Why Are Zoos Sentencing Elephants to Solitary Confinement?
Why Are Zoos Sentencing Elephants to Solitary Confinement?

Lonely elephants, insane bears, and dejected dogs receive help from PETA.

From Barely Living to Living Like Bears
From Barely Living to Living Like Bears

Two bears go from a pitiful pen to a spacious sanctuary.

PETA Honors Misty Upham’s Legacy
PETA Honors Misty Upham’s Legacy

Acclaimed actor and animal advocate Misty Upham is gone too soon.

PETA Calls Out USDA Over Lame Elephants, Insane Bears, and Dead Birds
PETA Calls Out USDA Over Lame Elephants, Insane Bears, and Dead Birds

Can the feds be publicly shamed into taking action for animals?

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Mexican Circus Fined for Mutilated Animals
Mexican Circus Fined for Mutilated Animals

Authorities just fined Harley Circus approximately $53,000 for featuring a bear whose lower jaw had been removed and a lion and three spider monkeys who were declawed and defanged.

Chief Saunooke Bears: Life After Rescue
Chief Saunooke Bears: Life After Rescue

One year after being rescued from a decrepit roadside zoo, see how the bears are doing now.

Update: Where Is This Cub’s Mother? (Video and Photos)
Update: Where Is This Cub’s Mother? (Video and Photos)

Conditions at the Cherokee Bear Zoo remain unimaginably grim.

Happily Ever After for Boudreaux the Bear
Happily Ever After for Boudreaux the Bear

A bear goes from spending years inside a tiny, dark cell at a zoo to a sanctuary with sunshine and fresh air.

Ohio’s Exotics Owners Lose in Court—Enforcement Must Follow
Ohio’s Exotics Owners Lose in Court—Enforcement Must Follow

After exotic-animal exploiters lose a two-year court battle, Ohio law enforcement must take decisive action to enforce the law.

Video: Rescued Bear Nurtures Her Newborns at Sanctuary
Video: Rescued Bear Nurtures Her Newborns at Sanctuary

If PETA hadn’t freed Ursula before she gave birth, her cubs would have been torn away again. Watch her get to nurture her babies for the first time.

Apparently Confining Bears in Pits Isn’t Cruel Enough for Roadside Zoo
Apparently Confining Bears in Pits Isn’t Cruel Enough for Roadside Zoo

PETA sends an urgent complaint to the USDA after receiving heartbreaking photos of a white tiger imprisoned at the notorious Cherokee Bear Zoo.

Yes! Government Moves to Reduce Captive Bears’ Suffering
Yes! Government Moves to Reduce Captive Bears’ Suffering

More than a year ago, PETA petitioned the USDA to improve conditions for captive bears. Please express your support for bears by submitting a comment.

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