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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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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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Big-Cat Exploiter Is a Big Loser on the Vegas Strip

Big-cat exploiter Dirk Arthur’s days in Vegas have come to an end.

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Watching This Chimpanzee Experience Virtual Reality Will Crush You

How would you feel if you were stuck inside a foreign virtual world?

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Chrissie Hynde Urges a Michigan Roadside Zoo to Free Solitary Chimpanzees

Join Chrissie Hynde in speaking up and urging The DeYoung Family Zoo to release solitary chimpanzees Louie and Tommy to an accredited sanctuary.

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Facility That Kept Chimpanzee in Solitary for Years Loses Its License

Joe the chimpanzee is already safe—now the other animals held captive at The Mobile Zoo may be sent to sanctuaries, too.

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Andy Serkis Voices a Suffering, Lonely Chimpanzee

Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis joins call for release of endangered ape from roadside zoo.

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Think of These Cubs Struggling to Swim the Next Time You See a Tiger Selfie

People actually pay for a memory of tiger cub abuse.

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More Citations for The Mobile Zoo, More Reasons to Stay Away

A new round of citations slams the roadside hellhole for keeping animals in dangerous and dirty conditions. We can help shut it down.

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Dade City’s Wild Things Asks, ‘Does This Look Like Abuse to You?’ Yes, It Does.

In a strange twist, Florida tiger abusers release a video … confirming their abuse.

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Lily Tomlin to Roadside Zoo: Animals Should Be Free—and That’s the Truth

Summer Wind Farms has a pile of citations and is embroiled in a PETA lawsuit. So area native Lily Tomlin is calling for curtains on the captive-animal display.

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These Baby Tigers in Social Media Photos Were Stolen From Their Mothers

Baby animals don’t want to be photo props—they want to stay with their mothers.

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N.C. Police Threaten to ‘Arrest’ PETA’s Robotic Bear (Photos)

What seems to be the problem, Officer?

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Casey Affleck’s 7-Foot-Tall Robotic Bear Takes on Cherokee Bear Zoo

PETA’s moving, speaking robotic bear captivates children and encourages parents to steer clear of bear pits.

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Did This North Korean Zoo Hook a Chimpanzee on Cigarettes to Sell Tickets?

Around the world, shabby roadside tourist attractions like this zoo are failing—and harming—great apes. When will the animals’ suffering end?

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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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