After hosting Culpepper & Merriweather Circus, the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Wimberley, Texas, made the compassionate decision to bar animal circuses from performing there in the future! This circus has a history of serious animal welfare concerns, including one instance in which a tiger cub was confiscated after he was found housed inside … Read more »
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, SRSA Commercial Real Estate committed to not hosting any more circuses with animals! The Northgate Mall in Lafayette, Louisiana—managed by SRSA—had previously hosted Carson & Barnes Circus. … Read more »
After 26 years of hosting notoriously cruel animal circuses such as Cole Bros. Circus (which is no longer touring), Kelly Miller Circus (which has since dropped animal acts), and the Zerbini Family Circus, the Dalton Lions Club in Massachusetts announced that it will no longer host animal circuses! In a statement, the club’s president said, … Read more »
Following numerous requests from PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license of notorious elephant exhibitor Hugo Liebel, who spent decades using Nosey, an ailing elephant, for rides and circus shows. Without a license, Liebel cannot exhibit AWA-regulated animals such as Nosey.
After hearing from PETA and more than 300,000 of our supporters about the egregious cruelty inherent in elephant rides, Booking.com made the compassionate move to ban not only these rides but also aquariums that hold dolphins and whales captive (including SeaWorld) as well as performances and direct interactions with certain wild-animal species. Help keep victories … Read more »
Following years of collaborative discussions with PETA, Airbnb announced comprehensive Animal Experience policy guidelines that prohibit any activities involving direct contact with wild animals, including elephant rides, “swim with dolphins” excursions, and tiger-cub petting. The company also prohibits facilities with captive marine mammals, including SeaWorld. Airbnb joins the growing list of companies that have cut … Read more »
Following years of collaborative discussions with PETA, TripAdvisor has stopped selling tickets to any facility that displays captive cetaceans, including SeaWorld. The travel giant joins Alaska, British Airways, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, Sunwing, and WestJet airlines—along with dozens of other companies—in cutting ties with the abusement park.
Garden Bros. Circus was planning to take its cruel elephant act to The Corbin Arena in Kentucky, despite a local ordinance prohibiting the possession of wild animals for display or exhibition purposes. After PETA alerted the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources to the planned performance, the agency pledged to inform both the venue … Read more »
Last year, the Highlands County Fair Association in Sebring, Florida, canceled planned Loomis Bros. Circus shows after hearing from concerned local residents and thousands of PETA members and supporters. This year, on November 21, the association is hosting Garden Bros. Circus but won’t allow animals! This is a victory for the elephants, camels, and horses … Read more »
After PETA and more than 96,000 people urged Fodor’s to update its travel guides to include information about the cruelty inherent in elephant rides—including how elephants used for them are beaten into submission and forced to spend much of their lives in chains—its website now reflects the truth: “Riding elephants is cruel.” The travel guide … Read more »
Following a spirited protest by members of PETA and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) against animal exhibitor Wild World of Animals at the Bellmore Street Festival, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores in New York agreed not to host animal acts again at the fair or any of its other events! During PETA … Read more »
After PETA urged Trader Joe’s to redesign the packaging of several products that showed animals performing circus tricks—including its toilet paper, its Bamba snacks, and some of its peanut butter jars—the company updated all the imagery to be animal-free. This compassionate decision is a victory for elephants, tigers, bears, and other animals who are carted … Read more »
Notorious tiger handler Doug Terranova’s exhibitor license was finally revoked. In 2016, it was suspended for 30 days, but a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) judicial officer decided that a suspension was not enough, permanently revoking Terranova’s license and fining his company $64,700 in civil penalties. PETA had been monitoring Terranova for years and submitted … Read more »
Kathy Stearns, owner of the roadside zoo Dade City’s Wild Things, was arrested on three felony charges related to her alleged fraudulent fundraising and theft of donor funds. The charges were prompted by a PETA complaint that also led to a state civil lawsuit against Wild Things.
