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We Can Change The World

Animal Protection with Bella Lack

Duration: 27 minutes

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Presenter Isy Suttie talks to the amazing Bella Lack about how at just 16 she helped ban the use of wild animals in circuses. She also became a founding member of a group creating the first entirely youth funded nature serve and travelled the world to expose animal cruelty through the power of social media.

Bella has been wild about wildlife since she was very young, bringing ants and slugs into her parent’s house from the garden and even writing letters to her neighbour Sir David Attenborough. When she was 11 she saw a video showing the effect unsustainable palm oil was having on the habitat of Orangutans in the rainforest.

Since then she has campaigned tirelessly on a number of different fronts to help protect animals. She’s flown to Thailand to expose the mistreatment of Asian Elephants, confronted the wildlife trade and in 2019 her petition to ban the use of wild animals in circuses attracted nearly 200,000 signatures and helped lead to the ban being made law.

This is how Bella changed her world… Show less

Contributors

Executive Producer:
John Leagas
Series Producer:
Lyndsay Rowan
Assistant Producer:
Harriet Blackamore
Researcher:
Karl Taylor
Researcher:
Danny Frith
Researcher:
Jamie Gibson

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