Animal Defenders International
Active worldwide to end animal suffering. Investigations have led to prosecutions and changed laws. Education, raising awareness. Work with governments on dangerous, large-scale seizures of captive wild animals.
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- IT’S MY LIFE. Animal experiments are unreliable, unethical, & unnecessary. Tell your legislators to end animal experiments👉UK: bit.ly/4eN4Udr US: bit.ly/47NsiW7 #EndAnimalTesting
- Brothers Tomas and Kimba really are inseparable, even during nap time! As cubs in a Guatemalan circus, they were torn apart. During ADI’s Operation Liberty, when we set out to enforce Guatemala’s circus ban and rescue the animals, they were reunited. #RescuedLions
- 🦊US ACTION: Urge your Congress members to support the Mink Virus Act (HR3783), to phase out mink farming. bit.ly/ADIMinkVirus... 🦊UK ACTION: Contact your MP and ask them to support the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill. act.ad-international.org/page/178059/... #StopTheFurTrade #NeverHumane #ADI
- LOOKOUT FOR LOOMIS BROS. CIRCUS. Circuses strive for spectacle, the animals’ fear and stress is not considered. Visit our site StopCircusSuffering.com to take action for animals.
- Valentine's Day is around the corner & it's Coralie & Goliath’s first at ADIWS! Our newest sanctuary sweethearts have quite the love story, together for 10 years enduring the horrors of a circus in France & now they play, snuggle, & relax in their happy ever after home in Africa.
- #ThrowbackThursday 🐒 SAVE THE PRIMATES 17 years ago this week, ADI & NAVS launched a powerful documentary at the EU in Strasbourg, exposing the global primate trade. The largest EU campaign to end primate experiments revealed shocking cruelty, suffering, and the reality behind testing.
- IMPORTANT DAY FOR LION CUB RESCUE. Today has been intense for ADI’s Jan and Tim, who arrived in Israel last night and met with Adva and Ben of the Nature & Parks Authority (NPA) today to discuss relocation of lions Ori and Ben Tzur to the ADIWS: adiwildlifesanctuary.org.za/2026/02/04/i...
- Live from Israel: Jan and Tim are in Israel and with lion cubs Ben-Tzur and Ori, who were kept as illegal pets and seized by Israel’s police and Nature & Parks Authority (NPA). Please help us bring them home to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_eb...
- THE FUTURE FOR CAPTIVE MARINE ANIMALS IS LOOKING BRIGHTER. After a string of marine park closures, there has been an urgent need for re-homing solutions. The call for seaside sanctuaries has been heard & two such facilities will be opening this year. The tide is really turning!
- Aziza is the reality of the cub petting & trophy pet industry. Animals taken young from their mothers & later discarded. In the US the important Big Cat Safety Act (BCPSA) is under threat! HR 7159 aims to create multiple dangerous exemptions to the BCPSA.
- Two illegally trafficked lion cubs, Ben-Tzur & Ori, will be heading to the ADIWS this month. As tiny babies, Ben-Tzur was found tied to a tree & Ori in miserable conditions inside a house. Learn more & donate👇 UK act.ad-international.org/page/185792/... US act.ad-international.org/page/185796/...
- Numerous countries have implemented restrictions on public access to fireworks. These restrictions reduce harms to pets and wild animals, pollution and injury incidence. Please continue to urge your local MP to demand action from the UK government here: www.theyworkforyou.com #banfireworks
- NOTHING BEATS A GOOD SCRATCH! Rescued from a circus in Guatemala, life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa is treating Luna well. She loves a good chin rub as she explores Tiger Territory and spends her days playing with her younger sisters, Sun and Moon.
- DAVID CHECKS OUT THE NEIGHBOURS. David (rescued from a circus in Peru) loves being up high, checking out everything going on around him at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. He has been especially intrigued by the arrival of Goliath and Coralie (from a circus in France) in the habitat next door.
- JAN’S BLOG. ADI President Jan Creamer looks back on some of our recent animal news from around the world and ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. jancreamer.com
- The Arctic just had its hottest year on record, warming up 4x faster than the rest of the planet. Sea ice is at historic lows, snow is turning to rain, and even winter is changing. What happens in the Arctic affects us all. See how you can help, click here: www.ad-international.org/conservation...
- SAY NEIGH TO HORSE CARRIAGES IN NYC! Mayor Mamdani said he supports removing horse carriages from Central Park & wants to work with stakeholders to do so. Urge your Council Members to support Ryder’s Law (Int 0967-2024) to phase out horse-drawn carriages. council.nyc.gov/districts/
- SISTERS SNOOZING. Kiara Piura (Kiara 2) has fully recovered from her eye surgery at Christmas and is back to her old self, jumping on platforms and, as seen here, dozing with sister Africa in one of their A-frames at the ADIWS this week. Look at how beautifully Dr Caldwell’s stiches have healed up!
- LAST CHANCE FOR A DISCOUNTED ADI ANIMAL RESCUE CALENDAR. With just a limited number of copies available from our UK store we have SLASHED THE PRICE TO £7 each. Order yours while still in stock (our US store is sold out) at animal-defenders-international-shop.com/products/adi...
- The fundamental flaw of animal based research is 'species differences'. Each species reacts differently to chemicals, drugs & toxins, etc. Animal tests do not accurately predict what will happen in humans. #EndAnimalTesting👉UK: bit.ly/4eN4Udr US: bit.ly/47NsiW7
- LIONESS LIKE NO OTHER 🦁 At 17, Kiara roams the grasslands of the Tohir Habitat at the ADIWS in South Africa with her cubs Mahla and Scarc. Rescued from a circus 11 years ago, she was reunited with them after two ADI raids freed the entire family.
- #ThrowbackThursday MARY CHIPPERFIELD CONVICTED OF CRUELTY. This week 27 years ago was a turning point in the Stop Circus Suffering campaign. Circus owner Mary Chipperfield was convicted on 13 counts of cruelty to a chimpanzee Trudy. Her husband Roger Cawley was convicted of cruelty to elephant Flora
- SAN DIEGO NEEDS A RODEO BAN. For this cruel sport, animals, often bulls, are prodded, whipped, & electrically shocked, & routinely suffer debilitating injuries, including torn ligaments, broken bones, & even paralysis. Urge SD legislators to stop the rodeo from coming back!
- CAPTIVATING CORALIE. She spent a decade in a tiny circus cage but now has a chance to spend the rest of her life at ADIWS. Acres of African grassland to explore & relax in, trees & A-frames for finding shade, freedom & dignity to make her own decisions. #StopCircusSuffering
- ⚠️Only 3 days left to sign the petition to ban greyhound-racing, and we’re only halfway there. 🩹Thousands of injuries 🩸Thousands of track-deaths 💔Thousands destroyed for being deemed “unsuitable” 🐾Greyhounds deserve better than this. 👉Sign the petition now: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
- WOLF ABUSER ATTEMPTS TO HAVE CASE DISMISSED: Cody Roberts, who allegedly hit a wolf with his snowmobile & was then photographed dragging her into a bar & taping her mouth shut, before she was shot, claims his actions are exempt from WY cruelty laws due to caveats for predators.
- These girls love to chase, lounge around their territory, & soak in their pools like the queens they are. Help provide a lifetime of spa days for Sun & Moon by supporting their ongoing care and donating today: UK act.ad-international.org/page/165318/... US act.ad-international.org/page/167063/...
- Welcome to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary Live! We’ll be giving ice lollies to some of the lions and tigers we rescued from circuses in Guatemala. Will be checking in on Goliath and Coralie and maybe see a few other residents: adiwildlifesanctuary.org.za/2026/01/26/i...
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMES CROMWELL! Oscar-nominated actor and longtime ADI supporter James Cromwell, turned to a plant-based diet while filming Babe in the early nineties. He continues to stand up for animals and inspire compassion around the world. Huge gratitude from everyone at ADI! 🐷 #FriendsNotFood
- STILL LEGAL ACROSS MOST OF THE USA. In over 50 countries that have passed bans on animals in circuses, the thought of forcing tigers & elephants to do tricks is cruel & archaic from a time when people knew no better. People do know better now. Isn’t it time the US caught up?
- Rey C enjoying a peaceful nap under the luscious trees at ADIWS. Rey was rescued during Operation Spirit of Freedom—one of ADI’s most ambitious and impactful rescue missions. #ADIWS
- In a shocking move, Botswana have revealed plans to increase their elephant hunting quota in 2026. Trophy hunting must end. Elephants deserve a life where they belong, in the wild. Urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to bring in a ban on hunting trophy imports: bit.ly/4aRokgJ #bantrophyhunting
- It all began here… Tim and I close the ADI truck that will take Simba and Rey away from the circus in Peru in August 2014. Read my memories of Simba and Rey and a journey over the Andes mountains and across the world that took the boys home to Africa. A story of love and resilience. jancreamer.com
