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Suspicious Elephant Death at Carson & Barnes Prompts PETA Complaint

PETA wants authorities to investigate whether circus’ failure to provide adequate veterinary care to long-suffering elephant led to death.

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Friend or Faux? Pamela Anderson Wants Elephants to Be Both in Indian Parade

Actor offers to provide realistic stand-ins for elephants in Indian parade.

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Elephants Don’t Want to Be Your Pal

News flash: Elephants can kill.

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Must-see Film, Tyke Elephant Outlaw, Now Available on Netflix

Two decades after an elephant named Tyke was gunned down in Hawaii, a new documentary shows how far we’ve come and where we’re going regarding captive elephants.

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Chained Circus Protesters Take on Cruelty at the Capitol

Do bodypainted ladies standing outside get attention? You bet they do.

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A New Ending for Tim Burton’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’?

After Ringling pledges to end elephant acts, PETA calls on the director of the new Dumbo film to make sure a CGI-created title character finds his freedom.

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12 Celebrity Reactions to Ringling’s Big Announcement

A look at what celebrities are saying about Ringling phasing out the use of elephants!

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Why Are Zoos Sentencing Elephants to Solitary Confinement?

Lonely elephants, insane bears, and dejected dogs receive help from PETA.

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UniverSoul Circus Cited for Abusive Behavior Toward Elephant

A whistleblower reported that a handler with the circus forced an apparently fearful elephant to leave the stage by inserting a bullhook into the animal’s mouth.

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Hippo Dies After Months of Circus Neglect

Carson & Barnes Circus is cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture after an emaciated pygmy hippopotamus named Katie was found dead.

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PETA India Turns Sunder’s Home Into Free-Roaming, Forested Sanctuary

PETA India and Bannerghata Biological Park have teamed up to create India’s first free-roaming elephant sanctuary.

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Ringling Ignoring Veterinarian’s Treatment Orders

Jammed into boxcars, elephants used by Ringling go days without medication.

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It’s Indisputable: Bullhooks Are on the Way Out

Austin becomes the latest city to tackle circus cruelty.

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Chai and Bamboo Have Earned Their Retirement—but Will They Get It?

The Woodland Park Zoo should do the right thing and send elephants Chai and Bamboo to a sanctuary.

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Washington Can’t Ignore This Elephant in the Room

See what happens when PETA’s “elephant” takes over Capitol Hill.

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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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