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Victory! PETA Campaign Frees Elephant Gajraj After 50 Years of Neglect

After more than 50 long years in chains, Gajraj has been rescued.

SeaWorld’s ‘Electric Ocean’ Show Is a Dud (but Torture for Animals)

Instead of investing in a plan to release long-suffering captive animals into seaside sanctuaries, SeaWorld is tormenting them with booming music and fireworks.

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Two More EU Countries Just Banned Wild-Animal Acts

As the world comes to understand that animals are not ours to use for entertainment, entire nations are forbidding cruel circus performances.

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The Tigers From Your Vacation Selfies Could Be on Laos Restaurant Menus

Fewer tigers exist in the wild than are held captive on farms, yet restaurants in Southeast Asia serve the big cats’ meat.

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Latin American Citizens Unite Against Animal Circus

PETA and LULAC have a lot in common. And now, they can add one more item to the list: standing up for animals abused in circuses.

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A bloodied bull is deeply stabbed by a matador's sword during a bullfight. San Sebastian de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain

Video Reveals Matador Gored to Death in “Sport” That Takes 40,000 Lives

Anyone who’s even slightly familiar with this blood sport knows an agonizing death occurs every time that a bull is forced to fight.

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Oklahoma Roadside Zoo and Affiliates Under Fire for Big-Cat Cub Dealings

PETA alerted authorities that G.W. Zoo shipped too-young tiger cubs across the country and that an affiliated business uses them for mall photo-ops.

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Pamela Anderson Questions SeaWorld on PETA’s Behalf at Annual Meeting

Anderson is urging the ‘abusement’ park finally to take the only step that can save the company: Retire all animals to seaside sanctuaries.

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Icon Cloris Leachman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Cloris Leachman is a film and television icon, and for animals, she’s just as much a legend. PETA celebrates her with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Bears Trapped in Sunken Pits Beg Tourists for Food

See the disturbing video footage captured by an eyewitness.

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Chimpanzee forced to ride a tricycle in a staged show at German amusement park Schwabenpark

PETA Germany Shuts Down Germany’s Last Chimpanzee Show

Animal advocates in Germany are saying “Auf Wiedersehen” to the abusive chimpanzee act—the last of its kind—at Baden-Württemberg’s Schwaben Park amusement park.

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San Diego Airport Changes Rules in Order to Ban PETA’s Anti-SeaWorld Ad

The airport has rejected PETA’s message, despite the numerous alterations that have been made in order to comply with increasingly ridiculous guidelines.

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Helpless Donkey Mauled to Death by Tigers at China Zoo

You won’t believe what caused this death.

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Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium. She has her head above the water and her mouth is open.

Hope for Lolita: Feds Agree That Her Tiny Tank May Violate the Law

We’re calling on the Miami Seaquarium to end Lolita’s decades of deprivation by releasing her into a seaside sanctuary as soon as possible.

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At Least 12 People Inevitably Injured in Chaotic Bull Run

For some asinine reason, some people get a kick out of watching animals suffer.

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