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Town Bans Circuses That Exploit Animals, Passes ‘Mental Distress’ Law

Instead of waiting for circuses to stop exploiting animals, Essex, Ontario, took charge by banning them altogether.

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Ringling Reps Verbally Pulverized During NYC Council Hearing

It’s always nice to see these people called out on their lies.

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Big-Cat Expert Exposes the Mind-Numbing, Painful Reality of Tigers at Ringling Bros.

An animal behaviorist pulls back the curtain on the miserable lives of big cats exploited by Ringling Bros. circus.

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Victory! California Becomes Second State to Ban Bullhooks

California joins Rhode Island, becoming the second state to ban a weapon used to beat and intimidate elephants.

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Show of Force: Hundreds in L.A. Rally Against Ringling Bros.

The largest Ringling protests in the country call on “The Cruelest Show on Earth” to free ALL animals and send them to sanctuaries.

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How Does Groupon Give Animals a Raw Deal?

Groupon continues to offer discount tickets to abusive animal attractions, so PETA became a shareholder to shake things up from the inside.

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PETA Asks Leading Medical Journal for Retraction

Ringling Bros. employees co-authored a paper published in a leading medical journal, and let’s just say that it has some problems.

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At Long Last: No More Elephants in Ringling Bros. Circus!

Ringling Bros. is no longer forcing animals to perform. Now let’s get lions, tigers, and other animals out of the circus, too.

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On World TB Day, Remember All Tuberculosis Victims

Experts estimate that 18 percent of elephants in the U.S. have this deadly disease—but zoos and circuses don’t want you to know about it.

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SeaWorld’s Spying Scandal Is Nothing New

SeaWorld recently admitted to sending spies to infiltrate PETA. But it’s not the only animal-abusing corporation that has resorted to underhanded tactics.

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Activists Live-Tweet a Ringling Show to Expose Animal Abuse

PETA’s #LiveAtRingling tweets highlight all the ways that ALL animals—not just elephants—suffer in Ringling and other circus shows.

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‘Lion’ and ‘Elephant’ Demand Retirement at Ringling Opening Night

And “retirement” at an abusive Ringling-owned breeding farm doesn’t count.

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R.I.P. Mike: Another Baby Elephant Dies on Ringling’s Watch

Another elephant calf has died on Ringling’s watch. Urge the circus to end its breeding program now!

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Worst Groupon Deals Ever

PETA gives Groupon some spot-on advice.

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News! Ringling to Take All Elephants off the Road in May

Instead of forcing lame, ailing elephants to be hauled around the country in dark boxcars until 2018, Ringling Bros. is ending elephant acts this spring.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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