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Freedom Champion Sign-Up Event June 2025

Give animals the most extraordinary gift - the gift of freedom

You can help fund vital investigations into zoos, aquariums, mobile zoos and other places that keep animals captive for entertainment! You can help show the true reality of captivity, and the individual suffering animals go through in the name of entertainment.

Investigation work is so important to everything we are working so hard for here at Captive Animals. We want all animals to live free from exploitation, harm and captivity. You can help animals have a chance at freedom by joining us as our newest Freedom Champion today.

From as little as £3 a month, you will join a growing number of incredible individuals, ordinary people who have come together to make real change for animals in captivity. You will power all that we do to end exploitation. You will play a critical role in stopping cruelty.

Freedom Champion Welcome Pack 

As a special thank you - Sign up within the next two weeks to receive your own Captive Animals T-shirt! While stocks last.

Plus, receive our Freedom Champion welcome pack: a funky Freedom Champion pin badge, 15% off all merchandise in our shop, and our supporter newsletter, Release, twice a year.

JOIN TODAY

What our investigations have achieved, thanks to our supporters:

  • Closure of the notorious South Lakes Zoo (Cumbria Safari Zoo)
  • A ban on the use of wild animals in circuses after years of campaigning
  • Our footage of the penguins in a Sea Life basement aquarium leading to calls for their release to a sanctuary
  • Cancellations of reptile shows after joint investigations with APA and WAP
  • A committed ban on the long-term tethering of birds in zoos

This is just a glimpse of what has been made possible thanks to our amazing supporters. But, there is still so much more to do! So please, join us today!

Join today

What our supporters say!

Peter Tatchell - Author, Journalist, Activist and Captive Animals Patron

I’m honoured to be a patron of Captive Animals. Imprisoning animals and manipulating them for human fun and entertainment is cruel and barbaric. Captive Animals campaigns for the rights of these animals, without compromise. It is dedicated to stopping suffering. Please give Captive Animals your support, too. 

Dr Emma Milne BVSc MRCVS - Captive Animals Supporter

As a vet I strongly believe that animals do not belong in captivity. Having been involved with many charities over the years I know how difficult fundraising can be and just how important regular donations are, no matter how small. It lets charities plan campaigns in a much more coordinated way. It is for this reason I ask you to please consider becoming a Freedom Champion to help so many more animals today.

Angela Smith - Baroness Smith of Basildon and Captive Animals Patron

Captive Animals should be congratulated as one of the most active and effective animal protection groups in the country. Its campaigns are well researched and there is a scientific base for its actions, which means I know I can use its campaign materials with confidence.

Join today and give animals the most extraordinary gift - the gift of freedom!

Published: 22nd June, 2025

Updated: 24th June, 2025

Author: laura tomlinson

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