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Category: Zoos

Chai’s Troubling Timeline: What PETA Is Doing About This Captive Elephant’s Death

PETA is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate Chai’s death after finding several warning signs in her medical records.

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Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation Slapped With $5,000 in Fines

The roadside zoo left animals to languish in 100-degree heat and denied them veterinary care.

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Hollywild Animal Park Slapped With Nearly $19,000 Penalty for Animal Welfare Violations

Hollywild Animal Park is fined by authorities for filthy enclosures and denying animals adequate veterinary care.

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PETA Sues Over Chimpanzee Held in Solitary Confinement for 17 Years

Our lawsuit contends that Joe is being harmed in violation of the Endangered Species Act.

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Chimpanzee Lisa Marie Is Finally Free

Lisa Marie has gone from a tiny cage in a cramped basement to a lush island sanctuary.

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Feds Reward Abusive Circus Instead of Punishing It

Why do the agencies mandated to protect animals give abusers a free pass?

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After Myrtle Beach Zoo’s Solitary Chimpanzee Dies, PETA Demands Answers

PETA is urging federal authorities to look more closely at the roadside zoo in Myrtle Beach, but what can YOU do to help other solitary chimpanzees in captivity?

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Roadside Zoo Lets Tigers Bite Visitors

PETA tipped off authorities to a zoo that was playing fast and loose with visitors’ safety.

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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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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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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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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: 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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“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?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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