Animal Defenders International
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VICTORY: Massachusetts bans wild animal acts!
Gov. Healey signed H4915 into law, banning the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes, and bears in traveling acts statewide! Massachusetts is now the sixth US state with such a ban, which takes effect in 90 days. Please support the reintroduction of TEAPSPA, for a federal US ban.
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Colombia bans bullfighting!
Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed Law No. 2385 to ban bullfighting nationwide. The historic ban, which passed on 28 May 2024, will take three years to come into force. Following Colombia’s ban, there will still be four Latin American countries allowing bullfighting: Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
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This is the Kuwait 6...
Watch Shujaa, Saham, Dhubiya, Saif, Muheeb and Aziza enjoying their habitats at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. Just 5 weeks before this was filmed, the young lions were restlessly waiting in Kuwait Zoo for their new life. All rescued from Kuwait’s illegal wildlife pet trade, they now have lots of space to roam.
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Six injured on first day of bull run
The San Fermin festival, Pamplona, Spain, began with five people injured and one man gored by a bull. Terrified bulls are chased by mobs through the streets to be killed by bullfighters in the afternoon. Help end these abhorrent events – urge Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to ban bull-runs and bullfighting.
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Farewell Easy
With great sadness we announce the passing of Easy, one of the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary matriarchs and last of the magnificent pride of nine lions ADI rescued from a circus in Colombia ten years ago.
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Save the wolves
The European Commission (EC) has proposed lowering the protection status of the wolf under the Bern Convention. If you live in any of the EU Member States, please write to your respective representatives urging them to reject the EC’s proposal.
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How Ruben’s lust for life inspired us all
Our beloved and inspirational Ruben has passed away. 15 years of captivity and malnutrition left his body compromised. It is not often we meet a lion who has been through so much but has such a lust for life that he defied all odds and lived the life of a lion again for seven remarkable months.
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Stream Lion Ark for FREE on UnchainedTV
The award-winning Lion Ark follows ADI’s largest and most daring animal rescue to date, saving all of Bolivia’s circus animals, and airlifting 25 lions to sanctuary.
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Award-winning ANIMA
Featuring ADI footage and generously funded by the Guibord Center, ANIMA challenges preconceptions of what religion says about our relationship with and responsibility towards other species.
Dumped ‘pet’ lions start new life in Africa
Purchased as status symbols, then abandoned when no longer wanted, six young lions rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Kuwait have been flown to a new life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. Watch the incredible airlift, first steps on African soil.
Having secured and helped enforce an animal circus ban in Bolivia, ADI returned to Latin America to assist the authorities in Peru and Colombia. Over 100 animals were rescued during Operation Spirit of Freedom. In 2018 ADI launched Operation Liberty in Guatemala, and in November 2019 and January 2020 flew 20 rescued tigers and lions to Big Cat Rescue in Florida and the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. In 2023, we brought Ruben, the lonely lion in Armenia, to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, and we are working to do the same for five lions in Kuwait.
Exposing what the animal abusers want to keep secret, ADI shines a light on Fur farms... The movie industry... Primates born to suffer... Britain’s last circus elephant... Elephant rides... Circuses in South America... USA... UK and more...
ADI exposes suffering, educates and secures permanent change. Successes include: Circus bans in 50 countries and 112 US jurisdictions... Cosmetics testing ban in Europe... End the use of animals for rides and displays... 10 US states ban cosmetics testing... Trafficked turtles and tortoises returned to the wild!... Colombia BANS cosmetics testing on animals!...