Victories: Animals in Entertainment

The online deal site Travelzoo decided to pull all Ringling ticket deals and said that it doesn’t plan to promote Ringling ever again.

After hearing about the ‘Pee Wee Rodeo’ scheduled in a California city with events such as goat ribbon untying and mutton busting, we sent an e-mail alert and urged city officials to cancel the event. We were successful and the event was cancelled.

Clothing retailer Anthropologie agreed to remove its live elephant picture from its website and Facebook page.

A Vermont High School has made the compassionate decision to cancel a planned Donkey Basketball event.

A Maryland Preparatory school had planned to offer up a puppy at an auction event, but compassionately decided to remove the puppy from the list of auction items after speaking with PETA.

Gilt Groupe, an online retailer that offers deals on today’s top designer labels, agreed to pull its Ringling Bros. promotions in New York and New Jersey after hearing from PETA!

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended Chief Saunooke’s license and fined it $20,000 for inhumane conditions.

Pizza Factory, a pizza franchise with more than 100 locations in five Western states, pulled its ad that featured a chimpanzee and also confirmed that it won’t use any animals in future ads.

After hearing from PETA, hair salon franchise Great Clips agreed to remove its ad that featured a chimpanzee and also pledged not to feature great apes in future advertising.

Not wanting to contribute to the abuse and neglect of animals used in the entertainment business, Supperclub’s owner pledged never to exhibit wild animals at the club again.

After PETA teamed up with a student activist, a high school “donkey basketball” game has been canceled!

PETA pursued all avenues to ensure that Animal Practice was canceled, and after only five episodes we succeeded! The show’s cancelation proves that viewers aren’t interested in seeing animals exploited for entertainment.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has banned the cruel practice of swimming with captive alligators!

The Yellville “Turkey Drop”—a part of the city’s annual Turkey Trot Festival, in which private planes drop flightless wild turkeys to their deaths from about 1,000 feet above the town—was stopped.

After hearing from PETA, Tieks by Gavrieli pulled its print ad that featured a chimpanzee “actor.”