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Category: Elephants

What’s the Latest City to Ban Bullhooks?

Miami Beach officials are the latest to recognize that bullhooks and whips are inhumane.

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Victory! No More Whips and Bullhooks in Clatsop County

See how one very determined person made a very real difference.

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Illegally Imprisoned Elephant Suffering From ‘Massive’ Wound (Photo)

A health inspection has revealed the horrific effects of constant chaining on Sunder, an elephant still imprisoned in defiance of a court order.

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After Woman Is Nearly Killed by Elephant, USDA Slaps Owner With Penalty

Patricia Zerbini let a frustrated captive elephant nearly kill a woman. Now it’s Zerbini’s turn to pay.

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PETA Protests Circus World for Knowingly Hiring Elephant Abusers

PETA members—led by a “bloodied,” bandaged “elephant”—protest Circus World’s cruel partnership with Carson & Barnes Circus.

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This 5-Year-Old Will Change the Way Everyone Thinks About the Circus (Video)

A trip to the circus changed one 5-year-old girl. And now she’s aiming to change the world.

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Update: Circus Ignores Elephant in the Room—and Boy Standing Behind Her

A man and a boy grab a dangerous photo op after a circus lets elephants enter an unsecured area.

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Update: Animal Trainer Who Starved Elephant Denied Another Exhibitor License

The USDA has denied an abusive animal trainer’s request for a new exhibitor license.

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High Court Orders Sunder’s Release to Sanctuary

The campaign for his release spanned 21 months as people in India and around the world worked to save him from his abusers.

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Herd of ‘Elephants’ Gives Ringling a Not-so-Warm Welcome

PETA unleashes its herd of inflatable pachyderms on the “Greatest Shame on Earth.”

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Meet Karen: 45 Years of Suffering in the Circus (Video)

Karen was captured as a baby 45 years ago and forced into the circus. Years of chaining and beatings have taken their toll. Will she ever be free?

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Making Money From Misery

Exhibitors haul vulnerable animals around to make money while flouting federal animal-protection laws.

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Oakland Tightens Its Grip on Circuses

It’s unanimous. Oakland has had it with circuses clowning around with animals’ health and welfare.

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India to End Elephant Use in Circuses

You can help bring about a ban on the use of all animals in Indian circuses. Take action today.

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Baby Elephant Being Trained for the Circus by Ringling Brothers
Victory! Los Angeles Bans Cruel Bullhooks

The Los Angeles City Council sends a strong message to elephant abusers, leaving circuses scrambling and elefriends celebrating.

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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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