Dear John,
These words come from an ex-zookeeper. A person who has worked directly with animals in captivity and couldn't stay silent any longer:Â
“I could hear Troy, the silverback, banging on the glass as hard as he could, pan-hooting in absolute terror, desperately trying to reach his partner. While on the other side of the glass, we shot his partner Alice with a dart gun, drugged her, loaded her into a crate, and then drove her away in the back of a van. While all Troy could do was watch on.”Â
They recently came forward to share the awful things they witnessed. They told us how they joined the industry because they cared so deeply about animals and wanted to help them, and they thought the zoos did too. But the longer they stayed working in a zoo they released this was not the reality.
We must take action and we must keep campaigning to end this cruel industry that normalises such appalling actions, cruelty and suffering.
But we need your help to continue. Will you send a gift today so we can continue to be here, campaigning for an end to this horrendous cruelty?Â
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