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Category: Big Cats

Inbred white tiger with cleft palate and crossed eyes
This Is Why Ligers, Tigons, and Other Tiger/Lion Hybrids Shouldn’t Be Bred

PETA is joining with big-cat rescue groups and taking this catfight to the top.

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Video: Children Scream as Circus Performer Is Attacked by Lion Mid-Show

After the attack, which occurred during a Buffalo Circus show in France, the circus rejected public appeals for the lion to be killed.

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Melha Shrine Circus Brings Cruel Animal Acts Back for 2017, PETA Responds

The Melha Shrine Circus describes itself as “the circus with a purpose,” but there’s no mistaking the purpose of a bullhook.

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VICTORY: Guatemala Bans Animals in Circuses!

The nation has done the right thing for animals by passing a law that bans circuses from using them.

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Tigers Left Without Water Inside Cramped, Broken-Down Truck

The Hawthorn Corporation’s shameful record of animal abuse includes more than 200 violations and goes back nearly two decades.

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Multiple Towns Reject Cruel Animal Acts—PETA Urges More to Follow Suit

Hampton University plans to host Garden Bros. Circus this weekend—find out why PETA is urging the venue to reject animal acts.

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What Is UniverSoul Trying to Hide?

PETA is calling for an investigation into why a county administrator forced animal services officers to stop filming an inspection of the notorious circus.

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PETA Exposés in Retrospect: How Public USDA Information Proved Invaluable

PETA’s successful use of the USDA’s database to expose misconduct by animal facilities—and the agency itself—shows why the records should remain online.

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Former Dade City’s Wild Things President Jailed for Sexual Misconduct

Legal woes are mounting for Randy Stearns and the notorious Dade City’s Wild Things, operated by his parents.

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Naked, Caged ‘Tiger’ Shows How Soulless UniverSoul Circus Really Is

Depriving animals of exercise and needed medical care and confining them to filthy, maggot-infested trucks is pretty soulless.

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(Graphic) Man and Tiger Both Dead After Failed Zoo Break-In

This should never have happened. When will people learn?

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UPDATE: Judge Rules UniverSoul Circus Must Stand Trial

UniverSoul Circus is now headed to trial in a consumer fraud lawsuit concerning the treatment of elephants, tigers, and other animals used in its shows.

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Sir Roger Moore to PM: The Day Has Come to Ban Animal Circuses

Sir Roger Moore has a message for British Prime Minister Theresa May. The actor, humanitarian, and animal advocate urges her to introduce legislation banning wild-animal circuses.

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Big-Cat Exploiter Is a Big Loser on the Vegas Strip

Big-cat exploiter Dirk Arthur’s days in Vegas have come to an end.

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More Citations for The Mobile Zoo, More Reasons to Stay Away

A new round of citations slams the roadside hellhole for keeping animals in dangerous and dirty conditions. We can help shut it down.

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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?” READ MORE

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

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