Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has compared life in lockdown to the situation animals fa🎃ce while trapped in captivity and urged his followers to boycott zoos and circuses.

The six-time world champion drew 🔴the comparison amid the United Kingdom’s current period of lockdown and strict social di🔜stancing measures enforced due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In a story post on his Instagram account, Hamilton shared images of a panda in a zoo enclosure and asked his 14.9million followers to consider how ✱animals feel in captivity.

“If 𝓀you are home on lockdown, perhaps you can feel a little of what the ani🌌mals in captivity go through everyday, their entires lives stopped from them,” he said.

“In future, please don’t go to any zoos or circuses because this is wha⛦t our money goes to supporting. #nomorezoos #freedom.”

Hamilton is often outspoken in his views and has regularly been an advocate for positive change and pushed the benefits o🃏f a plant-based diet, as wel🌊l as sharing his concerns about animal welfare and the environment.

The 35-year-old Briton visited the Wires Wildlife Rescue centre in Australia a🃏t the start of March to help raise awareness following the deadly bushfires which recently ravaged Australia.