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People Are Making Dove Killing Part of Their Wedding Ceremonies

Here’s how people are killing doves at weddings and what you can do about it.

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Victory! Wells Fargo & Guggenheim Partners End Iditarod Sponsorships

Two more sponsors pulled their support for the deadly Iditarod following outreach from PETA. You, too, can take action and make a difference for dogs.

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Commerson’s Dolphin Calf Dies Mere Minutes After Being Born at SeaWorld Aquatica

Another day, another sad story at SeaWorld.

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Curtains for Ringling! Animal Advocates Gather Outside Last-Ever Show

We bid Ringling good riddance with our protest signs still held high. But our work is not yet done.

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Dozens of ‘Dead Orcas’ Storm Los Angeles Freeway to Protest SeaWorld

PETA members and “dead orcas” took over eight I-5 exits on Friday to urge L.A. residents to boycott SeaWorld’s ABUSEment park.

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The Curtain Comes Down on Ringling

It may come as a surprise to most people that PETA loves the circus.

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Disgraced Animal Abuser John Hightower Pleads Guilty to 14 Counts of Cruelty to Animals

The owner of The Mobile Zoo in Alabama was arrested and charged with 28 counts of cruelty to animals in March.

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This Is Why Ligers, Tigons, and Other Tiger/Lion Hybrids Shouldn’t Be Bred

PETA is joining with big-cat rescue groups and taking this catfight to the top.

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‘Wildlife in Need’ … of Rescue! Video of Screaming Bear Cub Prompts Call for Seizure

PETA submitted a USDA complaint after a video emerged of an animal exhibitor dangling a bear cub by her mouth during “Tiger Baby Playtime.”

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It’s Official! No More Cetaceans Will Be Going to Vancouver Aquarium

“At the end of the day this isn’t a political decision, this is the right decision.”

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SeaWorld Won’t Miss This 1.5-Mile-Long ‘Free Corky’ Banner

It took dozens of animal advocates to unfurl the world’s longest anti–orca captivity banner for the world’s longest-held captive orca.

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A ‘Lion’ and ‘Tiger’ Say, ‘Bye, Bye, Animal Abusers,’ Outside Ringling’s Final Opening Night

PETA members rallied outside “the cruelest show on Earth” on Friday to remind folks that there’s still work to be done.

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Watch: Zebra’s Escape Creates Dangerous Situation for the Public and Animal

This bewildered zebra collided with a car, sending shards of glass toward the driver.

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Video: Children Scream as Circus Performer Is Attacked by Lion Mid-Show

After the attack, which occurred during a Buffalo Circus show in France, the circus rejected public appeals for the lion to be killed.

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SeaWorld Attendance and Revenue Continue to Tank, According to Reports

The results are in—and they don’t look good. Had SeaWorld listened to PETA, the first quarter of 2017 might not have been so dismal.

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The first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S., 1980
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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?”

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

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