PETA partnered with the Ohio Department of Agriculture to rescue more than a dozen bears who were relinquished to the agency after their keepers failed to comply with Ohio’s tough new exotic-animal ownership laws. The bears were retired to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, where they’ll have acres to roam in a naturalistic environment.
The Tarzan Zerbini Circus wasn’t allowed to bring elephants into Canada to perform in another show that it owns, the Royal Canadian Circus. The circus’s owner, Tarzan Zerbini, needed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit to transport the elephants across the border—but its permit was suspended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) following … Read more »
April 19th, 2016 After intensive campaigning by PETA and tens of thousands of activists who sent e-mails, Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) told PETA that it is ending the transport of monkeys to laboratories! This announcement comes one week after PETA urged Amazon—which recently partnered with ATSG—to ask the air carrier to end this cruel practice. … Read more »
March 18, 2016 Following appeals from PETA India and Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has amended its regulations to prevent testing on animals for new drug registrations when complete data already exist for drugs approved abroad. Because of the vast physiological and biochemical differences between humans and the rats, … Read more »
In late 2015, PETA released a video exposé revealing the cruel training practices of the Bowmanville Zoo and its owner, Hollywood trainer Michael Hackenberger. PETA provided the Ontario SPCA with the evidence, and Hackenberger was charged with five counts of cruelty to animals for offenses including viciously whipping the young tiger in the video and … Read more »
A loophole in federal regulations allowed animal abusers to harm, export, and sell endangered tigers without federal oversight if they were considered “generic” (a mixed subspecies). Now, according to an FWS announcement, “generic” tigers will be subject to the same permitting requirements under the ESA as “purebred” tigers—such as those used in zoo breeding programs—are. … Read more »
In 2015, the FWS announced that it was eliminating a loophole that excluded captive chimpanzees from the protections of the ESA. Since the new rule went into effect, all chimpanzees—whether held captive or living in the wild—are now considered endangered. PETA and two concerned citizens filed an ESA lawsuit against The Mobile Zoo and its … Read more »
Dean Foods—one of the largest U.S. dairy processors, with more than 50 dairy brands—posted animal-welfare language that outlines its support for polled (hornless) breeding, writing, “We also support a program that encourages the use of polled genetics into breeding programs to promote polled (naturally hornless) cattle, which may eventually eliminate or minimize the need for … Read more »
In a remarkable victory that PETA and animal advocates have spent years working to achieve, the Armani Group has announced that it will no longer use animal fur in any of its products starting with the 2016 fall collections. Giorgio Armani explained in a statement that the company’s decision was based on concern for animals … Read more »
March 6, 2016 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced plans to stop requiring that animals be used in tests that subject them to painful irritation and death caused by toxic chemicals absorbed through the skin. The EPA is exploring ways to change its pesticide testing and classification system to align with those of other … Read more »
March 4, 2016 Following discussions with PETA’s scientists, Health Canada stated that it would end its requirement of year-long testing on dogs to study pesticide effects. Dogs used in these cruel tests were forced to eat pesticide-laced food or inhale pesticide fumes every day for a year before being killed and dissected. PETA provided evidence … Read more »
