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Action Alerts: Animals in Entertainment

Bear Necessities: Tell the USDA to Ban Bear Pits Now

Please join us in calling on the USDA to do its job and ban bear pits now!

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Urge the San Antonio Bowl Association to ‘Remember the Alamo’ and Not Support SeaWorld!

Please urge the San Antonio Bowl Association to stop supporting SeaWorld until the orcas are safely transitioned to seaside sanctuaries.

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VICTORY: Barbaric ‘Toro de la Vega’ Bull Stabbing Festival Finally Banned!

A horrific annual “festival” in which men on foot and horseback pursue and stab a terrified young bull to death, has just effectively been banned!

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Orlando Church Bans Use of Live Animals in Sermons!

Church in the Son in Orlando, Florida has now vowed not to use live animals again!

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VICTORY! Urge the Mobile Zoo to Retire Joe to an Accredited Sanctuary

Thanks to pressure from PETA’s Endangered Species Act lawsuit and the nearly 85,000 supporters who signed an action alert calling for Joe the chimpanzee’s retirement, Joe has been moved from The Mobile Zoo to Save the Chimps sanctuary!

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Paul White Chevrolet Pulled Orangutan Ads

After thousands of PETA supporters wrote to Paul White Chevrolet with complaints about its commercials featuring an orangutan named Popi, the dealership pulled the commercials from the air.

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Urge SeaWorld to Send Dolphins and Whales to Seaside Sanctuaries!

Help all the animals imprisoned by SeaWorld today by asking the company to establish a firm and rapid plan to release them into sanctuaries.

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Big Cats in Las Vegas Need Your Help!

Sources confirmed in August that Westgate has no plans to schedule Arthur’s act—effectively marking an end to the use of big cats in performances on the Las Vegas Strip!

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Help Polar Bears at the Saddest Zoo in the World

Polar bears, walrus calves, beluga whales, and wolves are languishing in a zoo with no natural light. Sign the petition to close the zoo!

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Update: Riverview Baptist Church Cancels ‘Chicken Chase’!

PETA has just learned that the event has been canceled!

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Torture Festival Banned in Mexico!

Government officials have finally banned this horrific spectacle!

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GEICO Promises No More Chimpanzee ‘Actors’!

After you and more than 51,000 other PETA supporters wrote to GEICO with complaints about its recent commercial featuring a chimpanzee “actor,” the company has promised never again to feature chimpanzees and other great apes in its commercials!

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Happy Needs You—She’s All Alone at the Bronx Zoo

Happy has been kept isolated for almost a decade. Please join us in urging the Bronx Zoo to send Happy to a sanctuary!

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Bubbles Needs You—She’s All Alone

Bubbles hasn’t had contact with another elephant for 31 years. Please join us in urging Doc Antle to send Bubbles to a sanctuary.

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Shirley Needs You—She’s All Alone at Wild Adventures

Shirley is 71 years old and has been kept isolated for four years. Please join us in urging Wild Adventures to send Shirley to a sanctuary.

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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?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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