animal defender magazine us winter 2011-12

Anim lDefenDer

Winter-Spring 2012

ISSN: online 2158-5059

CONGRESS:Bill to ban wild animals in circuses.Help make it law

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Editorial

As we embark on the challenges of 2012, it is also an

opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved for

animals in 2011. It was a year of great progress but we

also set the stage for what lies ahead.

We were off to a flying start in February, with the completionof the rescue of all the animals from circuses in Bolivia.

Primates, lions and other animals were relocated to

sanctuaries or the wild and the Lion Ark airlift brought all of

the lions to the U.S.

We took a quick breath and launched

undercover footage of the abuse of 57-year old Anne, at

Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus. She was Europe’s oldest circus

elephant. The scandal caused a media storm, which forced

the owners to place Anne with a safari park.

This was quickly followed by the international release of the

movie ‘Water for elephants’. We were incensed by the

assurances given about the training of Tai, the elephant star.

We released our footage of the elephants at Have Trunk WillTravel being electric shocked, screaming, being beaten and

hooked with bull hooks. The ‘Zookeeper’ movie was then

released, featuring another of the group, Rosie.

Our exposé aims to change animal use by the movie industry. We made front page

of the LA Times and caught the attention of the industry heartland.

We lobbied zoos and county fairs who rent these animals for elephant rides, to

take responsibility for the suffering these animals endured in order to subdue them for

the rides. The news that Santa Ana Zoo has abandoned the rides confirms that

change is possible. Some claim that because abuse is not seen when the animals

are in public or on set, a customer is not responsible for their life experience; that is

not acceptable. Corporate bodies that rent these elephants create the demand; their

continued use of them implies approval of the way the animals have been treated.

This issue is like deciding not to use products made by child slave labor; responsibleorganizations would see this as part of their commitment to corporate socialresponsibility and not rent such animals again.

Good news followed in the summer, when our campaign in Peru achieved another

nationwide ban on animals in circuses.

We drew our year to a close with the launch of H.R.3359, the Traveling exoticAnimal Protection Act (TeAPA). This will end the use of wild exotic animals in

traveling circuses. Now we need you to ensure that this new bill succeeds! This work

is a very heavy lift for such a small organization, but we will work hard to achieve our

dream and we know that, with your support, we will win. We do like to win!

Sadly, the low point of the year is that we have suffered a massive drop inincome and are facing the prospect of cutting back on vital work such as

investigations and rescues.

We urgently need funding to continue – if you can help us at this critical

time, it could be the most important thing you do for animals this year.

May 2012 bring success, peace and harmony to you and yours.

HELP US DO MORE!If you share our passion to protectanimals, please donate.

We can only continue to exposeanimal abuse, rescue animals,present evidence to legislators andeducate the public with yourdonations and support.

It’s easy to make a donation to helpus continue our work.

You can call us (see below), ordonate online, or use the form in themagazine or just put a check in themail.

Thank you so much.

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Traveling Exotic

Animal Protection

Act (TEAPA)

launched in

Congress

18 months of painstaking preparationsled up to the final two days inWashington D.C., when ADI and thePerforming Animal Welfare Society(PAWS) launched H.R. 3359, theTraveling exotic Animal Protection Act(TeAPA), together with CongressmanJim Moran (D-VA), ADI AmbassadorsBob Barker (philanthropist and TV hostof The Price Is Right) and Jorja Fox(known to 73 million CSI viewers as SaraSidle).

Up early on November 2nd, ADI’s celebrityAmbassadors were already busy withmedia interviews, even before thecongressional press conference hadbegun. Members of the press andcongressional staffers were squeezing intothe standing-room-only AppropriationsRoom B308, in the prestigious RayburnHouse Office Building on Capitol Hill, whileTeam ADI was behind-the-scenes resolvinglast-second technical glitches and making

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“These exotic animals in theirnatural habitat, remain with theirmothers for weeks, months, evenyears, they don’t leave theirmothers. But if they’re going toperform in a circus, in a travelingcircus, then they are torn fromtheir mothers, almost at birth,when they’re only months old. It’sa terrible psychological thing forthe mother, and it’s a terriblepsychological thing for the baby.

But the baby is then taken and put into training when it’s only afew months old. Training to perform the ridiculous tricks thatthey’re going to be forced to perform in the circus. And how dothey train them? They have to dominate the animal. How do theydominate the animal? They beat it. With clubs, fists, blackjacks, ax-handles, golf clubs. They shock it with all sorts of electric devices.They use bullhooks on them. They deprive them of food and evenwater in order to make them do these tricks. And they don’t stop.Once they’ve taught them these tricks, they continue to beat them.They beat them throughout their entire lives.

They never know a day that is really pleasurable. And finally after20, or 30, or maybe even 40 years, they die. And that day that theydie is probably the best day of their lives. Isn’t that a horriblethought?

Bob Barker speaking at the Congressional launch of TeAPA

Now the suffering

can be

stopped

sure the stage was perfectly set for whatwas about to take place.

At 10:30 a.m., streamed live online (to over3,000 viewers) and serenaded by theclicking of cameras capturing this historicmoment and electrifying the room, ADIPresident Jan Creamer led thedistinguished panel of six experts whoannounced the first-ever legislation aimedat finally ending the suffering of wildanimals in traveling circuses.

First, respected Congressman Jim Moran,serving his 11th term for his Virginiadistrict, opened the press conferencedescribing how this bill will ban the use ofexotic and wild, non-domesticated animals,like elephants, lions, and tigers, in travelingentertainment productions if the animalswere moved in mobile housing units duringthe previous 15 days, noting “The intent is

to restrict the mostegregious andinhumane conditions.”He added “How wetreat animals is areflection of ournation’s moralcharacter.”

ADI’s President JanCreamer thenoutlined the detailed scientific papers,reports and empirical proof—video andphotographic evidence gathered in ourundercover investigations—that provide theevidence underpinning H.R. 3359.

Jan introduced the new ADI video, lightswere dimmed and thundering musicopened with the bold title, “This ishappening in the United States Today”followed by a flurry of undercover sceneswith elephants, tigers and other wildanimals in U.S. circuses being viciously hit,hooked, and shocked by their handlers.The animals pacing endlessly in tinycages, or straining at the end of shortchains, gave attendees a brief glimpse intothe misery that makes up the life of circusanimal, and it was punctuated with themessage, “You can make it history.”

ADI’s presentation was followed byPerforming Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)co-founder Ed Stewart, who described howwe wanted to bring in examples of thetraining tools of the circus trade—bullhooksand stun guns—but Capitol security told usthat we would be arrested if we broughtsuch weapons into the building. He gavethe perspective of a sanctuary caring forwild animals noting that any captivity is acompromise, “I can tell you right now: thereis no “state-of-the-art” keeping animals incaptivity. The “state-of-the-art” isZimbabwe, and India, and the wild.”

Congressional staff and members of themedia then heard from Dr. Mel Richardson,a wildlife veterinarian for ADI with morethan 40 years experience, “There is noway you can provide the physical,

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“We’re supporting this Bill withscientific, white papers, as well asthe empirical evidence, where ourpeople have worked undercover,inside the circuses, and filmedwhat they saw. Our objective hasbeen to show what it’s really likefor circus animals behind thescenes.

The use of these animals intraveling circuses causes anunacceptable level of suffering.The lightweight facilities that theanimals are kept in, the stress thatthey’re put under when they’rebeing forced to do things that theydon’t want to do, make theseanimals dangerous when they’re inclose proximity to the public..... So,for the sake of the animals, and forthe sake of the public, we need toend the use of these animals intraveling circuses.”

Jan Creamer, ADI President

“[In the circus] you make the cagessmall, and you don’t let the animalsout of the cages, and you have totravel every single day, you have touse weapons on the animals.

We wanted to bring some of thetools of the trade of the circus withus today, but Tim was told that hewould be arrested and put intoprison for 20 years if he brought abullhook or a stun gun into thechambers here. So, it’s violent.

The training a lot of times isviolent, the travel is horrendous. Itdoesn’t make any sense to me thatwe’re teaching our children in theUnited States, in 2011, that it’sokay to have an elephant standingon its head in the middle of a ring,and call it education. There is noeducation in that.”

ed Stewart, Co-founder PAWS

Ranks of media are captivated as Bob Barker outlines

the tragic lives circus animals endure.

ADI hits the Hill: Jan Creamer, Tim Phillips, DaveWenhold, Matt Rossell, Mel Richardson, and Jorja Fox.

Rep. Jim Moran, flanked by Jorja Fox and Bob Barkerintroduces H.R. 3359.

The day kicks off with Bob Barker announcing the Bill

live on national television.

ed Stewart, Tim Phillips, David Skiles and Bob

Barker pound the corridors of power

psychological, social wellbeing of any wildanimal in a traveling situation.”

Cameras flashed as CSI star Jorja Foxadvocated for the bill, addressing whethercircuses provide an educational experiencefor children. She concluded that children“would actually be very disappointed in usfor bringing them to these places.”

Finally, beloved game show host BobBarker anchored the event with a messagethat tugged hard on the heartstrings, as hepassionately described the training andlifelong suffering of circus animals.

Questions from the media lasted anotherthirty minutes before the event wounddown with journalists returning to newsrooms with briefing packs, to spread theword that they just witnessed the beginningof the end of circus suffering in the U.S.

The rest of the day was a frenzy ofmeetings with Members of Congress on theHill. The first ten sponsors of the Bill weresecured, with bi-partisan support includingRepresentatives Bob Filner, (CA-51)Dennis Kucinich, (OH-10), Jerrold Nadler,(NY-8), Jared Polis, (CO-2) Nick J. Rahall

II, (WV-3), Steven Rothman, (NJ-9),Fortney Pete Stark, (CA-13), Chris Van Hollen,(MD-8) and rankingRepublican CongressmanBill Young, (FL-10).

We were exhausted andelated, but off to anamazing start. But passingthis bill is not going to beeasy and it will not berealized by people simplyforwarding messages onFacebook. Everybody

needs to actually get involved.

These animals have a lobbyist—and it’s notany professional working in Washington.Every one of us who cares about thisissue, will make the difference.

Whether you have spent endless hours atcircus protests, have written letters orchecks, or even if you are just readingabout this issue for the first time and areinspired to act.

The circus animals need you now, topermanently end their suffering onceand for all.

The bill is gaining momentum, with threenew co-sponsors as we go to print;Representative Sam Farr, (CA-17), JerryMcNerney, (CA-11), CongresswomanJackie Speier (CA-12), and Walter B.Jones Jr., (NC-3).

We can win this. With your help, we willpass this bill, but our Break the Chain

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Break the Chain

“The intent is to restrict the mostegregious and inhumaneconditions that exotic animals aresubjected to when used solely forthe entertainment of the public.This Bill only affects travelingshows, circuses, and exhibitionsthat keep their animals on the roadfor most of the year, where theanimals effectively live in their verytightly confined transporters ortrailers. .... it’s not gonna happenovernight. It’s probably not gonnahappen within the next year. But itwill happen....”

Representative Jim Moran

“A question that some of you maybe asking right now, is “Well, whatabout my kids? You know, can’t mykids have the same chance that Idid to go to traveling circuses ormaybe, circuses that your parentswent to, and I’ve thought about thisat length. I think our kids look to usfor what is right, and for what isfun. And I think that we can domore for our kids by doing thecompassionate thing, and therespectful thing. These animals dodeserve our kindness, and they dodeserve our respect. And I thinkthat often our kids understand thatbetter than us, most of the time.

If our kids knew how cruel andviolent these events were, I thinkthey would actually be verydisappointed in us for allowingthis.”

Jorja Fox

Ranks of media are captivated as Bob Barker outlines

the tragic lives circus animals endure.

The panel answers media questions.

Co-sponsor Congressman Sam Farr and Bob Barkershare a lighter moment.

ed Stewart, Tim Phillips, David Skiles and Bob

Barker pound the corridors of power

A scene from In the USA Today, the video

screened at the launch.

Jan Creamer and Jorja Fox discuss the Bill withRepresentative Dennis Kucinich.

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Break the Chain


grassroots campaignneeds volunteers acrossthe country to participate,to contact their member ofCongress today, to rallyothers to do the same, towrite letters to the editor,

to host TEAPA parties to educate friends,to help with outreach and to grow thismovement.

Representative Moran summarized it bestresponding to a press question about thelikelihood of the bill’s success: “Anythingthat’s worth doing is not likely to beeasy. But we know it’s not going tohappen if we don’t make the effort.”

It’s time for Americansto step up and breakthe chain of circussuffering. Make the TravelingExotic AnimalProtection Act areality.

Contact your Members of Congressnow! You can find sample letters andtalking points to help you write apersonal letter on our Break theChain grassroots campaign site:www.breakthechainus.com

And you can send an email message toyour Member of Congress on our sitehere: http://bit.ly/TEAPAactionalert

To ‘opt in’ to our Break the Chain MobileAction Team, and get timely textmessages on your cell phone that allowyou to react instantly to action on CapitolHill, text the word CHAIN to the number55678 (Standard text message feesapply.)

To sign up for our enews and ActionAlerts, email our Los Angeles office [email protected]

Become a Break the Chainer and resolveto do at least one thing each week, or getone more person to send a letter to theirMember of Congress each week. You canget this bill passed. You can:

� Distribute ten leaflets to neighbors, friends, colleagues, family to educate them about the issue

� Get ten friends/family/colleagues to write letters

� Send a donation to keep the campaign going.

10 Reasons to Support H.R.3359, Traveling ExoticAnimal Protection ActProtection of animals

1. Traveling circuses cannot meet thecomplex needs of wild animals, due tolong, arduous journeys, confinement andsocial deprivation. It is increasingly difficult

to justify this in our advanced society.

2. Making animals do tricks requiresextreme physical coercion and violence.

3. Objective scientific measures candetermine the well being of a wild animal.Even with the best of intentions, theabnormal pacing, swaying, weaving andbobbing movements that we see in circusanimals shows that they are not copingwith the hard life on the road.

Safety, health and oversight

4. Traveling circuses pose a serious threatto public safety, as they keep large andwild animals in close proximity to thepublic. Animals have escaped, workers andthe public have been killed and maimed.

5. Diseased animals pose a public healthrisk. An estimated 12% of captiveelephants in North America havetuberculosis (TB), which is contagious andcan be passed from elephants to humans.

6. Enforcing the Animal Welfare Act iscostly and fraught with difficulties becausecircuses are constantly on the move,animals and handlers change.

economics

7. Constituents want to see wild animalsprotected. Like all American businesses,

“I’ve worked with captive animalsfor 40 years, the first 10 of thosewas as a caretaker, zookeeper,research technician, and then Ibecame a veterinarian.

Let me put this perspective:Imagine living all of your life on aqueen-size or king-size bed. That’sthe space we’re talking about.That’s the space that’s written intothe regulations.

I’ve treated the abuse that’soccurred from chains, from hooks.I’ve treated the feet from whenelephants are standing in chainsso they can’t get away from theirown urine. I’ve treated the cats,that are breaking their teeth off‘cause they’re chewing at thebars.”

Mel Richardson, ADI Veterinarian

Break the Chain

Southampton, NY,Green Bay, WI,Richmond, MO, andrecently Irvine, CA.

H.R. 3359 is animportant animalprotection measurethat will relieve anenormous amount ofsuffering, saveresources and protectpeople.

circuses must change with the times tostay relevant and profitable. An educatedpublic prefers humane entertainment andhuman-only circuses are thriving.

8. The show, and jobs, will go on.Research shows that most circus workershave multiple roles; staff could be retrainedas the circus evolves away from exoticanimal acts so jobs are not lost.

9. H.R. 3359 will likely be good for theeconomy and save money.A survey showed that adecline in animalcircuses was matchedby a rise in humanonly circuses. Soremoving wild animalacts could actuallyincrease the circuses’bottom line.

Ringling Bros. Circus, ina settlement with theUSDA, paid out anunprecedented $270,000penalty related to allegedviolations of the AnimalWelfare Act.

Costly fines, legal feesand animal careexpenses will beeliminated with H.R. 3359.Also, taxpayer moneydedicated to USDA inspectionscan be saved. Americans will nolonger have to pick up the tabfor government licenses andexpensive inspections of theseanimals.

The time has come

10. The Traveling Exotic AnimalProtection Act is a narrowlyfocused and well reasoned stepforward for animal protection andpublic safety.

Countries such as Austria,Denmark, Sweden, Costa Rica,Singapore, Peru, Bolivia and morethan 30 cities in 17 statesacross the country have takenaction to restrict wild animalacts including

Please donate tosupport this campaign

ADI is in desperate need of funding to continue withthis work. our investigations provide legislators with

the evidence they need to take action. In 2011, we:

� Rescued every animal from Bolivia’s circuses

� exposed the beatings and electric shocking ofelephants at Have Trunk Will Travel

� exposed thebeating of Anne, the

elderly circuselephant

� got a ban on wildanimal circuses in

Peru

� Launched H.R. 3359,with a massive public

education campaign

Please keep ourinvestigators in the field,exposing the abuse and

keep our grassrootscampaign alive.

Visit our site to makea donation today!

www.adiusa.org


Kiara’s cubs werethe last animalsever to perform in acircus in Bolivia.This picture wastaken the day afterADI seized themfrom the circus.Don’t you want tobe looking at apicture of the lastever animal toperform in America?


When the movie ‘Water for Elephants’ wasreleased early this year, we were outragedby the cynical assurances given to themedia about humane treatment andtraining with treats and kindness, by theJohnsons, the film makers and AmericanHumane. We released our footage of thetraining of the elephant Tai, to show howthe public was being duped.

‘Water for Elephants’ was soon followed bythe release of ‘Zookeeper’. So we thenreleased footage of the training of anotherJohnson elephant, Rosie.

ADI’s undercover footage—showingelephants crying out as they are shockedwith stun guns to force them to do the verytricks that later would appear in themovies—has created a public dialoguewith hundreds of news stories about theabuse of animal actors behind the scenes,and whether the fleeting moment ofentertainment is worth a lifetime of

suffering that the animals mustendure.

Such cruelty suffered by theseanimals in the name of humanentertainment is a blight on oursociety.

Lawsuit

Attorneys for ADI and two members of thepublic launched a case in Federal Courtagainst HTWT and Gary and Kari Johnsonfor misleading the public about how theirelephants are trained and treated.

Our position is that these performingelephants are rented out like any other‘product’, and to support sales of theproduct, HTWT falsely claims that theelephants have been trained with kindness.Therefore HTWT has duped the public andcompanies that rent their elephants.

ShockinglyCruel

Entertainment

ElephantActors andFairground

Rides

In our last magazine,we reported on ourundercover footage atgary and KariJohnson’s Have TrunkWill Travel (HTWT)performing elephantsupply company inPerris, California. Weshowed howelephants werebeaten, electricshocked, andscreamed and shoutedat during training anddaily handling.

ShockinglyCruel

Entertainment

ElephantActors andFairground

Rides

So playful,enjoying ashower withmom (above). Itis hard toimagine whowould even goclose to a babylike Tucker witha bullhook. Butthey did. (Right)Tucker is pulledby the trunk andhit over thehead.

HTWT’s assurances to the media aboutanimals being treated humanely duringtraining amount to nothing more than acynical advertising ploy.

The court recently ruled that, based onplaintiff’s allegations, Have Trunk WillTravel’s misconduct rose to the level ofviolating California’s Unfair CompetitionLaw and False Advertising Law.

As is unfortunately common in casesinvolving efforts to protect animals, thecourt determined that the plaintiffs did nothave standing and the case wasdismissed.


The ruling that HTWT’s misconduct rose tothe level of violating California’s UnfairCompetition Law and False AdvertisingLaw is a significant conclusion andsupports our assertion that these falseclaims are fraudulent.

Elephant rides at zoos and fairs

HTWT elephants are also rented out forelephant rides at zoos and county fairs.

We believe that it is important that theauthorities hiring these elephantsdemonstrate a proper sense of corporatesocial responsibility: they are creating thedemand for the elephant rides and aretherefore culpable over the suffering thatgoes on beforehand, in order to subduethe elephants so they can be used forrides. We also believe they are thereforeimplicated in the fraud on the public.

Since the release of the footage, ADI hasled a coalition of groups and citizenactivists to stand up for these abusedelephants—Tai, Dixie, Becky, Rosie andKitty—by educating the CEOs ofHollywood movie studios and contactingthe leadership at venues across SouthernCalifornia where HTWT is contracted toprovide elephant rides; including the SantaAna Zoo and the San Diego, Los Angelesand Orange County Fairs.

This has involved meetings with authoritiesand handing out tens of thousands ofleaflets to fair and zoo-goers where theelephant rides are taking place.

ADI’s Campaigns Director, Matt Rossellhas helped organize outreach events andhas testified at public meetings in front ofthe Santa Ana City Council, and the publicBoard of Directors meetings for the Fairs.

We have also cooperated with multipleinvestigations into the abuse of elephantsat HTWT by providing video, expertise andother evidence detailing how the videodepicts violations of California statute,goes against the guidelines of theAssociation of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA),the recommendations of the AmericanVeterinary Medical Association, and evenagainst the sworn statements made by theowners of HTWT when they testified onbehalf of Ringling Bros. Circus in federalcourt.

Dr. Mel Richardson, a captive wildlife vet,has attended these meetings alongsideADI to put the video footage into thecontext of his more than 40 yearsexperience working with exotic animals.

Making progress

Shortly after the release of the HTWTinvestigation, the AZA appeared to have nochoice but to separate themselves from thekind of practices that were exposed, andannounced a new protected contactelephant management policy. This meansthat no keepers are allowed to share thesame space with an elephant, thus endingthe use of elephant hooks and the abuse.

Next we were delighted when the town ofSierra Madre, where Tai had been bookedto lead a local 4th of July Parade,immediately canceled her appearancewhen city leaders and parade organizerssaw the evidence.

Then in December followed the fantasticnews that Santa Ana City Council inquiryresulted in the decision to end the elephantrides at the zoo.

Disappointingly, the San Diego Fair Boarddecided in a split 4 to 3 vote to table thedecision and will continue the elephantrides until they bring it back on the agendafor discussion in 2014.

This vote came after months of discussionsand presentation of further evidence whichrefuted the claims that the abuse wassomehow in self defense.

On the day the decision was handed down,dozens of animal advocates and HTWTfriends and industry insiders providedtestimony to San Diego Fair BoardMembers.

All of this education and campaigning forTai and her elephant friends has made thelocal news in dozens of ongoing storiesthroughout Southern CA, keeping the issuealive in the public’s mind.

ADI is anxiously awaiting the decisionsfrom the Los Angeles and Orange CountyFair Boards.

What You Can Do to Help Prevent the

Suffering of Animals like Tai and Rosie

• Email [email protected] and askfor a Water for Elephants and ZookeeperLetter Writing Action pack; this will help youwrite to your local newspaper, to the filmmakers of Water for Elephants andZookeeper, and more

• Spread the word - link to thevideo on your Facebook and othersocial networking sites. Visithttp://www.adiusa.org to watch thevideo and get the facts.

• Boycott films with animal actorsand tell your family and friends to dothe same.

...VICTORY: Santa Anaelephant rides ended..

Campaign News

Kari Johnson hitsan elephant hardwith a bullhook atHave Trunk WillTravel.

Tim and Jan outside the LA Court.

Panama Lions start new life in ADI Biosphere

The 15,000 square foot biosphere that ADI funded to house our 25 Operation Lion Arklions while they acclimatized to wintry Colorado after a very hot Bolivia, has some newarrivals – three lions from Panama.

Most of the ADI Bolivian prides at The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS), are now living inunderground dens in their vast outdoor enclosures (see page 18) but the massivebiosphere is now helping more animals. TWAS rescued the three lionesses calledElena, Alyssa and Kaitlin, from a fairground in the small town of Chorrera, outside ofPanama City. The 14 year old lionesses were being kept inside a small cage only 5ft x8ft, and fed food scraps from local butcher shops.

They have even made a friend! Kimba, the oldest lion rescued from Bolivia by ADI,investigated the new arrivals from across the breezeway, and let out a great roar togreet them. The three lionesses were immediately transfixed by his call! The luckylionesses have certainly found a wonderful home.

ADI recently loaned the crates to transport four rescued tigers, Molly, Milou, Grace andGinger, to Oakland Zoo. A Texas couple hand-raised the tigers, using them as roadsidemoney-spinner. The couple divorced, the cats became too expensive, and they wereconfiscated when they weren’t being fed. They were taken by the USDA to the GladysPorter Zoo where they lived for four years before the zoo’s tiger capacity reached itslimit. The zoo had vowed not to split up the four females and Oakland Zoo stepped into take all four. They were flown to their new home in Oakland in the ADI travel crateswhich had originally brought the first four lions we rescued in Bolivia to the PerformingAnimal Welfare Society sanctuary in California – so the crates are clocking up some airmiles!

ADI helps

lion and tiger

rescues


Farewell toRhanee:

The tragic lifeof an elephantwho neverfound herplace in the

sun

Rhanee, theelephant that grabbed people’s heartsfollowing ADI’s exposé of the British circusindustry a decade ago, has passed away.

Rhanee was torn from the wild in Thailandin 1970 and sold to Mary Chipperfield. Bythe 1990s she being hired to circuses. In1996, an ADI field officer, workingundercover at Santus Circus, filmedRhanee chained and being viciouslyhooked and hit. Worse was to come.

An ADI team then infiltrated the MaryChipperfield Promotions winter quarters inHampshire from 1997 to 1998 and filmedhorrifying abuse. Five elephants, includingRhanee, did not leave a barn for monthsand were systematically beaten onhundreds of occasions.

ADI’s investigation shocked the world. TheUK animal circus industry halved within sixmonths, Chipperfield and two others wereconvicted of cruelty, and Mary ChipperfieldPromotions closed down.

Rhanee was secretly sold but ADI trackedher down to Valwo Zoo in Spain – alone ina small, barren pen, repeatedly bobbingher head. We campaigned and securedbasic improvements and companionshipfor Rhanee but ADI’s offer to relocate herto the PAWS ARK2000 Sanctuary inCalifornia was refused.

Years later when the zoo closed down, ADIagain offered to relocate Rhanee. Insteadshe was sent to Wroclaw Zoo in Poland toend her days – a miserable climate for anold, arthritic elephant.

Rhanee was euthanised on July 30, 2011suffering from liver failure. She was 41

years old.

Torn from the wildin Thailand, andsold to MaryChippperfield in1970 – Rhaneeendured a life ofsuffering all tootypical of theentertainmentindustry

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A RoyalAppointment.... Inrecognition of theirachievements foranimal protection, ADIPresident JanCreamer and VicePresident Tim Phillips were recentlyinvited to the Queen’s garden Partyat Buckingham Palace.

A man was gored todeath at a Spanishfiesta after taunting abull with a pinkumbrella. The bullattacked the manshortly after its

release into a narrow street.

A novel adenovirus has been shownto jump from animals to humans —and then to infect other humans.The team that discovered it foundthat the first human to be infectedwas the researcher in closest contactwith the Titi monkeys that sufferedan outbreak.

U.S. researchers used 24 monkeys ina 4 year experiment to show thateating a high fat diet duringpregnancy increases risk of stillbirth.

Pressure mounts tomove Toronto’s threeelephants toCalifornia. After aplea from Bob Barker,Toronto Zoo's boardhas upheld a decisionmade by Toronto City Council tosend the elephants, Toka, Thika andIringa to the Performing AnimalWelfare Society ARK2000 Sanctuary.After an earlier vote to close theelephant exhibit, an Association ofZoos and Aquariums (AZA)accredited facility was sought for theelephants. PAWS – despite beingacknowledged by many as perhapsmost the impressive captive elephantfacilty in the world – is notaccredited by the AZA. The AZA hasnow threatened to withdrawToronto’s accreditation.

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)recently announced the approval of newstandards for human interaction with elephants.The new ‘Protected Contact’ standards willprovide greater safety for elephant care workersas well as enhanced animal welfare at AZA-accredited and AZA-certified facilities.

Protected Contact requires that keepers work with the animal protected behind barriersand consequently eliminates the use of weapons, such as bullhooks, to control and punishthe elephant. It is a system that ensures the safety of the keeper and the welfare andcomfort of the elephant. Protected Contact also eliminates elephant rides as this practiceis inherently dangerous.

The new Protected Contact policy states: "As soon as possible, and no later thanSeptember 1, 2014, elephant care providers at AZA facilities shall not share the sameunrestricted space with elephants” and will “train their elephant care professionals tomanage and care for elephants with barriers and/or restraints in place that provideemployee safety." All AZA accredited zoos or AZA certified facilities must comply withthese new guidelines or they will lose their AZA accreditation or certification.

Until now, nearly all zoos and other facilities have been using the Free Contact systemwhich allows elephant keepers and handlers to share the same space with the elephantwhile using the bullhook to hit, poke and generally intimidate the elephant as a means ofcontrol and domination over the giant creatures. This system has caused injury and deathto care takers and trainers, and has caused substantial psychological and physicalsuffering to elephants.

The AZA decision was announced shortly after ADI’s exposé of the horrific abuse ofelephants at Have Trunk Will Travel where elephants were filmed being beaten andelectric shocked during training.

Enormous credit for this progressive move must go to the pioneers who promotedProtected Contact by putting it into practice such as our friends at the Performing AnimalWelfare Society sanctuary, and also to the AZA accredited zoos who became earlypioneers such as Oakland Zoo, San Diego Zoo, Detroit Zoo, and North Carolina Zoo.

The AZA's decision shows the importance and strength of cooperation among all whostrive for better living conditions for captive wild animals.

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Animal Rights NationalConferenceAt the Animal Rights National Conference in LA in July, ADICampaigns Director Matt Rossell (left) participated on the ‘State of theMovement’ panel, discussing our vivisection and circus campaigns inthe US. He also discussed ADI’s undercover work on the ‘Conducting Investigations’panel, which was met with great enthusiasm.

At our booth in the exhibition hall, we showed our undercover footage of behind-the-scenes elephant abuse during training at Have Trunk WillTravel, and distributed leaflets and magazines. The eventwas attended by over 1,000 activists and we met a largenumber of people interested in joining our campaigns.During the Conference, we partnered with Los Angelesrestaurant ‘Veggie Grill’ to hold a fundraiser for ADI –raising almost $1,000. A success all round!

WestHollywoodfur ban

West Hollywood, California recently became the first city in the U.S. to ban the sale of furproducts after a strategic campaign of local activists and groups, collectively named Fur-Free WeHo, and Councilmember John D’Amico, who pledged to work for a fur-free cityduring his election campaign.

Dozens of activists, including ADI’s Campaigns Director, Matt Rossell, waited late into thenight for a chance to testify in support of the ordinance, with the vote finally taken after1:00 a.m. the next morning! The City Council voted 3-1 in support of the fur-freeordinance, which goes into effect on September 21, 2013 and will ban the sales of apparelthat is made from the skin or pelt of animals with hair, wool or fur in West Hollywood.

The Fur-Free WeHo campaign was acoalition of West Hollywood residents, localanimal activists, non-profits like LastChance for Animals, Animal Alliance, andARME (Animal Rescue, Media &Education) along with city councilmemberJohn D’Amico.

D’Amico argued that the law was about the“impacts we have on the world. This isreally an opportunity for our city to lead in avery specific and thoughtful way.”

UK Householdtesting banAfter several years of pressure from theADI Kick animal testing out of theHouse campaign, the UK Governmenthas clarified its pledge to end thetesting of household products onanimals.

However, despite earlier indications thatthe ban would cover the testing offinished items and their ingredients, arecent ministerial statement says thatonly licences for finished productswould ceased to be granted.

Pressure needs to be maintained forsimilar measures to those ADI securedon cosmetics testing across Europe – aban on the testing of ingredients andfinished products. As it stands thelatest “wonder ingredient” fordishwasher tablets or similar can still betested. Nevertheless a positive stepand one which if echoed in the US,would save lives.

Congratulations to our friends atAnimal Rescue Media education(ARMe) who stepped in to save 40 dogswhen a vivisection laboratory in Spainclosed. 32 beagles were relocated ineurope leaving 40 dogs with timerunning out. ARMe quickly organised aflight for all 40 tocome to Los Angeleswhere every dog hasnow been homed aspart of the group’sBeagle FreedomProject.

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus is to pay a massive settlement—$270,000—thelargest of its kind in the history of the Animal Welfare Act (AWA), for alleged violationsdating from June 2007 to August 2011. While Ringling “does not admit wrongdoing or anyviolation of USDA” in their press release, savvy observers are seeing things differently.The Los Angeles Times penned a scathing editorial about the announcement, “RinglingBros., they're elephants, not clowns”, detailing some of the contents of the USDAinspection reports and noted that the USDA had also launched four investigations into thecircus over the last two years “…that might have led to findings of more serious violationsbefore the settlement ended all inquiry.” The Times piece flatly called for Ringling to retirethe elephants and for circus patrons to boycott the show.

The settlement agreement noted that more than a dozen inspections had resulted inreports of noncompliance with regulations, some of which according to the USDAinspection reports included a zebra escaped over some fencing and ended up on a busyhighway, handlers lost control of an elephant, and circus staff were found using the samewheelbarrows for tigers’ wastes as their food.

Animal Defenders International (ADI) is delighted to see the USDA taking firm actionagainst Ringling and sending this clear message to other USDA licensed circuses andexhibitors. Further, this unprecedented punitive settlement is a clear indication for the needto pass federal legislation to protect wild animals in traveling circuses.

Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) who recently introduced H.R. 3359, the Traveling ExoticAnimal Protection Act (TEAPA) alongside ADI, highlighted the USDA announcement andcalled for the passage of this bill. “Today’s [USDA] announcement indicates thatmistreatment of animals in violation of the law – despite claims to the contrary from thetraveling circus industry – is widespread and persistent,” said Rep. Moran. “The mountingevidence of inhumane treatment and growing public concern for these animals demandsthat we reconsider the appropriate living conditions provided for these intelligent, socialcreatures.”

TEAPA aims to end the use of wild animals in traveling circuses in the U.S. – turn to page6 to find out how you can get involved.

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Summit for theelephants, 2012 –March 28, 29, 30:organised by thePerforming AnimalWelfare Society andhosted at theoakland Zoo. ADIPresident Jan Creamer and VicePresident Tim Phillips, will be amongthe speakers at an event bringingtogether experts from sanctuaries,zoos, campaigners and researchersstudying elephants in the wild.Admission for three days is $250general; $175 student. For detailsand to register: www.pawsweb.org

Laboratory beaglefactory farm B&KUniversal havebeen refusedplanningpermission forbreeding units inYorkshire, UK. ADI

presented evidence opposing theapplication. B&K has appealed.

Research showsbehavioralabnormalities areendemic amongcaptivechimpanzees,including self-mutilation,repetitive rocking, eating feces anddrinking urine. All 40 animals studiedshowed abnormal behavior: “despiteenrichment efforts.”

A Pacific white-sided dolphin died atthe Nagoya Aquarium, Japan afterlanding outside its pool whilerehearsing a jump routine.

Atlanta “Doggie Wedding”: Stedmanand Phoenix, a Beagle and aPapitese. Sarah Segal, mother of thegroom, encouraged guests to donateto ADI. ADI Volunteer Linda LeeBaia, made a presentation about ourwork. In case you were wondering,these newlyweds are spayed andneutered!

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Great Ape Protection and Cost Saving Act

If passed, The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act (GAPCSA) (H.R. 1513 / S. 810) will spell theend to all invasive research on great apes. An estimated 511 federal government owned chimpanzeesare currently held in U.S. laboratories, with a further 122 held at a national, federally fundedchimpanzee sanctuary. Over half of the 450 privately owned chimpanzees in laboratories are alsosupported by government funding. The bipartisan bill currently has 148 co-sponsors in theHouse and 12 in the Senate.

GAPCSA will phase out the use of chimpanzees in invasive research in both federallyfunded and private laboratories, release more than 500 federally owned chimpanzees tosanctuaries, and prohibit future breeding of chimpanzees for experiments.

ADI in coalition with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and other animalprotection groups, recently participated in a Call-In Week of Action, mobilizingsupporters to call their representatives in Congress and ask them to co-sponsor the bill.

The U.S. is one of only two nations in the world, alongside Gabon, that continues touse chimpanzees for invasive research and it is well recognized that chimpanzees’biological, emotional and social needs simply cannot be met in a laboratoryenvironment. Although chimpanzees are our closest genetic relatives, significantdifferences exist in genetic expression, physiology and disease susceptibility betweenhumans and apes, which result in different responses to drugs and pathogens.

The bill’s sponsor, U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, who himself was involved in primateresearch, has stated that “Americans have to decide if the benefits to humans ofresearch using chimpanzees outweigh the ethical, financial and scientificcosts. The evidence is mounting that they do not.”

The campaign got a recent boost with the release of the Institute of Medicine’sstudy, which determined that chimpanzees are almost never necessary forbiomedical research, followed immediately by the National Institute of

Health (NIH) announcement they will stop fundingnew research grants for experiments involvingchimps.

How YoU can help: Please contact yourrepresentatives in Congress and ask them

to co-sponsor this important legislation.You can send a email straight to

representatives about GAPCSA, simplygo to: http://bit.ly/GreatApeProtection

U.S. isolation on the use ofchimpanzees in experimentsis confirmed by Europe’sDirective 2010/63/EU whichformally prohibits the use ofapes. An intense 8 yearcampaign by ADI secured thisand other measures to protectprimates including ending thewild capture of monkeys bydealers and restrictions onhow monkeys are used.

In a year’s time the Directivewill be enforced by national

laws in every Europeancountry. The battle is now onas the animal experimentationindustry desperately seeksloopholes or to use theDirective to undermineexisting laws.

As the new laws are draftedacross Europe, ADI hasestablished this set ofpriorities for the transpositionof the new Directive:

� No current laboratory animalprotection to be downgraded

� Greater transparency,accountability, andmechanisms to challengeanimal research

� Increase in requirements forthe justification of proposedanimal experiments

� Establish mechanisms forthe implementation of non-animal alternative methods

� Mechanisms to ensure thatguidance rules can beregularly updated

� 'Thematic review’ of animaluse and certain experiments,

to set targets for replacement

� Restrictions the use of NonHuman Primates in researchand ending the wild capture ofprimates for research.

ADI takes lead on EU laws on vivisectionPictured right:

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Projects currently being fundedby our humane research wing

Professor PaulFurlong, atAstonUniversity;scanning toallow a widerange of studiesconcerningneurologicalresearch inhumans. The studies of visualprocessing and perception in humansare increasingly able to characterizebrain network activity in ways previouslyclaimed to be only possible usinginvasive methods in animals.

Dr DebbieHolliday, at theLeeds Instituteof MolecularMedicine, aimsto validate twoin vitro modelsof breast cancer;a 3-dimensionalcell culture anda tissue slicemodel. These are being compared withpublished data on animal models toshow that they are viable replacements.

ProfessorgeoffreyPilkington’steam is using ahuman in vitroBlood-Brain-Barrier model toinvestigate therole of severalgenes in thespread of cancer cells into the brain.The hypothesis is that genes in differenttypes of cancers affect their tendencyto cross the BBB. This research isimportant as 20-30% of cancers spreadto the brain.

Bobby and Moira Roberts, owners of Bobby Roberts’ Super Circus, are being prosecutedon criminal charges over the mistreatment of Anne the elephant. The charges followed adaring undercover investigation by ADI which exposed sickening abuse of Anne, the UK’slast remaining circus elephant, at the circus winter quarters.

In an audacious operation an ADI Special Investigations Department team placed acamera that continuously monitored Anne for over two weeks. The 57 year old Asianelephant (torn from the wild as a baby), is severely arthritic. She was permanently chainedby two legs, barely able to move, throughout the period. Defenseless Anne was in severepain and repeatedly beaten, kicked and punched by circus workers – almost 50 incidentswere captured. Monty, a camel, was spat at and hit, and miniature ponies and horses hit.

The footage caused an outcry as it swept around the world and the Robertses were forcedto hand over Anne, then Monty, to safari parks. Throughout, the pair insisted that Anne hadbeen well cared for and loved.

ADI’s legal team secured testimony from experts all over the world, analyzed and indexed519 hours of footage so lawyers could identify each charge, and prepared criminalprosecutions under the UK’s Animal Welfare Act 2006 (AWA). The case was laid beforethe court during the summer and then in November, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service(CPS) agreed that it would take up the ADI prosecution. At the pre-trial hearing inDecember, the circus owners pleaded not guilty and trial date was set for June next year.

This is the first prosecution of a circus under the new AWA and the first ever prosecutionrelated to circus animal husbandry (the chaining).

The only other circus prosecution in the UK legal history took place in 1998 and was alsobrought by ADI – this won the cruelty convictions of trainer Mary Chipperfield and herhusband, and their elephant keeper.

The case for Anne will test whether theUK’s new AWA can bring owners to justice.

Owners are responsible for providing theiranimals with a safe, secure andappropriate environment.

The charges relate to not preventing hermistreatment, and allowing her to bepermanently chained to the ground.

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Torn from his mother as a baby,Tilin spent the next 17 years of hislife with the circus. Constantlychained by the neck, living in asmall box, Tilin’s only company apride of lions.We first met Tilin in 2006, when ourundercover investigators filmed himtraveling with a circus. Lonely anddepressed, Tilin needed his ownkind.

We determined that this campaignwould not leave anyone behind –even one lonely male baboon.

Following the circus animal ban inBolivia, Tilin was finally handed overto ADI, along with his lioncompanions.

While the lions headed to the U.S(p21), but Tilin was not so welcome.

There were several counts againsthim: males are almost always

unwanted and difficult to home, Tilin’s agewas against him, and there are almost nohomes for Hamadryas baboons.

The U.S. does not allow entry for strayrescue primates, so this immediatelyreduced many of his options.

These concerns were uppermost in ourminds as we started the search for asuitable home – then Tilin got lucky.

The specialists at Lakeview primatesanctuary in the UK agreed to take Tilin,provided we would build the specialaccommodation he needed. Tilin is muchlarger and stronger than the other primatesat Lakeview, so none of theiraccommodation was suitable.

We would need to build both a quarantineunit and then later, a permanent enclosure.

We also needed help ensure that hedid not remain alone and providefinancial support for any futurecompanion.

With the UK requiring at least 6months’ quarantine, Tilin wouldneed both an indoor room withplatforms and an outdoor secureenclosure – this unit was thepriority.

The baboon quarantine facility wascompleted with the generoussupport of Bob Barker and featurestwo indoor units and an outdoorclimbing area. It will be the first

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Step one tohappiness: Tina ischecked by the ADIteam on arrival atHeathrow Airport,London

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home for all new large primates arriving atthe sanctuary.

The gentle and handsome Tilin arrivedafter a long journey from Bolivia, via Spainto the UK, which he appeared to enjoyenormously. From the moment Tilinarrived, he was a star. He quickly trainedthe Lakeview carers to do his bidding, andhe enjoyed sitting quietly observing themas they talked to him.

After he had settled in for a few months,the next step was to find Tilin a non-breeding companion. Everyone deserves achance at a life with their own kind.

Tina is foundThe enquiries went out to sanctuaries andcontacts around the world, and eventuallywe were alerted to the lovely young Tina(pictured grooming Tilin).

Tina is also a Hamadryas baboon, aroundseven years old, born in a captive-breedingfarm in Israel and exported to Cyprus withanother primate for the pet market.

When her owner could no longer handleher she was taken in by a donkeysanctuary, where she lived for about fiveyears, her main playmate a GermanShepherd dog.

We felt that Tina would be the perfectcompanion for Tilin and arrangementswere made for her to move to the UK.

They meetThe ADI team met Tina at Heathrow Airportand saw immediately she was calm andhad travelled well. We then headed toLakeview.

Tilin was exploring his outdoor pen whenwe arrived and he was shut outside whilstwe released Tina into the first of the indoorunits. As she cautiously emerged, shecalled out. Outside the big, burlyHamadrayas baboon froze – it was like aperson who had been stranded on a desertisland for years suddenly hearing a voicecalling out in the evening air.

Then Tilin was let into his night quartersadjoining the unit with Tina . They couldsee each other but not touch through thecage. His excitement was palpable. Heheaded to see her and she nervously

retreated. He settled into his bed andwatched her.

Very excited, but a perfect gentleman, Tilinclearly adored Tina from the moment hesaw her. She was not so sure and at first,shouted at him – but Tilin’s patient andgentle nature won her over and she startedto come close to the wire to be near him.

A stream of low-key chattering followed asthey settled down in their adjoining rooms.

During the ensuing weeks Tilin remainedcool and laid back in his interactions withTina, who finally decided she liked him agreat deal. Whenever Tilin nipped outside,Tina would call to him and he woulddutifully scamper back. They were

bonding.

After a few weeks it wassafe for Tina and Tilin tobe brought togetherand they immediatelystarted grooming.By the end of theirfirst day togetherthey weresharing Tilin’sbed. Tina hasan implant sothey will notbreed

After years ofisolation, Tilinand Tina aretogether –forever.Saving Tilin

from that Hellish cage with the circus andbringing him all the way from Bolivia wasan achievement but the greatest momentwas ending his loneliness.

Both Tilin and Tina have been deprivedof the life they would have known, withtheir families in the wild. We need to dowhat we can to return some of thatdignity and freedom of choice to them.

Tilin and Tina need a permanentenclosure of their own at Lakeview,where they will spend the rest of theirdays in peace, living among the trees,making their own choices and mastersof their own lives.

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BABOON BLISS! YHELP RAISE $160,000

To build a huge natural woodland habitat forTina and Tilin. This will include a night-houseand be designed to allow sections to be added

to accommodate other rescued primates.

Please donate todayfor Tilin and Tina’s

dream home.

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Our policy on animal rescues is that ourresponsibility does not end when theyarrive safely at their final destination. Whileday-to-day care is entrusted to oursanctuary partners around the world, wepay for food, veterinary care, constructionof facilities and overheads.

So our costs are not just for the rescueand relocation, but for the lifelong risingexpenses of a sanctuary – it just happens

the animals are residing in Colorado,California, Europe and Africa.

So especially in these hardeconomic times, we very muchneed your support to help uskeep these animals alive.

By having sanctuarypartners rather than

running our ownsanctuary,


When ADI secured the ban on animal circuses in Bolivia it presented a new

challenge. Next we had to race across Bolivia, closing down every circus,

seizing every animal. Then the record-breaking lion flights to the US. The first

group of four went to California. The rest, 25, on one flight to Colorado. Even

after touching down the rescue continues to break new ground.

The lions now roam as prides in the largest habitats of their kind in the US - up

to 25 acres for a single pride. It is as close as we can get to returning these

animals to the wild. With our sanctuary partner, this is a staggering

achievement in rehabilitation and animal care.

For ADI this huge project will last as long as the lions

live – some 20 years – we are committed to funding

their care for life. And,

that’s where we need

your help.

Lion Ark:

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ADI is able to maintain our focus on ourcore work to secure permanent change.But when animals need to be saved inextraordinary circumstances, such asOperation Lion Ark, we are ready to takeon what appears to be impossible.

When we first met Pat Craig of The WildAnimal Sanctuary (TWAS) and outlinedwhat we were doing with Operation LionArk, we knew our two organizations were aperfect match. Here was a sanctuaryabsolutely maximizing the space for theanimals, giving them acre upon acre toroam. There and then, TWAS committed80 acres of their land to Operation Lion Arkand ADI committed the funds – thanks tothe generosity of Bob Barker – andconstruction began of this enormousfacility. This included the huge biosphereto help the lions acclimatize, which isalready being used to help more animals(see page 10).

But what most excited us about TWAS wastheir commitment to making family pridesof lions, to working towards a life for theseanimals as close to how they would live innature, as possible. We felt very stronglythat we did not want these families andfriends split up and that they have the rightto a family life. Since their arrival inColorado, the most exciting development inthis project has been seeing these sad andbroken animals become prides – amassive achievement in itself.

Lions becoming lions again

Within days of seizing the 25 lions from thecircuses in Bolivia, the ADI team began therehabilitation process. Our MASH-styletemporary field station was set up on asmall piece of land given to us by theMayor of Santa Cruz.

We started with proper food, nutritionalsupplements, and veterinary treatment. Webuilt temporary cages so that we couldmaximize their space and they graduallyreturned to health, slowly transformingfrom the thin, parasite-infested lethargicanimals we had removed from the circus.Although we knew their completerehabilitation would not be possible untilthey had space to run at full speed.

We began to profile their personalities andplaced in adjacent cages, those lions we

felt could become good friends and couldeventually form prides together.

Some were already living in groups – all ofBam Bam’s pride of eight had beencrammed into one small cage at the circus!But others came as ones and twos andcarried all the psychological problems ofliving isolated in a small barren cage.Males and females had to be separated,but families kept next to each other.

The importance of keeping families withinsight and hearing of each other was apolicy that was reflected in the loading ofthe aircraft; we devised a color-codedloading plan for the flight to ensure thatnobody would be frightened or split fromfamily or companions.

It was not possible to undertake fullveterinary surgery in the field station so forthose scheduled for major treatment, suchas dental surgery, interim treatment wasdesigned to just make them as comfortableas possible. Several lions needed urgentdental work on arrival in Colorado and weare very grateful to the Peter EmilyFoundation, specialists in advancedveterinary dental services for captive exoticanimals, who undertook the work. Thelives of those lions were transformed.

Life begins in Colorado

After the Lion Ark touched down in Denver,the lions were released from their travelcrates into our specially-built ‘biosphere’: acustom-built heated habitat of enclosureswith trees and grass, under a fabric roofthat lets in sunlight. The joyful reunitedfamilies ran, played and tumbled together.

Over the next few days all of the lions wereanesthetized, given veterinary treatments,and the females given contraceptiveimplants. This allows for social balance inthe prides without risk of a populationexplosion or fights when females are inseason and is key to building families.

Of course we already had three familygroups – BamBam and Morena and theirboisterous family, Marta, Maria, Rosita,Rosa, Rosario and Campeon; Colo Colo,Muñeca and Lulu; Hercules and Kiara withFida and Panchula and the cubs - Bob,Nancy, and Percy.

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India, taken from her parents as a cub, shehad never seen other lions before. She wasstereotypic and the only lion initially scared toleave her tiny circus cage. There were thegood natured Pancho and Temuco – theycharged out of the circus cage into the ADIholding pen and played and played. Kenya,taken as a cub and put in what was little morethan a cupboard, was scared and lonely.When she first emerged from her circus cage,Kenya grabbed a tire in her new pen andclung onto it – her first ever toy. There wereChitara and Dalila the affectionate sisters whohad spent their lives together. Then therewas old Kimba; half blind and completelyalone for a decade.

The Lion Ark Prides

The process began bringing together thesedisparate lions who had endured so much.

Kenya and India were brought together, andthen we introduced them to Pancho andTemuco, and then Chitara and Dalila joinedthe group. Although at first, it appeared to begoing perfectly to plan, slowly India turned onthe boys. Probably because she was half-blind from a cataract in one eye, and becauseof the mental damage from her miserable lifein the circus, this family would not work outfor her. So India was introduced to Kimba,the lonely male, and they like each other.They both have sight problems and so it ishoped that if these are dealt with, they couldsettle down together well – the sanctuaryteam will monitor and move forward slowly.

The recently rescued Panamanian lions (p10)are now sharing the Bolivian Lions’ biosphereand they may eventually join their familygroup as well.

Running wild

While the lions acclimatized the huge outdoorenclosures were constructed. Each is around20 acres of undulating natural countryside –not unlike African savannah during thesummer. There are mounds and high pointsenabling the lions to survey their world (theylike views); each has a lake, a waterhole,shelter from the sun, and underground dens –which they appear to enjoy very much. Thelions are fed and monitored but do really leadtheir own lives, as they wish, living asnaturally as possible.

The first pride to leave the biosphere wasBam Bam’s group of eight with one of the

naughty young females, Rosario, leadingthe charge. They quickly found theunderground den and moved straight intoit – the whole pride sleeping together.

Next were Kenya’s pride – yes, once timidand hugging a tire, Kenya now leads thepride! Pancho and Temuco charged into thegrassland, racing for 100 yards beforepausing. They then settled to watch BamBam and his family next door. Kenya,meanwhile, led Chitara and Dalila on amission exploring the whole enclosure.

When it was time for Colo Colo, Muñeca,and Lulu to leave, Colo Colo first chargedthe fence where we were watching, just toshow he was still the boss and to be feared,then off they headed.

Hercules and his family were re-unitedinside the biosphere – Fida, Panchula, Kiaraand the cubs, Percy, Nancy, and Bob. Thecubs had been separated when in thecircus, after being attacked, but the familywere now settled. The cubs had grown fastand led the family out at breakneck speed,running, chasing and playing, their tailsbouncing in and out of sight in the longgrass.

Kimba and India continue to spend timetogether and have permanent access tooutdoor areas. Their rehabilitation is notcomplete yet; they are a work in progresswhich could go on for years.

We urgently need your help

From tiny, stinking rusting cages in Boliviato this paradise, our campaign secured theban on animal circuses, continued on to theseizure operation, the airlift and now therehabilitation. But it is not over yet. Everyquarter we must raise $18,000 to supportthese Lion Ark lions.

Please help us with a donation towards oursanctuary work. You can also adopt thelions, or give an adoption as a gift andreceive regular updates on their progress.

Unless we can raise more fundswe simply cannot afford toundertake operations like this inthe future and we will struggle tocare for the animals we havealready saved. We need your helptoday – please send what you can.Thank you.

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Camba, the female of the first pride of lions from Bolivia, has been separated fromher brothers Dactari, Bambek and Simba by a fence, in order to prevent breedingand possible fights when she is in season. The team at the Performing AnimalWelfare Society (PAWS) ARK2000 Sanctuary in California has been monitoringCamba and the boys to establish what the relationships are, and to consider howbest they can be brought together. Having one female and three males has added acomplexity to the dynamics of this family, so things have moved forward cautiously.

First order of the day has been the breeding issue. once it was felt that Camba hadreached full physical fitness the permanent surgical option was considered butCamba proved to be unsuitable for this, so she will go on the annual implant regime,the same as the females in Colorado, where it has allowed the integration of themales and females very successfully.

We’re sure Camba will be delighted to be back with her brothers. Throughout theprocess she has remained very close with them, and most days has slept againstthe fence alongside them.

Thank you to everyone who has adopted these four lucky lions! You have savedtheir lives and you are ensuring that they have a long and happy future ahead ofthem, living as lions should – occasionally chasing off anything in their enclosure,and lying in the California sunshine. Thank you.

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ADI acts after sick elephant falls

Sarah, a sick 54-year-old elephant at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus,collapsed while attempting to climb onto the train after performing in Anaheim, CA. ADIhas filed a complaint, calling on the USDA to investigate and retire Sarah.

Ringling Bros. had previously been cited in a recent routine USDA inspection for a“repeat noncompliance” for lack of adequate veterinary care related to Sarah sufferinga chronic, inadequately diagnosed condition resulting in pus-like discharge in her urine.In the report, a government inspector noted that staff were not following Ringling’s ownsenior veterinarian’s treatment regimen.

ADI is concerned that the pain, stress and fatigue from this contributed to Sarah’scollapse in Anaheim, and Sarah needs to taken off the road immediately, with anappropriate elephant companion for support, so she can be properly rested, evaluatedand treated.

Many traveling circus animals continue to perform while sick – and incidents likeSarah’s fall underline the dangers faced by animals chained and caged in thisimpoverished life on the road. Sarah’s plight hasreceived local, national and internationalattention, and one eye-witness video has beenviewed by more than 100,000 people after it wasfeatured on the Huffington Post.

Sarah continued to perform when the circusmoved on to Ontario, CA. where the circus wasmet by more ADI and other protestors.

ADIThe Animal Defender l Winter – Spring 201222

Peru circus banPeru circus banover 500 animal advocates greetedcircus-goers at the Staples Center in LosAngeles for a massive demonstrationwhich has been called “The GreatestCircus Protest on Earth”. Organized byADI in conjunction with several otheractivist groups, the protest took place onthe opening night of Ringling Bros. andBarnum & Bailey Circus in Los Angeles.Circus-goers were asked to ‘Break theChain’ by staying away from Ringling’scircus performances; thousands of leafletswere distributed.

A video of the protest can be viewed onADI’s YouTube channel by going to thislink: http://bit.ly/RinglingProtestLA

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circusrecently settled a case with the USDA forviolations of the Animal Welfare Act (seepage 13). The $270,000 fine paid inNovember is the largest in history for suchviolations. Owner Kenneth Feld, CEO ofFeld Entertainment, denied any wrongdoing and said in a statement, “We lookforward to working with the USDA in acooperative and transparent manner thatmeets our shared goal of ensuring that ouranimals are healthy and receive thehighest quality care,". Feld also adamantlyargues that the Traveling Exotic AnimalProtection Act (H.R. 3359) is completelyunnecessary and is an “attack on anAmerican tradition.”

Also, in November, the Piccadilly Circus, atraveling animal circus act passed thoughSouthern California, however, due to lackof interest and poor ticket sales, the circuscanceled most of their performances.

� Contact our Los Angeles office for leaflets and posters when the circus comes to town 323-935-2234 or [email protected].

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Collecting the evidenceBack in 2005, ADI investigators workedundercover in seven randomly selectedcircuses in Peru.

The evidence showed systematic violenceagainst circus animals, including lions withCirco Las Galaxias whipped and beatenwith weapons; abuse of a capuchinmonkey with Circo Zafari Kids, and anocelot; many animals were subjected toverbal intimidation.

Levels of confinement and deprivationwere shocking, for example , lions living ina tiny beast wagon, without access tonatural daylight; primates permanentlychained down and other animals in tinyboxes.

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Victory!Peru circus ban

Six years of investigations, exposés, lobbying, demonstrations,

events and more conclude as Peru bans wild animals in circuses.

Here we look back on the intense ADI campaign that has ended

the misery of circus animals in two South American countries.

And we ask, are you ready to help us step up the pressure for

more bans?

The battle for legislationWe launched the Stop Circus Sufferingcampaign in 2007 with the support of thelocal groups in Lima. A report and DVDfeatured evidence from Peru and otherSouth American countries and this waspresented to the Peruvian Congress withproposals for legislation.

The campaign built up a head of steam.Congressmen Alejandro Rebaza and JoseAntonio Urquizo immediately tabled billsbanning the use of animals in circuses,which were joined together and discussedby Congress.

In May 2008, we produced a further report,Science on Suffering, including scientificevidence on the effects of captivity andconfinement.

Despite a successful start, the going wasnot easy. For the bill to become law itneeded to be debated and approved inboth the Agrarian and the Andean Peoplescommissions; selected for priority by theBoard of Spokespersons for debate in thePlenary; and finally handpicked by thePresident of Congress to be discussed onthe day. There were many hurdles.

We lobbied every member of eachCommission, with our briefings.

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Victory!Peru circus ban

L to R: An emaciatedlioness confiscatedfrom Circo Africa deFieras after ouroriginal investigation;ADI Presidentaddresses thePeruvian CongressalongsideCongressmanUrquizo; ADI andlocal campaignersdemonstrated outsidecircuses all over thecountry.

One of the mostchilling images fromour originalinvestigation: Awoolly monkey isterrorised. A fewweeks later themonkey was dead.

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number of Congress members personallywrote to the President of the Congressasking him to discuss the bill in the nextsessions. A march was also held in thecity in support of the bill.

However, the circuses weren’t going togive up without a fight. Shortly after thecelebrities spoke out, the circuses startedlobbying the Congress claiming that ourinvestigation lacked validity. ADIresponded with more video evidence anddetailed briefings to counter the claims. Atthe same time, public pressure wasmounting with events in support of the billcontinuing around the capital.

Securing the banDuring the 2011elections, we met thePresident of the AgrarianCommission where it was

film titled Unnatural Acts. The film waslaunched in the Peruvian Congress, andthe suffering exposed was so horrific thatthe event received widespread TV, radioand print coverage.

We also presented our petition of over3,000 signatures to the President of theCongress. The Board listened and, justweeks later, prioritized the bill. Now all weneeded was the President of the Congressto pick our bill for discussion on the day.

Several Peruvian celebrities – includingmusicians Julio Andrade, Miki Gonzalez,William Luna, Toxico, and Grammy awardwinning bandAterciopelado – cameout publicly in supportof our campaign. Afterwatching a videofeaturing themspeaking out, a

The bill was finally debated in March 2009and approved as an amendment of theNational Animal Protection Law. It thenpassed in its new form to the AndeanPeoples Commission where it was againapproved unanimously, in May 2009. Thefirst two hurdles were behind us.

We now faced the challenge of getting theBoard of Spokespersons to prioritize thebill. The ADI team stepped up thelobbying and met with 100 congressmembers, while also organising a series ofevents promoting a public petition insupport of the bill.

More suffering exposed,celebrities speak outIn May 2010, we undertook anotherundercover investigation and the newevidence became the core of a new

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As the horrific footage came back from our undercover teams we scarcely dared to believe it could be stopped –

but we knew we had to try. Six years of hard work later and the misery we exposed has been banned.

Key events on the

road to ban....

2005 & 2006ADI field officers are

embedded in the South

American circus industry,

tracking them across

borders, monitoring their

every move.

2007April: In Lima ADI

releases the shocking

findings of the

investigation. Huge

publicity, intense lobbying,

demonstrations and awareness

drives follow. In October

the first Bill to ban animal

circuses is tabled.

2008An ADI press

conference at

Congress announces

two Bills from the two main

parties banning animal

circuses. Our report

Animals in Circuses the

Science on Suffering is

released later in the year.

Above: As the ADIfield officers movedfrom circus to circusmore and morehorrors wereexposed.

Below: Just some ofthe many publicationsand videos that weproduced during thecampaign. From theoutset the campaignwas based on hardevidence.

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URGENT APPEAL: This victory required a hugecommitment by ADI. Our fieldofficers were undercover in SouthAmerican circuses for almost twoyears before we even launchedthis long campaign. Our work does not end here. Wemust ensure the ban is enforced –as we did in Bolivia – and we mustmaintain our campaigns in Brazil,Colombia, Chile and Ecuadorwhere we are making progress.This vital work in South Americarelies entirely on our U.S. and U.K.offices for support. With your help, we are making adifference for animals,don’t let it stop now. Please send a donationtoday.

ADI has now started working with theMinistry of Agriculture, drafting regulationsfor the implementation of the ban. We willbe providing a draft text and carrying out acircus animal census to establish howmany circus animals are in Peru.

Special thanks to the local groups whoworked alongside us: Unidos por losAnimales (UPA), Amazon Shelter, PerúAntitaurino, Amar, Conciencia Animal andOrca.

suggested that it might be wise to look atother legislative routes to get the banapproved.

After exploring several options, theCommission suggested adding an articleon the use of animals in circuses to theForestry and Wildlife Bill, soon to be heardin the Plenary. We recommended text forthe amendment. The Bill covered onlywildlife, so the hope of getting all animals,both wild and domestic (as we secured inBolivia) was dashed. Nevertheless, aban on all wild animals went throughand this in itself was a huge victory.

Victory!The bill was fast tracked andapproved by the Plenary ofthe Congress on 16 June andsigned by the President inJuly.


BANNED

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BANNED

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BANNED

As the horrific footage came back from our undercover teams we scarcely dared to believe it could be stopped –

but we knew we had to try. Six years of hard work later and the misery we exposed has been banned.

2009ADI releases videos and the

Agrarian Commission combines

and then approves the two

Bills. The Andean Peoples’

Commission approves the

Bill. ADI stages a photo

exhibition at the Congress.

Our inflatable elephant

visits Congress.

2010Our Unnatural Acts video is

released with new

investigation evidence. The

Board of Spokespersons

Prioritises the Bill. ADI’s

Cruelty Is Not Culture

campaign is launched with

Peruvian artists and

celebrities backing a ban.

2011In June, a ban on

wild animals in

circuses is attached to

another Bill on Forestry and

Wildlife and approved by

Congress.

July, President Alan Garcia

signs the law.

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Sto p Ci r c us S uf fe r i ngSt op Ci r c us S uf f er i ng

British MPs votefor a ban on wildanimal actsTwo years ago ADI filmed inside thegreat British Circus elephant tent whenstaff thought no one was looking. Thevideo of elephants being punched, kickedand beaten was not the first ADI exposé tohorrify the UK public, and it wasn’t the last.

Following this, the British Government helda public consultation: 95% demanded aban on wild animals incircuses. A ban waspromised, but an electionchanged the Government andsilence followed.

So in a technically difficultoperation, ADI secretly filmedthe UK’s last circus elephant,Anne (Bobby Robert’s SuperCircus), in her barn over thewinter – chained, alone,arthritic, beaten, kicked andspat on. We released it inMarch. Surely enough wasenough?

Sir Paul McCartney, Queenguitarist Brian

May,

comedian Ricky Gervais, andactor Brian Blessed threwtheir weight behind the ADIcampaign; 200 Members ofParliament (MPs) signed amotion calling for a ban; anADI commissioned opinionpoll showed 72% of theBritish public want a ban.

But in May, the Governmentdepartment responsible(Defra) announced it wouldnot ban wild animals incircuses but, instead, wouldintroduce a licensing system,

because offears of a legalchallenge.

They claimed a ban was notpossible because of apending legal case againstAustria over its ban on wildanimals in circuses. In factthe case the Governmentwas relying on had beenheard and closed by theEuropean Commission in2006, and rejected by theEuropean Ombudsman in2010. ADI submittedevidence on both occasions.The Austrian ConstitutionalCourt and the Court ofJustice of the EuropeanUnion confirmed that theGovernment’s statement wasinaccurate.

ADI and a delegation of MPspresented Defra withstatements from the

European Commission and Austrian Courtand the Defra Minister was forced to admitthat Parliament had been misled. Then theGovernment claimed that a ban might beillegal under the European ServicesDirective (freedom to trade) and breach the

UK’s Human Rights Act.

ADI submitted independent legal advicethat a ban would not be in breach ofthe European Convention on HumanRights, the UK Human Rights Act1998 nor the European Union

Services Directive.

By early June, MPs, furious with theGovernment misinformation, held a

special debate in Parliamentwhich including a vote on amotion urging Defra to bananimals in circuses. On theday of the key vote, dozensof ADI supporters travelled toLondon to lobby their MPs.

What followed wasextraordinary in politicalterms. It became clear thatPrime Minister DavidCameron was personallyopposing a ban andinstructed that allGovernment MPs must voteagainst it – using partypowers usually reserved forvotes like economics or war.

Starting the debate in Parliament, MarkPritchard MP announced that he had beenoffered advancement if he dropped theissue and threatened that his career wasfinished if he continued. Other MPsreported similar pressure. Facingwidespread defiance, the Governmentrelented and MPs voted with theirconscience. They voted unanimously for aban on wild animal acts.

The vote directs the Government to act; itis not binding, butcarries considerableweight.

However, the CoalitonGovernment seems tobe dogmaticallysticking to plans to“regulate” this cruelindustry.

ADI has respondedwith a report ‘Out ofControl’ including casestudies showing howinspections have failedto detect abuse, andseriously ill animalsbeing concealed.

In a strangecoincidence, after theJune vote a circuschallenged Austria’sban. Their case wasdismissed by theAustrianConstitutional Courtin December.

ADI

“Animal DefendersInternational’s recentfootage of Anne theelephant being beatengraphically displays whythe government shouldban wild animals incircuses. I am appalledthat wild animals arestill kept in circuses andfully support the call fora ban. It is high timethat Government got onand implemented one.”

Ricky gervais

“I hate to see wildanimals in circuses. It isheartbreaking to seethese poor animalsconfined in small cagesand carted around thecountry with littlerespect for their welfareand well-being. I havemade my feelingsknown previously onthis subject and Ibelieve an outright ban

is long overdue.”

Sir Paul McCartney

“The use of wild animalsin circuses is cruel,distasteful andunacceptable in the 21stcentury. Our presentgovernment is currentlybacking away fromending this abhorrentpractice. We call onDavid Cameronpersonally to act now,and take a step towardsmaking Britain worthy ofits desired status as anation of animal-lovers.”

Brian May

Anne (below) wassaved following theADI exposé but theBritish Governmenthas stalled when itcomes to ensuringit never happenedagain.


ADI

AustriaCirkus Krone have filed a

complaint before the AustrianConstitutional Court in an attempt tooverturn the ban on wild animal acts. ADIhas submitted a dossier to the FederalChancellor who is opposing the complaint.

GermanyIn November the Bundesrat (a

constitutional body similar to the U.S.Senate) passed a resolution that calls uponthe Federal Government to submit anordinance to ban the use of animals suchas elephants, monkeys, bears, andgiraffes, in circuses – they have allowed foran extension that would include big catsand all other exotic animals.

Meanwhile, the Hessen region isconsidering a ban on the use of certainspecies in circuses such as monkeys,elephants, bears, giraffes, hippos andrhinos. ADI has supplied the Hesssenauthorities with supporting evidence.

GreeceFollowing an intense campaign

led by ADI and our campaign partners, theGreek Animal Welfare Fund (GAWF), thedraft animal protection bill was published inJuly. This includes a ban on the use of allanimals in circuses as well as provisionson humane stray management, tail dockingand neutering programmes. The bill isawaiting the signature of the ministerbefore being introduced to parliament.

IrelandADI’s Irish partners Animal

Rights Action Network have beendemonstrating regularly at circuses and anationwide Stop Circus Suffering tour ofschools is planned.


NorwayOur Norwegian campaign is

being revitalized for another drive for a banwith partners NOAH. ADI’s investigation inNorway revealed elephants and otheranimals touring in freezing temperatures.

BoliviaThere are no animal circuses in

Bolivia after ADI closed every one!However our team there drafts legislationon a range of animal protection issues.

BrazilThe bill to ban the use of animals

in circuses is currently pending debate inthe Chamber of Deputies. The ADI team inBrazil has been meeting members ofCongress to try and speed up the process,organizing a meeting with the President topresent a petition in support of the ban.

ColombiaA new bill banning animals in

circuses has been introduced in theChamber of Representatives of the

Congress. Bill No. 052 was drafted by ADIand sponsored by Congressman AugustoPosada. To date the bill has been signedby 19 members and we expect the bill tohave its first reading soon.

Over 4,000 people marched alongside theADI team in Bogotá in May and presentedCongress with a statement calling for aban on animals in circuses and reform ofthe animal protection law. The hugedemonstration was supported by Membersand soap opera actress Margarita Ortega.

ADI holds weekly information tablingevents throughout Bogotá and we recentlyreceived a commendation by theColombian Police in recognition of our"leadership in the development of activitiesfor the protection of animals".

EcuadorADI’s Unnatural Acts has been

launched in Ecuador with a pressconference in Quito. At a meeting with theVice Minister for the Environment, theMinistry expressed support for a resolutionto ban animals in circuses. We havebegun a census of circus animals in thecountry.

Some of thethousands at theBogotá “March forthe Animals 2011”.

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