Victories: Animals in Entertainment

Oak Haven Farms & Winery in Sorrento, Florida, canceled its plans to use Nosey the elephant for rides.

F.H. Furr pledged never to feature any animals in advertisements going forward.

An Ohio recreation center “donkey basketball” game was cancelled!

International Market World agreed not to offer rides on Nosey the elephant.

PETA’s ongoing correspondence with car manufacturer Volkswagen has led to the company’s recent decision to stop airing an ad featuring a capuchin monkey.

We shared concerns with officials and organizers after hearing that an Oregon city planned to include live animals in a nativity scene later this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture finally brought the hammer down on Jambbas Ranch, a roadside zoo that has an appalling history of failing animals.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the Cherokee Bear Zoo in North Carolina for violations of federal laws protecting workers.

Restoration Hardware agreed to allow PETA to find a good private home or sanctuary for four birds, where they could live closer to how nature intended!

When concerned residents alerted us to a private rodeo involving horse tripping and running animals to exhaustion, we helped to get officials on the scene, and the event was promptly shut down.

PETA and compassionate citizens sent letters to Glendale officials urging them to protect the safety of animals and the public, and this year, Glendale prohibited Ramos Bros. from bringing exotic animals into the city!

November 2013 After receiving information from PETA about Serenity Springs—a roadside zoo in Colorado with a long history of tiger deaths—the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service denied the facility’s application for a permit to breed more tiger cubs and various other species because of its record of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.

Carnival operators have made the lawful and compassionate decision no longer to give animals away as prizes.

Illinois carnival operators made the compassionate decision no longer to give live animals away as prizes.

A Tampa festival has made the compassionate decision no longer to give live animals away as prizes!