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Help End Cruel Elephant Rides in Jaipur

Help protect elephants from violence and suffering by requesting that authorities put an end to cruel elephant rides.

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WATCH: Full Documentary Showing the Plight of Captive Elephants in Jaipur

“Where the Elephant Sleeps” by Brigitte U. Kornetzky shows how elephants in Jaipur suffer for tourist rides.

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Gajraj the Elephant’s Journey to Freedom After 51 Years

Gajraj the ailing elephant’s misery has come to an end, and he has arrived at his new home!

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Victory! PETA Campaign Frees Elephant Gajraj After 50 Years of Neglect

After more than 50 long years in chains, Gajraj has been rescued.

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‘Gutted’ Woman’s Plea: Reject Cruel Animal Dissection

A PETA India volunteer stood in front of a stark animal-dissection table with a message for the public: “Try to Relate to Their Fate”.

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Chicks Crushed, Drowned, and Burned to Death for Eggs and Meat

Video obtained by PETA India from Anonymous for Animal Rights taken inside several of India’s hatcheries and farms reveals shocking similarities to U.S. abuses.

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Victory! India Prohibits Import of Reptile Skins and Certain Furs

After hearing from PETA India, lawmakers banned the skins of reptiles as well as many from chinchillas, minks, and foxes from entering the country.

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PETA India Rejoices as Ban On Use Of Bulls In Jallikattu Is Upheld

The India Supreme Court has rejected a bid to allow a cruel “bull-taming” event in which bulls are kicked, punched, and dragged to the ground.

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Victory: India Ends Two Cruel And Archaic Drug-Product Tests On Rabbits

Many tests involve restraining live rabbits while chemicals are applied to their eyes or shaved skin. Rabbits often suffer from ulcers, bleeding, and even blindness. But things are changing!

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Dogs Rescued From Illegal Back-Alley Butcher (Photos)

Acting on a whistleblower’s tip, PETA India mobilizes police and local activists to save two dogs from being slaughtered for their flesh.

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Dadra and Nagar Haveli Bans Caging of Birds

A PETA India appeal prompts authorities in Dadra and Nagar Haveli to order cruelly caged birds to be “set free.”

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This ‘Snake-Worshipping’ Festival Could Be the Death of Snakes

Snakes are often starved, de-fanged, and blinded during the Nag Panchami festival in India. How PETA India is combatting the abuse.

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Victory: A Ban on Killing Animals for Veterinary Training in India!

Thanks to PETA India and Indian lawmakers, countless calves, frogs, rats, guinea pigs, and rabbits will never have to endure the horror of life in a lab.

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Animal Companions
VIDEO: Live Puppies Thrown Into Fire by Group of Children

The horrific footage surfaced in southern India just weeks after a man was filmed throwing a dog off a third story roof in a different city.

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Animal Companions
Shocking Video Shows Smiling Man Throwing a Dog off Roof

The man seen in the video is believed to be a medical student. Would you want him responsible for saving your life?

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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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