One tourist learned the hard way that elephants are not ours to use for entertainment—and luckily for her, she walked away with just a bruised ego.
Taken from her African home and shuffled around for decades, Joyce hasn’t been allowed to control her own destiny since she was a baby.
Three years after Sambo the elephant dropped dead after being forced to ferry tourists at Angkor Wat in Cambodia, temple officials agree to end elephant rides.
Take action for elephants forced to perform tricks for tourists.
The Chitwan Elephant Festival forces elephants to “play” soccer under the threat of physical violence.
Shrine circuses are seeing that people don’t want to watch imprisoned animals do stupid tricks. Help us end all these abusive animal exhibits.
When elephants retaliate against their captors’ abuse, things turn deadly fast. NEVER interact with elephants.
This National Geographic article can help travelers avoid attractions that falsely advertise ethical treatment of elephants, tigers, and other wild animals.
When audiences file out of “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” PETA hopes they’ll consider the pain and suffering experienced by real animals used for film and TV.
At least one trophy hunter, it seems, is owning up to the truth: Killing gives him a “great thrill,” and he “didn’t have any sentiment.”
“It’s funny, but I truly never liked the circus. … You’ve got animals being tortured …. It’s like a horror show. What’s to like?” —”Dumbo” director Tim Burton
Garden Bros. Circus will be allowed to put on its performances in Washington, D.C., with willing human participants only—no animals.
We’re toasting Sen. Ben Hueso and Gov. Gavin Newsom for preventing countless lions, tigers, camels, and other animals from being abused.
Sure, he was the “Great Emancipator” and a notable vampire slayer—but we should also celebrate Honest Abe for saving elephants.
A big “mahalo” is in order for Hawaii after it effectively became the second state to ban traveling wild-animal exhibitions.
