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Video: Gone Too Soon, Young Elephant Dies in Zoo

PETA calls on the Oklahoma City Zoo to stop gambling with the lives of young elephants and immediately halt its breeding program.

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‘The Hobbit’ Actor Works to Get Animals out of Circus Rings

Just like Bilbo Baggins, Martin Freeman has a mission.

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UniverSoul Elephants Given Days Off as Result of Tuberculosis Threat

More city and state officials have given Betty and Bo days off, thanks to the possibility that they may be carrying a contagious disease.

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Video: PETA’s SeaWorld Street Theater Makes People’s Jaws Drop

In nature, orcas live in close-knit pods, much like humans. Females often stay with their mothers for their entire lives. At SeaWorld, it’s a different story.

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Wounded and Scarred Dolphins at the Miami Seaquarium

Make the mistake of visiting the depressing Miami Seaquarium and you won’t be the only one scarred for life.

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Another Zoo Death

A zookeeper killed by a tiger at a New Zealand zoo is just the latest casualty of animals in captivity.

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Video: Dolphin Succumbs to Hunters

A video shared on social media shows the horror of dolphin slaughter and capture—and why you shouldn’t go see these animals in captivity.

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Video: Gorilla Looking at Cell Phone Belongs Where There Aren’t Any

A recent video taken at the Louisville Zoo shows how smart gorillas are—and why they shouldn’t be kept in zoos.

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General Growth Properties Bans Animal Exhibits

The mega-mall owner has also banned the cruel sale of sugar gliders on all of its properties.

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Stratford Square Mall Bans Animal Exhibits

After learning that animals in circuses are confined and beaten, the Illinois-based retailer pledged never to host cruel circus acts again.

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Days-Old Tiger Cub Used as Fair Prop

A tiger cub is being forced to work the fair circuit instead of nursing from his mother.

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Pandas Need to Be Saved From Us

PETA President Ingrid Newkirk takes on the National Zoo’s panda folly in this hard-hitting piece.

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These Shopping Malls Aren’t Selling Out Animals

Mall-management company Macerich puts animal welfare first.

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Video: Bears Trapped in Cages Half-Submerged in Flood in Russia

A flood in Russia’s Far East means an uncertain fate for bears in a zoo.

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No More Wild-Animal Acts in George Carden Circus International

Shrine circus regular says goodbye to wild-animal acts

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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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