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Vantage Deluxe World Travel Spares Elephants from Abuse

After hearing from PETA about how elephants are abused in captivity, Vantage World Travel is refusing to let tourists be taken for a ride.

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BØRNS Stands Up for Big Cats Still Abused in Circuses

BØRNS is full of love and compassion, using his powerful voice to speak up for big cats in circuses.

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Rhino in French Zoo Shot Dead by Poachers for His Horn

Vince, a white rhinoceros, was killed in a zoo enclosure Monday night. Poachers sawed off one of his horns after shooting him in the head.

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Casey Affleck-Voiced Animatronic Bear to Ask Feds to Close Cruel Roadside Zoos

PETA’s moving, talking bear will tell USDA exactly how animals suffer in filthy, barren concrete pits.

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Fireworks Scare Penguins at NHL Game, Prompting Backlash

Video footage shows penguins scrambling in terror after fireworks go off at Heinz Field during a Pittsburgh NHL game.

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Shouldn’t Animal-Protection Laws Protect All Animals?

An arbitrary decision means that captive members of 12 threatened and endangered primate species don’t share the same protections as their wild cousins.

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Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium. She has her head above the water and her mouth is open.
Free Lolita! PETA Buys Stock in Miami Seaquarium’s Parent Company

The orca Lolita has had no contact with another member of her species since her tankmate Hugo’s apparent suicide in 1980. It’s time for her to be free.

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How Many Horses Must Suffer Before NYC Bans Horse-Drawn Carriages?

A horse is back on the streets of New York City less than one week after collapsing while pulling a carriage.

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Cross Creek Arena Threatens Circus Opponents

PETA reached out to request an animal-free circus performance. And that was when the correspondence turned ugly.

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What Is UniverSoul Trying to Hide?

PETA is calling for an investigation into why a county administrator forced animal services officers to stop filming an inspection of the notorious circus.

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Suffering and Death: What Instagram Doesn’t Show You About ‘Pig Beach’

This notorious Bahamian island is no paradise—it’s just another tourist trap that exploits animals for profit. Learn how you can be kind to animals when you travel.

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After USDA Website Scrub, PETA Gives Public Nearly 21,000 Records

With its own records release and an impending lawsuit, PETA maintains that taxpayers have the right to access animal-welfare records.

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Newsday Asks for Pictures of Ringling, Is Flooded With Protest Photos

Newsday asked readers to submit photos of their “memories” of Ringling Bros. What the news site got was probably not what it had bargained for.

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PETA Exposés in Retrospect: How Public USDA Information Proved Invaluable

PETA’s successful use of the USDA’s database to expose misconduct by animal facilities—and the agency itself—shows why the records should remain online.

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BREAKING NEWS: Live Video of Giraffe Birth Ends Tragically

Millions have watched a live-stream of a baby giraffe’s birth at Animal Adventure Park in New York, but the ending is heartbreaking.

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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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