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Category: Aquariums

Tell the American Museum of Natural History to Stop Exploiting Crocodiles!

The AMNH’s live exhibit teaches the dangerous anti-conservationist message that wild animals are ours to dominate and display in tiny tanks for profit.

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Animal Planet Stars Asked to Reel in Cruelty

Will Las Vegas’ newest eatery help itself to a side of compassion?

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Update: California Becomes First State to Ban Captive Orca Breeding

California just passed a landmark bill to protect future orcas.

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Injured Beluga at the GA Aquarium Is Proof That Captivity Hurts Whales

Video provided by an eyewitness shows an injured, suffering beluga. So why does the aquarium want more of these animals?

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Beluga Whale Dead on Shedd Aquarium’s Watch

Another life is lost to the needless cruelty of marine captivity.

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She’s Been Raped and Impregnated, and Her Children Have Been Kidnapped

Takara has had many crimes committed against her by SeaWorld. Now it’s payback time.

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Pasadena Pays Up in SeaWorld Espionage Case

How was SeaWorld spy Paul T. McComb the only PETA protester to avoid arrest at the Rose Parade? Ask the Pasadena PD.

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Naked “Orcas” Arrested During Lolita Protest at Miami Airport

“Orcas” demand that the Miami Seaquarium free Lolita and send her to a sanctuary where she can experience some semblance of a natural life.

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Is This the Saddest Zoo in the World?

Polar bears, penguins, wolves, and hundreds of other animals are languishing in a shopping mall in China. Here’s what you can do to help shut this abomination down.

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More Than 20 Animals Died When a Touch Pool Tank Stopped Working

One more reason to stay away from aquariums.

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PETA to Georgia Aquarium: Move Beyond Basic Decency

The belugas who were captured shouldn’t be left to languish in small tanks.

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What’s the Message in ‘Finding Dory’?

Go see ‘Finding Dory’ … and steer clear of aquariums.

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Dolphin Defender Has Changed the Way the World Thinks

Can a single person change the world? Yes!

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National Aquarium Announces That Dolphins Will Go to Sanctuary

In a monumental decision, the National Aquarium announces that it will move forward with plans to send the eight bottlenose dolphins there to a sanctuary.

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An Orca Desperate to Get Home: Morgan Deliberately Beached Herself

She is frantic to get back to the ocean home that she remembers and misses.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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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