Zoo Awareness Weekend

Many people are now aware of the real lives of wild animal societies, through natural history programmes on TV, books and the internet. A growing number of TV programmes show that the wonderful wildlife in of our own gardens, parks and other local areas can be as exciting as that of other continents. The increasing awareness of animal behaviour also reveals further the impoverished lives of animals confined in zoos and the physical and behavioural problems captivity creates. Zoos also play an insignificant role in conservation, with the protection of natural habitats being the only serious way forward to prevent further losses of species. Zoo Awareness Weekend aims to spread this awareness and encourage people to withdraw support for captive animal entertainment facilities. Find out more from CAPS at http://captiveanimals.org