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UPDATE: Judge Rules UniverSoul Circus Must Stand Trial

UniverSoul Circus is now headed to trial in a consumer fraud lawsuit concerning the treatment of elephants, tigers, and other animals used in its shows.

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Video Footage Prompts Investigation, Charges Against Canada’s Marineland

More than just aquatic animals are suffering inside this marine park. You won’t be able to erase this footage from your mind.

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Tilikum, subject of the film Blackfish, at SeaWorld in 2013
PETA President: Tilikum Died for His Freedom

“Dying should not be the only way that animals imprisoned at SeaWorld get to escape their tanks.”

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Should Jersey Let PETA Take Over the Circus Drive-In? Shore Thing

On weekends, the Jersey Shore can be a bit of a circus. It’s mostly in good fun, but PETA found one restaurant in need of an animal-friendly makeover.

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Sir Roger Moore to PM: The Day Has Come to Ban Animal Circuses

Sir Roger Moore has a message for British Prime Minister Theresa May. The actor, humanitarian, and animal advocate urges her to introduce legislation banning wild-animal circuses.

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Will the Feds Terminate This Notorious Elephant Abuser’s License?

Hugo Liebel isn’t fit to hold a federal exhibitor’s license, and PETA is calling on authorities to strip him of it without delay.

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SeaWorld San Diego Is Changing Its Orca Shows—to the Same Damn Thing

Prompted by a California law, SeaWorld San Diego will “end” its orca shows this Sunday—but the orcas will still be performing.

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Mourning Tilikum: Vigils Held Across the Country (PHOTOS)

From Orlando to San Diego, activists are gathering outside SeaWorld parks to mourn the death of long-suffering orca Tilikum.

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There’s Never Been a Better Time to Wear Your “SeaWorld Kills” T-Shirt

Many animals imprisoned at SeaWorld often die prematurely from stress and other captivity-related causes, but you can take a stand for them today.

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In Death, Tilikum Is Finally Free

After 30 years in captivity, Tilikum is dead, and PETA is calling on SeaWorld to free the remaining orcas at its parks.

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Ex-Florida Aquarium Employee Blows Whistle on Alleged Cruelty

A former employee-turned-whistleblower reports that stingrays starved and a nurse shark may have died from food-deprivation training methods.

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Southern Resident orca J2, known as Granny
Was This Orca Born Before World War I?

The orca matriarch known as Granny has died.

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Compassionate Celebrities’ Wishes for 2017

Pamela Anderson, Jona Weinhofen, and August Maturo have high hopes for animals and the planet in 2017.

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All These Teens Want for Christmas Is Freedom for Corky

Compassion is at the top of their holiday lists, so they’re asking SeaWorld “Grinch” Joel Manby to release Corky, the world’s longest-held captive orca.

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Town Bans Circuses That Exploit Animals, Passes ‘Mental Distress’ Law

Instead of waiting for circuses to stop exploiting animals, Essex, Ontario, took charge by banning them altogether.

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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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