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Jay becomes a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society
Posted on 03.07.2007
This week Jay agreed to become a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society (CAPS). Established in 1957, CAPS is one of the UK's leading campaigning organisations on behalf of animals in circuses, zoos and other entertainment industries. A lifelong animal-lover, Jay told us "In the 21st Century there should be no place in our world for zoos or circuses that use animals. The conditions these animals are kept in are often beyond words. Just imagine yourself being locked behind bars for the rest of your life for human entertainment." CAPS is against the use of all performing animals in circuses and wishes to see animal circuses outlawed. CAPS seeks to prevent the use and expolitation of captive and performing animals and investigations are a crucial part of their work. Although based in the UK, CAPS supplies information, photographs, video footage and other support to individuals and organisations throughout the world. CAPS told us "We feel sure that animals have benefitted from our work over the last 50 years, and, in Britain at least, there is evidence that captive animals are being afforded a greater degree of respect and understanding, but we still have a lot of work to do." For more information on CAPS, click here
