Feds Take Aim at Bearadise Ranch After TV Crew Feeds 300-Pound Bear
Bearadise Ranch cited after news crew pets, feeds bear
Feds Take Aim at Bearadise Ranch After TV Crew Feeds 300-Pound Bear

After receiving a tip from PETA, the USDA slapped Bearadise Ranch owner Monica Welde with a critical citation and an official warning.

How Many More Cubs Will Die Before Oswald’s Bear Ranch Shapes Up?
New Report: Two More Dead Cubs at Oswald’s Bear Ranch
How Many More Cubs Will Die Before Oswald’s Bear Ranch Shapes Up?

Oswald’s Bear Ranch didn’t rescue any bears in 2021. But the Michigan tourist trap did purchase cubs from animal dealers. Half of those cubs are now dead.

Woody’s Menagerie Owner Buys and Sells Animals and Has a History of Sending Them to Slaughterhouses
Woody’s Menagerie Owner Buys and Sells Animals and Has a History of Sending Them to Slaughterhouses

This shady intermediary of the roadside zoo industry buys and sells animals and has a history of sending them to slaughter. Take action against roadside zoos!

PETA’s New Video Exposes ‘Tiger King 2’ Villain Tim Stark’s Cruelty to Cubs
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PETA’s New Video Exposes ‘Tiger King 2’ Villain Tim Stark’s Cruelty to Cubs

A new PETA video includes footage of baby big cats who died at Tim Stark’s facility following declawing surgeries. Learn more about this “Tiger King 2” player.

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Oswald’s Bear Ranch No Longer Legally Permitted to Offer Cub Petting Until 2026
Oswald's Bear Ranch
Oswald’s Bear Ranch No Longer Legally Permitted to Offer Cub Petting Until 2026

PETA has notified the Michigan Department of Natural Resources that Oswald’s Bear Ranch is no longer legally permitted to offer cub petting until at least 2026.

Remember Dolly, the 76th Bear PETA Rescued? See Her and Her Fox Friends Reveling in Sanctuary Life (Video)
Dolly the bear at a sanctuary home
Remember Dolly, the 76th Bear PETA Rescued? See Her and Her Fox Friends Reveling in Sanctuary Life (Video)

PETA rescued Dolly the bear and three foxes from Sunrise Side Nature Trail and Exotic Park, a now-defunct roadside zoo. See them loving their new massive naturalistic habitats.

Joaquin Phoenix, a True ‘Brother Bear,’ Sticks Up for Bears in Traveling Show
‘Brother Bear’ Star Joaquin Phoenix: ‘Bears Deserve Better’
Joaquin Phoenix, a True ‘Brother Bear,’ Sticks Up for Bears in Traveling Show

The “Bears of Bearadise Ranch” exhibitor is using the connection between bears she exploits and “Brother Bear” as advertising. But the film’s star has a different perspective, one of empathy.

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Pocono Snake & Animal Farm Continues Its Legacy of Cruelty
emaciated capuchin monkey
Pocono Snake & Animal Farm Continues Its Legacy of Cruelty

Fred, a capuchin monkey, died at Pocono Snake & Animal Farm after wasting away for years. Even after several citations from the USDA, animals continue to suffer at this hellish roadside zoo.

Sophie the Bear Cub: Was Her Start to Life Just as Heartbreaking as Her Oswald’s Bear Ranch Death?
Oswald's Bear Ranch
Sophie the Bear Cub: Was Her Start to Life Just as Heartbreaking as Her Oswald’s Bear Ranch Death?

After being confined on harmful concrete floors and used as a photo prop, Sophie was shot and killed after escaping Oswald’s Bear Ranch. But how did her life begin?

Wildly Dangerous California Event With Live Bear Prompts PETA Call to the Feds
peta slams john cox bear event in CA
Wildly Dangerous California Event With Live Bear Prompts PETA Call to the Feds

It bears repeating: Animals are not ours to use for entertainment. PETA has alerted the feds after a dangerous California event featured a live Kodiak bear.

PETA Blows Whistle on Shady ‘Baby Animal’ Event in Which Bear Cubs Were Kept in Box
Yellowstone Bear World bear cub with hair loss
PETA Blows Whistle on Shady ‘Baby Animal’ Event in Which Bear Cubs Were Kept in Box

PETA is calling on the feds to investigate Idaho-based animal exhibitor Yellowstone Bear World after a recent “baby animal” event in Utah raised eyebrows.

Mourning Two Deaths at Pymatuning Deer Park
Bosco the bear, who is now deceased, lying on a wooden platform at Pymatuning Deer Park
Mourning Two Deaths at Pymatuning Deer Park

After the deaths of Bosco the bear and Sissy the cougar at Pymatuning Deer Park, PETA keeps urging everyone to help the animals still suffering there.

PETA’s ‘Pants on Fire’ Awards—10 Companies That Deceive Consumers
PETA Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Award with a logo of a burning pair of pants against a blue background
PETA’s ‘Pants on Fire’ Awards—10 Companies That Deceive Consumers

These companies are master manipulators, but PETA’s turning up the heat on each and every one of them with this year’s “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire” Awards.

40 Years, 40 Wins—How PETA Helped Animals in Circuses and Roadside Zoos
40 Years, 40 Wins—How PETA Helped Animals in Circuses and Roadside Zoos

For PETA’s 40th anniversary, join us in celebrating 40 major ways we’ve helped animals exploited by circuses and roadside zoos over the past four decades.

WATCH: Bear Snaps at Handler Mid-Circus, Is Beaten With a Shovel
Bear Snaps at Handler Mid-Circus, Is Beaten With a Shovel
WATCH: Bear Snaps at Handler Mid-Circus, Is Beaten With a Shovel

It’s not shocking that a bear would lash out after being beaten, and it’s appalling that animals are still being exploited and abused for entertainment in 2020.

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