Halloween is coming and rescued French circus lions Goliath and Coralie have already been given a spook-tastic treat at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary (ADIWS). Goliath cautiously checked it out, giving Coralie the perfect opportunity to race up and snatch it from right under Goliath’s nose – and off she ran!

You can help our Sanctuary residents enjoy their Halloween, while making a contribution towards their care and sponsoring a fangtastic treat. Donate through our Facebook fundraiser here or enrichment donate page US, CA $ | £, Euros, Rand and we’ll be reporting back on all the fun and games in the coming weeks!

The suffering caused by whale and dolphin shows is well known. However, despite Tui claiming that it is setting ‘a new benchmark’ for cetacean welfare in the tourism industry, the company continues to promote and sell tickets for attractions with captive dolphins, such as Loro Parque in Tenerife, where a baby dolphin was born this month. If TUI truly wants to lead on cetacean welfare, tell them they need to stop promoting these shows. Contact Tui here to ask them to drop promotion of marine parks (select No to having a booking reference).

Our thanks to all who helped make this year’s ADI Art Auction a success, raising over $2,000 for our pet trade and circus survivors at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. This would not have been possible without the talented artists who donated their beautiful work. Thank you to each and every one of them and to everyone who bid, shared, and supported the auction.
Contact us if you would like to donate art for next year’s auction: usa@ad-international.org | info@ad-international.org.

Changes in the residents’ family dynamics at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary mean we sometimes need to see whether we can help residents make new relationships. Following the loss of Jade, leader of the ‘Spice Girls’, rescued from a circus in Guatemala, the family dynamic changed. Luna had lost her sister, and Sun and Moon were without their leader. Luna initially distanced herself from the youngsters, and started to show greater interest in family member Sasha tiger, next door (Luna and Jade had lived next door to Sasha in the circus). So the ADIWS has been giving Luna time in Sasha’s habitat while Sasha is in her feeding camp, which allows them to communicate more closely. We are monitoring any interactions between Sasha and Luna to see if they would like to be companions, or whether Luna prefers Sun and Moon after all. It would be lovely to see Sasha tiger find companionship and it might be the right thing for Luna, but these are tigers, and such relationship building can take a while. Ultimately, it will be up to them!

Spain’s popular legislative initiative to end the current legal protection bullfighting enjoys as a ‘cultural heritage’ activity, was defeated by 169 votes against to 57, with 118 abstentions. A massive disappointment after the debate was requested by hundreds of thousands of Spanish citizens. The surprising number of abstentions does indicate a way forward on this horrific cruelty. The battle continues.

Following the success of the campaign to ban bullfighting in Colombia, the ADI Colombia team will be at the International Anti-Bullfighting Summit in Madrid next month, speaking about the campaign in Latin America. We must keep fighting to end this horrific cruelty.

The iconic fashion magazine will no longer feature new animal fur in editorial content or advertising, according to updated guidelines from its parent company Condé Nast. The guidelines also apply to The New Yorker, GQ, and Vanity Fair.

Spring has sprung at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, heralded with the arrival of baby geese. Proud parents Toitey and Waldo have been strutting around Chris Lee Lodge gardens showing off their goslings, who are exceptionally cute. Both Toitey and Waldo were brought to ADIWS for a permanent, safe, home, after being found in poor conditions. Waldo had been trapped in a metal supermarket trolley, unable to escape or spread his wings. At ADIWS, they roam free and have the option to fly off whenever they want. We are delighted they have decided to stay and make the Sanctuary their home, feeling safe enough to raise their family with us.

Animals on fur farms live their entire lives in intensive conditions, cramped, barren cages on wire floors. Fur farming has been illegal in the UK since 2000 but import and sale of fur continues. Ruth Jones MP introduced the Fur (Import & Sale) Bill to ban the import and sale of fur products in the UK and end this cruel trade. The private member’s bill is expected to have its second reading in Parliament in November and needs your support. Contact your MP today and ask them to support the Fur (Import and Sale) Bill.

In the US, the Mink Virus Act to phase out fur farming is now before the US Congress – can you help? Please urge your Congress members to support the Act (HR2185) to phase out mink farming nationwide. And, If you live in MA, contact your state legislators TODAY in support of House bill 990 and Senate Bill 551 to ban fur products sourced from fur farms statewide, which are both set to be heard in committee on Oct 21.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is reopening bear hunting in December 2025 having been closed since 2015. Its plan allows the killing of nearly 200 black bears—about 5% of Florida’s estimated population—despite admitted gaps in current data and using rules that allow cruel practices like bait traps and, in coming years, dogs. The state is choosing slaughter over thoughtful coexistence, ignoring non-lethal options like habitat protection and better waste management. Hunting reduces living, feeling beings to targets and trophies, treating Florida’s bears as disposable entertainment for bloodlust.
TAKE ACTION – Urge the FWC to stop this hunt and honor the lives of Florida black bears.

The Texas Renaissance Festival will be held until November 30, with elephant and camel rides, and a petting zoo. These animals suffer greatly for brief moments of “entertainment”, enduring long hours of transport in cramped, barren trailers, sometimes weeks on the road traveling from one event to another. They endure long hours of carrying members of the public, day after day. Nothing in this existence resembles anything of their natural lives. Speak up today for the elephants and other animals who suffer year after year – contact info@texrenfest.com and Pat Coveney, GM at pcoveney@texrenfest.com.

A new study has revealed that just 14 major fossil fuel and cement companies are responsible for nearly one-third of all global warming – fueling/fuelling heatwaves now far deadlier and more frequent than ever before. From the 2003 European heatwave to the Pacific Northwest’s record heat dome in 2021, researchers found that every single heatwave since 2000 was made more intense and more likely by human-caused climate change. Shockingly, up to a quarter of these heatwaves wouldn’t have happened without industrial emissions. The intensity of heatwaves has sharply increased, and the risk to human life is growing – with tens of thousands already dying annually from extreme heat. At a personal level, we can take steps to reduce our individual carbon footprint – see the 12 best ways to reduce yours.

South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has put a hold on the approval of trophy hunting quotas for black rhinos, elephants or leopards – for now. The Minister is awaiting a court ruling on quota setting before deciding, saying he will move forward in line with the ruling and South Africa’s “conservation objectives”. Stripping wild populations of their genetic diversity, trophy hunting does not help conservation. Neither does it help the country economically. Studies have shown how photo tourism benefits the animals and the wider local community, as tourists use services such as small hotels, restaurants, transport, benefiting local people as well as wildlife. To help stop the hunters, support measures to ban hunting trophy imports.

In the UK, urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to bring in a ban on hunting trophy imports.
In the US, urge your lawmakers to back the ProTECT Act to prohibit taking and importing endangered or threatened species into the US as a trophy.

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