West Coast Game Park Safari owner Brian Tenney was sentenced to 7.5 years of incarceration after pleading guilty to 47 criminal charges, including 43 counts of animal neglect. The case was sparked by PETA’s reports of ongoing neglect at Tenney’s operation to Oregon State Police beginning in 2024 until law enforcement raided the roadside zoo … Read more »
Following discussions with PETA, Spain-based hospitality giant Meliá Hotels International confirmed that it will no longer allow attractions or encounters involving live animals at its properties. Animals used for interactions and photo opportunities are often warehoused in dirty enclosures and cramped conditions. Transporting animals and displaying them in crowded areas risks further stress, leading them … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and our supporters about how bears suffer at Three Bears General Store, Vera Bradley discontinued product sales to the store! At Three Bears General Store, bears are confined to a virtually barren concrete pit with nothing to do but pace back and forth and beg tourists for food. Bears can travel … Read more »
After receiving nearly 20,000 emails from PETA supporters, the Porter County Fair in Indiana canceled the scheduled Live Shark Encounter exhibit. This traveling exhibit keeps live sharks and stingrays in small tanks and allows fairgoers to touch and harass the animals. A similar business, Sea Lion Splash, confines sea lions to small, above-ground pools and … Read more »
Following sustained pressure from PETA over forcing wild animals into stressful public interactions, Ethel-based roadside zoo Magnolia Wilds has announced that, under new management, it will end its exploitative animal encounters and rebrand as Sanctuary Hill. Roadside zoos run by scofflaw exhibitors pose serious dangers to animals and the public, and PETA welcomes Magnolia Wilds’ … Read more »
Following more than a decade of legal advocacy work by PETA exposing the horrific conditions at the Kirshner Wildlife Foundation, four tigers once confined at what we called “The Worst Roadside Zoo in America” have finally been rescued. After Kirshner was forced by California regulators to shut down, the tigers were shuffled to a sham … Read more »
After hearing from PETA supporters and animal defenders from across the state of Illinois, the governor signed a bill to ban the use of big cats, primates, and bears in circuses and traveling acts, building on an existing law that prohibits traveling elephant acts. Traveling exhibitors force wild animals to perform for human entertainment under … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the suffering endured by dolphins exploited for “swim with” attractions, Aulani—a Disney Resort & Spa in Hawaii—and Hawks Cay Resort in Florida, have both confirmed that they no longer offer the harmful encounters. Dolphins used for encounters are unable to swim long distances or escape conflicts from other frustrated animals, … Read more »
Following over 600,000 messages sent by PETA supporters, dozens of demonstrations at venues hosting the circus, and a barrage of public support for Viola the elephant, Jordan World Circus stopped using elephants. Jordan World had been using elephants supplied by Carson & Barnes Circus, including Viola, who has been hauled across the country in circus … Read more »
After years of reporting West Coast Game Park to federal authorities who failed to take action for egregious animal welfare violations, PETA supplied evidence of clear neglect to the Oregon State Police, which executed search warrants in May 2025 and confiscated all 322 animals who were suffering there. Law enforcement officials pressed criminal charges against … Read more »
Natural Bridge Zoo owner Gretchen Mogensen, former owners Debbie and Karl Mogensen, the roadside zoo’s former veterinarian, and its former elephant trainer were indicted by a Virginia grand jury on 55 criminal counts of torturing, overdriving, or cruelty to animals and 8 felony counts of forgery of a public record. The indictments follow the Virginia … Read more »
More than 150 dogs have died in the Iditarod, including Ventana, who was raced to death while pregnant last year. After learning about this cruelty, Snowy River Equipment Sales, a now-former sponsor of Seeing Double Sled Dog Racing—a kennel owned by Iditarod mushers Anna and Kristy Berington—has committed to not supporting the dogsledding industry in … Read more »
After two years of incessant pushing by PETA, and reams of evidence of jockey Jose Nicasio riding at deadly unregulated California racetracks, the California Horse Racing Board suspended Nicasio’s license and banned him from ever reapplying. This sent a clear message to jockeys, trainers, and owners that participating in bush track races, where horses are … Read more »
The USDA suspended the license of Canton Grand Safari, a roadside zoo in Texas, following multiple complaints from PETA, which included eyewitness reports and social media videos revealing that the roadside zoo was allowing dangerous hands-on interactions with young monkeys.
PETA learned that notorious animal exhibitor, Trunks and Humps, supplied animals for a Christmas event at a church in Texas, resulting in a camel kicking an audience member in the head, apparently knocking her unconscious. After PETA filed a complaint with the USDA alerting it to this incident, the agency issued Trunks and Humps a … Read more »
