Crowd Screams in Terror as Lion Circus Act Turns Deadly
Make lion in the wild
Crowd Screams in Terror as Lion Circus Act Turns Deadly

The lion has been pulled from performing, but it’s unclear what will happen to him next.

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Watching This Chimpanzee Experience Virtual Reality Will Crush You
Watching This Chimpanzee Experience Virtual Reality Will Crush You

How would you feel if you were stuck inside a foreign virtual world?

UPDATE: Two Belugas Die at the Vancouver Aquarium Within 10 Days
UPDATE: Two Belugas Die at the Vancouver Aquarium Within 10 Days

After two beluga deaths at the Vancouver Aquarium occurred this month, city organizers may let the public vote on whether to end whale captivity.

Update: Infamous Marineland Faces Five Counts of Animal Abuse
Update: Infamous Marineland Faces Five Counts of Animal Abuse

Marine life aren’t the only animals suffering at this park.

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Schools Are Bullying Donkeys for Money
Schools Are Bullying Donkeys for Money

Every year, schools, clubs, Future Farmers of America chapters, and recreation departments across the country make asses out of themselves by hosting cruel “donkey basketball” games.

Chrissie Hynde Urges a Michigan Roadside Zoo to Free Solitary Chimpanzees
Chrissie Hynde Urges a Michigan Roadside Zoo to Free Solitary Chimpanzees

Join Chrissie Hynde in speaking up and urging The DeYoung Family Zoo to release solitary chimpanzees Louie and Tommy to an accredited sanctuary.

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Facility That Kept Chimpanzee in Solitary for Years Loses Its License
Facility That Kept Chimpanzee in Solitary for Years Loses Its License

Joe the chimpanzee is already safe—now the other animals held captive at The Mobile Zoo may be sent to sanctuaries, too.

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PETA India Rejoices as Ban On Use Of Bulls In Jallikattu Is Upheld
PETA India Rejoices as Ban On Use Of Bulls In Jallikattu Is Upheld

The India Supreme Court has rejected a bid to allow a cruel “bull-taming” event in which bulls are kicked, punched, and dragged to the ground.

Shindigz Pulls Party Prop of Elephant Performing Ridiculous Trick
Elephants chained up in circus tent
Shindigz Pulls Party Prop of Elephant Performing Ridiculous Trick

Images of miserable animals with broken spirits put a damper on a party, and the self-proclaimed “world’s largest party supply superstore” agrees.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Ends Elephant Rides
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Ends Elephant Rides

In another milestone victory for elephants, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom will no longer force them to give rides.

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Andy Serkis Voices a Suffering, Lonely Chimpanzee
Andy Serkis Voices a Suffering, Lonely Chimpanzee

Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis joins call for release of endangered ape from roadside zoo.

Think of These Cubs Struggling to Swim the Next Time You See a Tiger Selfie
Think of These Cubs Struggling to Swim the Next Time You See a Tiger Selfie

People actually pay for a memory of tiger cub abuse.

Our Work in China is Raising the Roof
Our Work in China is Raising the Roof

The way humans treat animals is changing in China and around the world.

This Beautiful CGI Elephant Proves There’s No Need to Exploit Real Ones
Adult Asian elephant grazing with calf
This Beautiful CGI Elephant Proves There’s No Need to Exploit Real Ones

Two student filmmakers set out to capture “the beauty and innocence of a living elephant” in CGI. They did.

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More Citations for The Mobile Zoo, More Reasons to Stay Away
More Citations for The Mobile Zoo, More Reasons to Stay Away

A new round of citations slams the roadside hellhole for keeping animals in dangerous and dirty conditions. We can help shut it down.

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