This cruel zoo faces court this week... let's put on the pressure to shut them down!

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** URGENT APPEAL TO CLOSE HORROR ZOO WHERE ANIMALS HAVE BEEN KILLED
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Dear John,

I will cut right to the chase – I urgently need your help. We are so close to shutting down an awful zoo where animals have suffered and died, BUT I need your help to make it happen.

The zoo we are fighting to close is Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. At the hands of this zoo, animals have been shot dead, strangled to death, died in unexplained ways… one individual was even reportedly found dead in a pool of their own blood.

I know you care deeply for animals and that you take action to help them. So will you please send an urgent gift today, to give animals at this zoo a chance at freedom?

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Today we have a chance to ramp up the pressure on this zoo and push it towards closure, to protect these animals from further cruel treatment.


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COURT CASE STARTS MONDAY
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As you read this email the zoo owners Tracy and Dean Tweedy are facing a court hearing which will have a major impact on the future of the zoo… and crucially the animals held captive there.

On the 7th, 8th and 10th September, the zoo owners will be facing a judge and trying to defend themselves and their shocking failings for animals. They will be there to appeal a ban put on them from the local council, stopping them from keeping some animals captive, such as lions, lynxes, monkeys and snakes.

If they lose this appeal, these animals have the chance to be removed to safety and the zoo will face major financial hardship. It will be a step closer to total closure for this hell hole. And a chance for all the animals to get out.

With your help we will be there at that court hearing as allies for the animals. ([link removed])

We will be there every day to speak with the press outside the courthouse, to make sure the details of the horrors that have occurred at this zoo are shared with people across the nation. Over the three days, as the zoo tries to excuse away how they breached zoo licensing regulations and put the animals’ and the public’s lives at risk as a result, we will be there to speak the truth about this zoo.

By sending a gift today ([link removed]) you can ensure that no matter the verdict, the fight will continue until this zoo is closed and these animals are removed to safety.
Lilleth the lynx was shot dead after escaping the zoo. She wanted her freedom and was punished for it.


** ANIMALS HAVE BEEN KILLED
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So many animals have lost their lives already. Lilith the lynx was shot dead after escaping her captors at the zoo. She lived on the run for two weeks, in a country that decades ago would have been her natural home. But she was deemed too dangerous and was tragically shot dead.

Just days later, another lynx named Nilly was strangled to death by a zookeeper in an apparent ‘handling error'.

Official documents obtained by us show other shocking deaths. In one year a FIFTH of all the animals living there died. Groups of marmoset monkeys all dead; reptiles that should live a hundred years dead within the same year.

It is clear to us that animals are at risk at this awful zoo. That is why I am calling for you to make an urgent donation today. ([link removed]) We can’t give up now!
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Because in all honesty, we can’t do this without you.

Right now we are still struggling to raise the funds we need for our anti-captivity campaigning due to Covid-19 restrictions meaning we have had to cancel many of our vital fundraising events. But with your help we won't give up.
The campaign to end zoo secrets continues, to force zoos to make public the truth about how animals die in their 'care'.


** FIGHTING FOR ANIMALS IN ALL ZOOS
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And it’s not just this zoo you will be fighting, and not just these animals you are helping. Your donations will fuel the fight to close down other zoos like this. Securing this victory will set a precedent that zoos SHOULD be and CAN be closed down.

You will ensure we can keep speaking out for animals in zoos who face death at the hands of those who keep them captive. Just as we have done throughout lockdown, when zoos have threatened publicly to kill animals they can no longer afford to keep. We have defended the animals and called for ethical alternatives. The animals don’t deserve to lose their lives!

And you can make sure that fight continues.

So please will you send an urgent donation today? ([link removed]) Because we can’t give up now. We can’t turn away from this awful situation when animals so clearly need our help. And we are so close to this momentous victory, to save these animals and make a positive change for the future of all animals currently trapped in zoos.
Yours for the animals,

Sam Threadgill
Director
Freedom for Animals

P.S. Animals at Borth Wild Animal Kingdom have suffered for too long. Please help us take advantage of this chance to push the zoo further towards closure, and the animals further towards freedom from this awful place. Please send an urgent donation today. Thank you. ([link removed])

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