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National Aquarium Announces That Dolphins Will Go to Sanctuary

In a monumental decision, the National Aquarium announces that it will move forward with plans to send the eight bottlenose dolphins there to a sanctuary.

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Petting Zoo Nightmare: ‘It Wasn’t Dead, But I Thought It Might Be Dying’

According to reports, local authorities were called in to investigate after a kangaroo seen laying on pavement at a petting zoo began foaming at the mouth.

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Video: Heavily Drugged Lion Used as Photo Prop in Indonesian Safari Park

Captured on camera: an extremely “sleepy” young lion is forcibly propped up as tourists pose for their holiday snaps at Taman Safari park.

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How Does Groupon Give Animals a Raw Deal?

Groupon continues to offer discount tickets to abusive animal attractions, so PETA became a shareholder to shake things up from the inside.

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Video: Lion Charges at Toddler in Zoo, Stopped Only by Glass Enclosure

Lions don’t belong in zoos.

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An Orca Desperate to Get Home: Morgan Deliberately Beached Herself

She is frantic to get back to the ocean home that she remembers and misses.

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Distressed Elephant Caged in Tiny Electrified Enclosure

The Shriners owe the public an explanation for their outdated, cruel decision to exploit beleaguered elephant Nosey.

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Is This Finally the End for Thailand’s Tiger Temple?

137 tigers are being seized and transferred from Thailand’s notorious Tiger Temple, where tigers are beaten, drugged and exploited for profit.

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PETA Asks Leading Medical Journal for Retraction

Ringling Bros. employees co-authored a paper published in a leading medical journal, and let’s just say that it has some problems.

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HSBC Pulls Ad – There’s Suffering Behind Dolphin Kisses

There’s nothing cute about exploiting marine mammals.

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Gorilla Pays With His Life for Others’ Negligence

The death of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo exemplifies the cruelty of captivity.

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Japan’s Oldest Elephant Dies After Decades Alone

She hadn’t seen another elephant in years.

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The Worst-Performing Major Theme Park in North America Is …

This attendance graph looks like the trajectory of a skydiving jump.

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The Case of the Las Vegas Orangutan Beater Continues to Make History

Cages and beatings are routine for ape “actors”—and that’s why we’ll never give up until every great ape is out of show business.

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Captive Dolphins Need a Full, Rich Social Life

Drs. Ingrid Visser and Denise Herzing explore the world of these deeply intellectual and social animals and explain why life in a tank will never be enough.

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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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