More than two years after Dade City’s Wild Things, a roadside zoo in Florida, hurriedly transferred all the tigers out of its facility in an illegal attempt to thwart PETA’s court-ordered site inspection and following a court battle with us over their rescue, two tigers named Remington and Luna arrived at the Turpentine Creek Wildlife … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, PETA France, and other animal rights groups, Pernod Ricard—which owns over 90 wine and spirits brands, including Absolut Vodka, Malibu, and Ballantine’s—ended its financial support of the Union of Paul Ricard Bullfighting Clubs, the largest bullfighting organization in the world.
“Joe Exotic”—the subject of the documentary Tiger King and formerly the operator of the notorious Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park and the primary supplier of big-cat cubs for the cub-petting industry—was sentenced to 22 years in prison on two counts of murder for hire and 17 counts of wildlife-related federal crimes, including killing five tigers … Read more »
Following a vigorous, months-long PETA campaign, Dillan, a morbidly obese Asiatic black bear suffering from painful and life-threatening dental disease, was rescued! He was previously held in a cramped, concrete cage at the Union County Sportsmen’s Club in Pennsylvania, where he was denied veterinary care for his advanced dental disease. Dillan was transferred to The … Read more »
Circo Hermanos Vazquez is no longer using animals! For many years, PETA filed complaints and protested the circus’s use of exotic animals. It was repeatedly cited for failing to have a written program of veterinary care or documentation that animals were receiving such care. It was also cited for denying tigers adequate space and exercise. … Read more »
Following a six-day bench trial in PETA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit against the Tri-State Zoological Park in Maryland, a federal court ruled that Tri-State violated the ESA by failing to provide tigers, lions, and lemurs with adequate veterinary care, including five animals who died during the course of the lawsuit. The ruling also found … Read more »
After discussions with PETA about the cruelty inherent in using animals for entertainment, Be Electric Studios in Brooklyn, New York, made the compassionate decision to ban animal exhibits from all of its events! Wild and exotic animals used at parties, festivals, and other events are often torn away from their mothers as babies, locked inside … Read more »
In 2018, the Highlands County Fair Association in Sebring, Florida, planned to host cruel Loomis Bros. Circus shows but canceled after hearing from thousands of PETA supporters and local residents. When the association was set to host Garden Bros. Circus in 2019, PETA ensured that the show would move forward without animals. But we didn’t … Read more »
PETA has obtained records showing that in Miaoli, Taiwan, a police raid of the Xiangshun Pigeon Racing Chapter resulted in jail sentences for two club officials and fines for 16 pigeon racers. Combined with the prosecutions of people from two other pigeon-racing clubs, this raises the total number of people charged to 239—the most who … Read more »
Following years of work by PETA, Keith Wilson, the owner of Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Virginia, was charged with 46 counts of cruelty to animals. These charges come after state officials inspected the facility and seized more than 100 animals found in squalid and inadequate enclosures, including bears, tigers, lions, primates, and many … Read more »
After PETA alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a video posted on Facebook showing Zootastic Park owner Scottie Brown exhibiting an apparently distressed juvenile tiger at a public event, the agency cited the North Carolina roadside zoo for two violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
After hearing from PETA that circuses tear baby animals away from their mothers, confine them to cages, shackle them with chains, and subject them to violent training sessions, Central Michigan University committed to not hosting any more circuses with animals! The university hosted Jordan World Circus for the last time earlier this month at its … Read more »
The Lawrence County Circuit Court in Alabama dismissed an appeal by Hugo and Franciszka Liebel, who sought to overturn an order that granted custody of Nosey the elephant to a Lawrence County animal control officer. The dismissal means that Nosey remains safe from the people who had chained, exploited, and neglected her for years. At … Read more »
Following dismal ticket sales and years of campaigning by PETA and the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, the Bahia Shrine has finally heeded the public’s call for an end to cruel and dangerous animal acts by nixing its annual circus! The Shriners had contracted with some of the cruelest animal exhibitors in the business—including Carson … Read more »
