The Top 7 Places NOT to Take Your Kids to This Summer Holiday

Well, the Summer holiday is finally here. ‘Yay!’ say the school and college kids. ‘Argh!’ scream the parents as they try to figure out what to do with their offspring for six weeks. There are dozens, even hundreds, of great places to visit and events to take part in, and none of them need to involve the incarceration or humiliation of animals. Yet every year, animal prisons posing as education and entertainment lure in thousands of tourists, and thousands of pounds.

To make it easy for you to figure out where to avoid, we’ve dutifully put together a list of the top ‘Europe’s Cruellest Destinations’, packed with zoos, aquaria, donkey rides, bloodsports and more. Get the lowdown here.