Category: Elephants

It’s business as usual at Ringling Bros.

When Ringling invited a camera crew to its “Center for Elephant Conservation” in a bid to convince people that the animals aren’t abused, the plan backfired.

Although the tune “Roar” is a hit, one notable young lady is clearly not a fan: Suzy, Katy’s reluctant elephant costar in the song’s video.

A show that filmed exotic animals being gunned down has breathed its last breath.

West Hollywood cements its position as the most animal-friendly town in America by unanimously passing a ban on circus acts involving exotic animals.

Fifty years ago, Martin Luther King dreamed of the end of injustice. We are helping to fulfill that dream, and you can, too.

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world are calling for the release of Mali.

In Paul McCartney‘s 9/11 tribute song, “Freedom,” he sings, “This is my right, a right given by God, to live a free life, to live in freedom.” Now the music legend is making a personal appeal for Mali—an Asian elephant who was stolen from her family at 3 years old and imprisoned at the Manila Zoo in … Read more »

Hugo Liebel of the notorious Liebel Family Circus planned to rent out long-suffering elephant Nosey for rides at The Blue Water Fest in Port Huron, Michigan. But after the festival’s organizers heard from PETA about the circus’s long history of violations of the Animal Welfare Act, they told Liebel that they had a jumbo-sized problem with … Read more »

Bob’s latest effort for elephants involves pushing to get bullhooks and prolonged chaining banned in Rhode Island.

The week isn’t going so well for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The company had been benefiting from online promotions through Travelzoo, a site that offers discounts and deals on travel and entertainment. But that was before PETA and its supporters stepped in. iStockphoto.com/nickfallows PETA sent Travelzoo information about Ringling’s long history of animal abuse. We … Read more »