PETA and Friends Save Six Alaskan Sea Otters From Aquarium

July 2002

PETA, Earth Island Institute, and several other organizations asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to deny requests from two Japanese aquariums to capture wild Alaskan sea otters for the purpose of public display. As a result, USFWS denied both of the permit applications.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“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