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Action Alerts: Animals in Entertainment

Hollywood Animal Trainer Caught on Video Viciously Whipping a Young Tiger

“If … we’d been running a videotape … of the times I struck this animal … PETA would burn this place to the ground.”

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Urge Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer to End Partnership With SeaWorld

Tell Rudolph to stop promoting animal abuse at SeaWorld!

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Urge ‘Sesame Street’ to Stop Promoting SeaWorld!

Urge Sesame Street officials to send the right message to kids by putting an end to appearances and live performances by Elmo, Big Bird, and other Sesame Street characters at SeaWorld.

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BREAKING: PETA’s SeaWorld Campaign Wins Round One—Orca Breeding to End!

The abusement park has agreed to stop orca breeding!

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Urge the DeYoung Family Zoo to Retire Chimpanzees to Reputable Sanctuaries!

Speak up today and urge the roadside zoo to release the chimpanzees to accredited sanctuaries!

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VICTORY: Tootie free from Stump Hill Farm at last!

The Ohio Department of Agriculture has rescued Tootie from his imprisonment and granted him a new lease on life!

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UPDATE: Virginia’s Last Racetrack Closes Doors for Good

Thank you to everyone who urged the owners of Colonial Downs racetrack to renovate the land for nonracing purposes.

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Something Fishy About Florida Education Department’s SeaWorld Promotions

Please urge the Florida Department of Education to honor its word and stop promoting SeaWorld’s cruel confinement of marine mammals!

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Act Now to Ban Horse Slaughter!

Urge your representatives to pass the bipartisan Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act (U.S. H.R. 3475/S. 2037)—which would prohibit the slaughter of horses for human consumption.

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Bosco the Bear Has Died, but Other Animals Need Your Help—Take Action!

You can help Bosco and the other animals! Urge Pymatuning to close its doors permanently.

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Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium. She has her head above the water and her mouth is open.
The Miami Seaquarium Announced a Plan to Send the Orca Lolita to a Seaside Sanctuary Too Late

Now, PETA is urging the Seaquarium to continue with plans to send the dolphin Li’i, Lolita’s former tankmate, to a seaside sanctuary and to do the same for all the other dolphins there.

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Urge UniverSoul Circus to End All Cruel Animal Acts

Join PETA in asking UniverSoul to eliminate all cruel animal acts from its performances!

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Victory! Take Action for Cecil the Lion

Lions in central and western Africa will now be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.

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PETA’s Investigation Inside Japanese Horse Slaughterhouse

Urge your legislators to co-sponsor bills which would prevent horse slaughter in the U.S. and end the transport of American horses to slaughterhouses in Canada, Japan, and Mexico.

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UPDATE: Maryland Community Pool Cancels ‘Goldfish Swim’!

Thank you to everyone who spoke out and to the community association for its compassionate decision to cancel this activity!

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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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