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Category: Elephants

Why Are These Bears Living in a Concrete Pit?

An ailing bear waits for help in vain in a Tennessee tourist trap.

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44 Celebrities to Ringling: Retire All Exotic Animals NOW

Three years is too long for Ringling’s elephants to go on suffering, and the circus isn’t retiring its other animals at all. See the petition that 44 celebrities have signed.

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‘The Hobbit’ Actor Works to Get Animals out of Circus Rings

Just like Bilbo Baggins, Martin Freeman has a mission.

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UniverSoul Elephants Given Days Off as Result of Tuberculosis Threat

More city and state officials have given Betty and Bo days off, thanks to the possibility that they may be carrying a contagious disease.

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No More Wild-Animal Acts in George Carden Circus International

Shrine circus regular says goodbye to wild-animal acts

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Tuberculosis Fears Stop Elephant Performances in Dallas

When PETA alerted Dallas County officials that elephants with UniverSoul Circus might be carrying TB, the animals were barred from performing.

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Victory! Austin, Texas Latest City to Ban Bullhooks

The Austin City Council voted 10-1 to ban the use of bullhooks.

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Congress Rallies to Help Nosey

The long-suffering elephant Nosey has some friends in high places—32 of them, to be exact.

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PETA Petitions OSHA to Bar Direct Contact With Elephants

High rates of human fatalities, injuries and elephant abuse have been cited.

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Hundreds of Protestors Line the Streets as Ringling Pulls into L.A.

As California considers a statewide ban on bullhooks, SoCal residents come out in droves to let Ringling know how they feel about The Cruelest Show on Earth.

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Ringling’s Celeb Outreach Backfires: Read RSVPs From Pam Anderson & Jillian Michaels

In a hilarious PR misstep, Ringling Bros. invited well-known anti-circus advocates Pamela Anderson and Jillian Michaels to its show at L.A.’s Staples Center.

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Mexico’s Ban on Animals in Circuses Begins Today

Elephants, tigers, and other wild animals will no longer be chained, caged, and beaten into performing tricks in circuses anywhere in Mexico.

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The Corpses Are Piling Up at Carson & Barnes

Elephants run amok—did Carson & Barnes Circus run afoul of the law?

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Why Are the Feds Licensing Animal Abusers?

Why bother having laws to protect animals if they aren’t enforced?

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Victory! Richmond, Virginia, Latest City to Ban Bullhooks

Thanks to the Richmond City Council and the city’s compassionate residents, soon elephants will no longer be subjected to abuse and deprivation as part of circus performances.

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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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