Anne on the trunk duringthe undercover investigation.
The footage and media pressure, whichswept around the world and opened theeyes of millions to hidden circus suffering,finally compelled Mr & Mrs Roberts to handAnne over for retirement.
Anne & Monty Saved!
ADI backed a proposal for Anne to behanded over on a temporary basis toLongleat Safari Park, with the goal of hergoing to the best place possible for hercare, once her health was assessed. Itwas important to move Anne to a place ofsafety as quickly as possible.
Anne’s condition has improved enormouslyin just a few weeks. Her arthritismedication has improved her ability to walkand her activity around the enclosure isgetting better and better. She plays in thewater in the small pool and dustbathes in aheap of sand, which, together with regularbrushing and bathing by keepers, hasimproved her skin enormously. Anne alsonow plays with a soccer ball, a tractor tireand pushes a log around. Whereas shewas chained to one spot 24 hours a day inthe winter quarters, we have been assuredthat Anne is now only chained for
She was chained, unable to escape and beaten and kicked repeatedly. She is almost 60 years old.
They thought noone waswatching but ADIcaught theevidence onvideo. Howmany times mustwe exposescenes likethese?
Left: ADIPresident JanCreamer withAnne atLongleat.
Main picture:Anne shortlyafter beingremoved fromthe circus.
Government, a public awareness drive sawour inflatable elephant visiting town centersacross the country, a new video of all thecircus violence ADI had captured on filmridiculed the idea of self-regulation, and theADI Special Investigations Departmentmasterminded an operation to securevideo inside Bobby Roberts Circus (p.22).
In March, ADI released the footage of Annethe elephant and the other animals beingbeaten and it sent shock waves throughthe UK and across the world. A banseemed inevitable.
Taking no chances, we commissioned anopinion poll which found 72% of the Britishpublic want a ban – almost 3 out of 4people; just 8% oppose a ban.
A motion before the UK Parliament, draftedby ADI and tabled by former Minister JimFitzpatrick, calling for a ban on wild animalacts, has been signed by almost 200 MPs.
In defiance of the evidence and public andparliamentary opinion, hopes were dashedby a Government statement that regulationwould be introduced. This is believed tobe due to direct intervention by PrimeMinister, David Cameron. It was claimedthat the UK was prevented from banningwild animal acts because the Austrian banwas currently being challenged in the
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News on May 12th doomed lions, tigers,camels and elephants to lives of miserywith UK circuses, but again ADI stepped inand animals have a fighting chance.
Never before has a country seen suchoverhwleming opposition to animalcircuses (now 95% opposed) yet facedsuch difficulties securing protection.
The wild animal ban promised in 2006 wasfloundering by 2009. But an ADIinvestigation of abuse of elephants at theGreat British Circus put it back on theagenda. The elephants were being beatenand the circus had lied to Parliamentclaiming they weren’t chained – weshowed they were chained daily for 11hours. In 2010, the resulting Governmentpublic consultation revealed 94.5% backeda ban. The Minister met ADI and the sameday announced there would be a ban. Butan election was called and the Governmentchanged hands.
A coalition government of theConservatives and Liberal Democrats wasformed. The Lib Dems had promised aban on wild animals prior to the electionand an ADI poll of members of parliament(MPs) in 2011 showed 63% support a ban.
ADI stepped up the campaign. A series ofpresentations were made to MPs and the
European court – and so a ban might beillegal.
Within days, an ADI team accompanied bytwo senior members of the ConservativeParty met the Minister responsible. Wepresented a legal dossier includingstatements from the Austrian court sayingthat there was no such challenge and fromthe European Ombudsman saying thatsuch a challenge was ruled inadmissablein July 2006 and that despite a furthercomplaint in late 2006, the case had beenclosed in March 2010. The EuropeanCommission had stated as early as 2002,that banning animals in circuses is solelythe responsibility of individual memberstates. We also briefed numerous MPs.
The following day the UK Houses ofParliament erupted in one of the mostheated debates ever, with the Ministeraccused of misleading parliament andderided for citing a non-existent court case.
A new parliamentary motion has beentabled by MPs attacking the decision not toban wild animal acts and calling for a ban.Needless to say, ADI will continue to keepup the pressure.
ADI exposes
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ADI’s mobilebillboard isjoined by ayoung protestoroutside BobbyRoberts SuperCircus shortlyafter our exposébroke in thenews. Thebillboard touredthe UK raisingawareness.
Right: ADICampaignsManagerAlexandraCardenasdelivers aspecialmessage toDefra(Department ofEnvironmentFood & RuralAffairs).
Elephantsmashed in theface by a trainerat the greatBritish Circus.
Members of theBritishParliament posewith ADI’sinflatableelephant.
visited in February and screened ADI’sStop Circus Suffering Ireland video.
Greece
The Ministry of agriculture haspromised to bring forward a ban on animalcircuses in Greece.
Bolivia: There are no
longer any animal
circuses in Bolivia (see p3)!
“priority” to an “emergency” and willeffectively speed up the ban. Once the billis adopted in the Chamber of Deputies itgoes to the Senate, where it will bereviewed by the relevant Commissions. Weare calling on the President of theChamber to include the bill in the agendaof the Plenary as soon as possible.
Ireland
Our Irish partners, ARAN(Animal Rights Action Network) stagedlively and peaceful demonstrations inWaterford and Galway as part of StopCircus Suffering in Ireland. ARAN havealso been visiting schools to educatethe next generation of animaldefenders about circus suffering. Theywere met with a warm reception fromWesley College, Dublin when they
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PeruAfter the launch of our‘Unnatural Acts’ video in the
Peruvian Congress, the circuses foughtback with their own lobbying campaign.
We quickly responded with a new videofocusing on domestic animals and theconfinement, deprivation and abuse thatthey suffer. A detailed response and newcongressional briefings were distributedto members of Congress.
Several Peruvian celebrities, includingJulio Andrade, Miki Gonzalez,William Luna and Tóxico,backed the campaign in ourvideo ‘Cruelty is not Culture’.The Grammy Award winning
band, Aterciopelados also recorded avideo supporting the campaign.
Before the end of thecongressional session we led aseries of public awarenessevents touring the main plazas ofLima. This included our 3 meterhigh inflatable lion and anexhibition of photographsshowing the Peruvian public thereality of the circus. A candlelitvigil was also held in Lima insupport of the bill.
It is hoped that the bill will haveits final vote this year, but we mustsustain this important campaign.
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Colombia We co-organized the ‘Marchfor the Animals 2010’ in
Bogotá (above). During December we alsocarried out a Christmas Vigil for CircusAnimals in the Plaza de Bolivar with anADI information stand. We continue tolobby Congress to include the ban on theuse of animals in circuses in the revisionof the animal welfare law. We started theyear attending meetings at the city councilof Medellin and Caldas.
The city council of Pereira has declareditself a national hub on animal protectionand wildlife conservation following ascreening of our Unnatural Acts DVD. Wesupported Councilor Juan Pablo Gallo bypresenting the findings of our investigationon the use of animals in circuses inColombia as well as providing legal,evidential and scientific arguments insupport of the motion.
The agreement strictly regulates wildanimals in public shows in the city and willeffectively phase out the use of wildanimals in circuses in the heart ofColombia’s coffee region. It will set astandard for other cities to follow.
Brazil
In November 2010 we got anemergency vote on Bill 7291
– 2006 aimed at banning all animals incircuses in Brazil. Signed by 12 out of 16Party Leaders in the Chamber,representing more than 400 deputies outof 513, this request has changed thelegislative procedure for this bill from a
Above: A sea ofADI circus postersad banners at theBogotá “March for
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Animal Adoptions more
important than everADI now has over 40 animals in our care:31 lions (29 in the US; 2 in South Africa),1 chimpanzee (Zambia), 1 Hamadryasbaboon (UK) and 3 Macaque monkeys(UK) as well as a number of horses inBolivia. When we rescue animals indistress we take care of them for life.
We funded the construction of the facilitiesfor the US lions, and Tilin the baboon andthe laboratory monkeys in the UK. Wehave also paid the significant costs oftransporting these animals.
We remain committed and involved, wesupport them financially and keep themhealthy. They are all in specializedsanctuaries and receive the highest qualitycare. We continually liaise and visit withthe sanctuaries and even help out byproviding ‘manpower’ on weekends.
How you can help
Our Animal Adoption program is vital forthe long term care of the animals we havesaved from such terrible suffering, and forensuring we can save more animals in thefuture. You can make a one-off annualpayment or set up monthly payments. Youcan adopt a single animal for as little as$96 per year or groups of animals formore (less than 66cents per day).
What you receive when you adopt
A beautiful certificate with a drawingof your animal(s), Toto News ouradoption newsletter - three times ayear, a Rescue DVD – about yourrescued animal and, of course youcontinue to receive this magazine!
To adopt, please complete theenclosed form or contact us at (323)935-2234 or [email protected]
for more information. Thank you.
Betty, Baloo and
Bo o go freeQuarantine is over for our rescuedlaboratory monkeys and as they stepinto the great outdoors of their newenclosure it’s a new life and newnames. The laboratory called them:Bacil, Bacilusk and Baloo. We putthe “vivisection humor” behindthem, they are now Betty, Boo andBaloo. Their wonderful newenclosure at Lakeview, in the UK,has lots of enrichment, trees,swings, and plenty of space to play.
Photo: Baloo.
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Welcome Home Tilin!
Tilin was handed to ADI with the lions wemoved to California in summer 2010, by thefirst circus to close following Bolivia’s ban.The magnificent baboon arrived in the UK inSeptember with ADI’s Alexandra Cardenas,Ricardo Farjado, and vet Simon Adams.Everyone who meets him is amazed by thiswise and calm primate who took the journeyin his stride.
Our team in the UK had spent weekspreparing for Tilin’s arrival, and his newquarantine house was filled with branches, a
comfy straw bed on a raised platform, and a
tire swing. Late at night he reached his new
ADI home at Lakeview, striding out of his
travel crate to climb and explore.
He is in quarantine, due to UK regulations. It
is still an exciting new world for him and we
are searching for a rescued Hamadryas
baboon companion to join him.
Another animal’s life transformed withyour support – how about adopting Tilin? Call (323) 935-2234 for details.
Left, from top:Tilin looks outfrom his circusbeastwagon inBolivia. At the ADIcompoundshortly afterhis rescueADI’sAlexandraCardenas isinterviewed,while Tilinwatches.The journey toSanta Cruzairport.Tilin is loadedonto theairplane.A snack onarrival in theUK.Flash Gordonstar BrianBlessedwelcomes Tilinto the UK.
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