Animal Defenders International’s undercover investigations go behind the scenes, exposing the abuses wherever animals are forced to perform, including movies, circuses, advertisements, special events and rides. In fact, many of the companies provide animals across this spectrum of entertainment. For example, in Perris, California, ADI captured on video the trainers and owners of Have Trunk Will Travel violently beating and electric shocking their elephants in training sessions and routine husbandry.
These elephants including Tai and Rosie, the famed movie stars of ‘Water for Elephants’ and ‘Zookeeper’, are also hired out for weddings, elephant rides at county fairs, TV ads and perform tricks in the circus. You can help ADI shine a spotlight on and end the abuse of animals in entertainment. ADI liaises with studios, TV producers, the advertising industry and advertisers to explain the behind the scenes suffering of these animals and asks their support in the drive to end the suffering. Find out about how you can help, below.
ADI and coalition Eurogroup for Animals are calling for a Europe-wide ban on the use of wild animals in circuses, as part of the new ‘EU Stop Circus Suffering’ campaign.
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ADI and fellow animal protection groups in Colombia are calling on the government to ban bullfighting.
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Read more about our investigation of Anne the elephant, the trial of her previous owners Bobby and Moira Roberts, and ADI\'s UK circus campaign.
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Our campaign to end the abuse and deprivation of performing animals used in movies and video.
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Help us highlight the suffering of performing animals used in advertising and TV.
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ADI\'s DVD \"No Fun For Elephants\" narrated by Bob Barker is part of our national initiative to end elephants rides & displays in the U.S.
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Our global campaign to end the suffering of animals in circuses. In the US, our campaign is Stop Circus Suffering.
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Our campaign to end elephant rides and the use of animals in theatre, art and outdoor performances.
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