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These Petting Zoo Incidents Prove Why You and Your Family Should Stay Far Away

Toddlers suffer from kidney failure. Babies undergo dialysis and transfusions. Grown men are trampled to death by a camel. What’s the common thread? Petting zoos.

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‘Prized’ Horse Stolen From Barn, Butchered

When a “prized” horse was found butchered, a community was horrified. But what about all the American horses sent to Canada and Mexico for slaughter every year?

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Horses Aren’t the Only Ones Dying on Racetracks

People would be surprised to learn how many horses suffer fatal breakdowns every week on racetracks—and that the horses aren’t the only ones whose lives are in danger.

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HUGE VICTORY! European Parliament Votes to End Subsidies for Bullfighting

This could signal the final nail in the coffin for Spain’s already struggling bullfighting industry.

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Months After Her Baby Dies, Beluga Dies Suddenly at Georgia Aquarium

Maris, a female beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium, dies suddenly—just months after losing her calf.

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Something Stinks at SeaWorld … and It’s Not Dead Fish

How far will SeaWorld go to get its way?

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Popular lokai Bracelets Are Now Animal-Friendly

Popular jeweler lokai is helping animals “stay hopeful,” too.

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PETA Wants Clayton Stoner to Take the Michael Vick Empathy Course, Too

The furor over trophy hunting has been ignited anew as NHL player Clayton Stoner faces charges and protests in the killing of a popular grizzly bear.

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Days After Baby Giraffe Dies, Capybara Dies in Same Zoo

How many animals have to die before the Fresno Chaffee Zoo admits that it is unable to provide animals with a safe environment?

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Video: Zoo Dissects Lion Cub in Front of Crowd of Children

Zoos claim to promote conservation, so why was a healthy lion cub killed and then later dissected in front of a crowd of schoolchildren at a Danish zoo?

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Why Are These Bears Living in a Concrete Pit?

An ailing bear waits for help in vain in a Tennessee tourist trap.

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44 Celebrities to Ringling: Retire All Exotic Animals NOW

Three years is too long for Ringling’s elephants to go on suffering, and the circus isn’t retiring its other animals at all. See the petition that 44 celebrities have signed.

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PETA Sends Flowers to Hunter

When a hunter was mauled by a grizzly bear, we decided to send him flowers and ask him to stop hunting for good.

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UPDATE: After PETA Complaint, Illegally Held Tigers Seized by State

After PETA filed a complaint, lawbreaking tiger keeper Mike Stapleton was forced to give up the animals.

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Orca Dies, Critical Action Needed for Animals At France’s Flooded Marineland

Deadly flash floods hit the French Riviera this week – and the casualties include numerous animals who were imprisoned at Marineland, Europe’s biggest marine park.

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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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