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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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7 Disturbing Dolphin Facts SeaWorld Doesn’t Want You to Know

Dolphins in captivity are deprived of everything that is natural and important to them. Here are seven reasons why they don’t belong at SeaWorld.

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In Japan, Thoroughbreds Race or Die

A look at a heartbreaking series of photos that show what happens to thoroughbred horses in Japan.

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Don’t Miss Morgan Spurlock’s Latest Exposé

Morgan Spurlock takes on zoos in his latest investigation.

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Top 5 Reasons Jack Hanna Can’t Save SeaWorld

SeaWorld found the perfect shill: Jack Hanna.

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Tell Colton Dixon and Lecrae to Cancel Show at SeaWorld!

SeaWorld Orlando is targeting Christians by hosting a Christian musical festival called Praise Wave.

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Super Bowl XLIX’s Ads: A Win for Animals

Wowed by the Super Bowl’s mechanical lion, adorable dancing sharks, and computer generated turtle and hare? So were we!

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Will the U.S. Stand Alone in Condoning Circus Cruelty?

Mexico becomes the latest country to ban circuses that use animals.

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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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Victory: Mexico Bans Animals in Circuses!

Mexico continues to do the right thing for animals. Circuses as well as traveling marine mammal acts are now banned.

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Whistleblower Reports Apparently Injured, Distressed Animals at Roadside Zoo

A whistleblower has contacted PETA to report dangerous working conditions, apparently injured animals, and animal attacks on humans at G.W.

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PETA to Gordon Ramsay: Cut the Monkey Business. And He Does!

Is chef Gordon Ramsay showing his soft side?

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PETA Demands Action After 30 Captive Animals Die in Fire, Cold Weather

It was a deadly week for animals in captivity.

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Heartbreaking Drone Footage Shows Lolita in Her Tiny, Lonely Tank

New aerial photography shows 7,000-pound orca Lolita in her tank―the smallest orca tank in America―where she has lived since she was captured from her pod 44 years ago.

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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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