Animals Are Not Ours to Use for Entertainment

 

Animals are not circus acts or toy trains. Yet many are imprisoned for life, forced to perform in ways that are unnatural to them and that may result in injuries or even death. Shockingly, there are still industries that profit from animals’ misery in the name of entertainment.

At home or abroad, always stay away from places that keep animals in captivity, use them in cruel spectacles, or treat them as profit-making machines. It’s time to make our society truly compassionate by banning all abusive pastimes and “sports” that harm animals.

Swimming With Dolphins

Swimming With Dolphins

Find out why swimming with dolphins is animal abuse.
Falconry

Falconry

Imagine having the power of flight but spending 99% of your time tied up, unable to fly. Falconry is a cruel business.
Animal Rides on Holiday

Animal Rides on Holiday

Animals used for tourist rides suffer from beatings, open wounds, thirst, and extreme weather conditions. Find out why animals are not “taxis” and how you can help.
Angling: Recreational Cruelty

Angling

If people were doing to dogs and cats what anglers do to fish, they would rightly be put in prison.
Bullfighting: A Bloody Execution

Bullfighting

Find out why bullfighting is a cruel and barbaric tradition that has no place in the modern world.

 © Lisa Markulla
Animals in Circuses: Ringside Seats for a Spectacle of Cruelty

Circuses

Animals don’t want to ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls or jump through rings of fire. Find out what’s wrong with animal circuses.
Horse Racing: Gambling on Animals’ Lives

Horse Racing

Victims of a multimillion-pound industry, racing horses all too often pay the ultimate price.

Animals in Zoos: Condemned to a Life Behind Bars

Zoos

Imagine not being able to control a single aspect of your life – when you eat, what you eat, when you sleep, where you can go or who you start a family with.

 Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals
Aquaria and Marine Parks

Aquaria and Marine Parks

Around the world, marine parks force orcas, dolphins and other cetaceans to perform crude tricks for entertainment, while in the UK, aquaria condemn aquatic animals to lives of misery.