Great White Shark Dies After Just Three Days in Aquarium
Great White Shark Dies After Just Three Days in Aquarium

He didn’t understand how to swim in a tank because he was never meant to live there.

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News! Ringling to Take All Elephants off the Road in May
News! Ringling to Take All Elephants off the Road in May

Instead of forcing lame, ailing elephants to be hauled around the country in dark boxcars until 2018, Ringling Bros. is ending elephant acts this spring.

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Countdown to Cruelty: Live Opossum Tormented in Three, Two, One …
Countdown to Cruelty: Live Opossum Tormented in Three, Two, One …

It’s almost 2016, but a tiny town in North Carolina is still clinging to a cruel event that resembles something out of the Dark Ages.

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Orcas Take Over Baggage Claim at Orlando Airport
Orcas Take Over Baggage Claim at Orlando Airport

Orcas took over the conveyor belt to ask holiday travelers to steer clear of SeaWorld.

UPDATE: Hollywood Animal Trainer Charged with Five Counts of Cruelty to Animals
UPDATE: Hollywood Animal Trainer Charged with Five Counts of Cruelty to Animals

After a PETA eyewitness caught a Hollywood animal trainer on video whipping a Siberian tiger named Uno, the trainer has been charged with cruelty to animals.

SeaWorld Shareholder Resolution Offers the Company a Bailout Plan
SeaWorld Shareholder Resolution Offers the Company a Bailout Plan

It’s time for SeaWorld to face the music. Its business model is dead, its reputation is in the toilet, and its financial situation is a cautionary tale.

Chimpanzee Lisa Marie Is Finally Free
Chimpanzee Lisa Marie Is Finally Free

Lisa Marie has gone from a tiny cage in a cramped basement to a lush island sanctuary.

Feds Reward Abusive Circus Instead of Punishing It
Feds Reward Abusive Circus Instead of Punishing It

Why do the agencies mandated to protect animals give abusers a free pass?

Artists Pay Huge Tribute to the World’s Loneliest Orca
Artists Pay Huge Tribute to the World’s Loneliest Orca

Lolita the orca goes from a concrete tank to a concrete wall … and we’re happy about it.

Mural by Shalak Attack and Bruno Smoky
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Video: Lame, Struggling Elephants Still on the Road With Ringling
Video: Lame, Struggling Elephants Still on the Road With Ringling

Ringling still hauls ailing elephants around the country and forces them to perform.

Yep, More SeaWorld Execs Are Jumping Ship
Yep, More SeaWorld Execs Are Jumping Ship

Where’s the safest place to be if you’re a SeaWorld exec? Apparently, the unemployment line.

Congress Member Calls Out USDA for Epic Elephant Fail
Congress Member Calls Out USDA for Epic Elephant Fail

A compassionate member of Congress refuses to allow an abused elephant to be ignored.

After Myrtle Beach Zoo’s Solitary Chimpanzee Dies, PETA Demands Answers
After Myrtle Beach Zoo’s Solitary Chimpanzee Dies, PETA Demands Answers

PETA is urging federal authorities to look more closely at the roadside zoo in Myrtle Beach, but what can YOU do to help other solitary chimpanzees in captivity?

Orcas Need a Sanctuary, and SeaWorld Needs a Dictionary
Orcas Need a Sanctuary, and SeaWorld Needs a Dictionary

SeaWorld continues to perfect the art of doublespeak with its mythical “sea cages.”

Former SeaWorld Trainer Asks Sheikh to Keep Cruel Theme Park Out of Dubai
Former SeaWorld Trainer Asks Sheikh to Keep Cruel Theme Park Out of Dubai

John Hargrove joins PETA in opposing SeaWorld’s plans to drag its failing business to the Middle East.

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