It’s another day, another bad USDA inspection report for Wilson’s Wild Animal Park.
A court order immediately stops the roadside zoo from carrying out declawing amputations on big cats, separating cubs from their mothers, and holding “Tiger Baby Playtime” events.
How are elephants “trained” to carry tourists around on their backs? Go inside the secretive training camps and see for yourself.
The video shows the captors kicking a baby—and this is just the beginning of the abuse she will suffer as a prisoner in the animal-entertainment industry.
One look at the “before” photos of Ben and Bogey at the Tregembo Animal Park in Wilmington, North Carolina, will tell you everything that you need to know.
From the lions who saved a girl from kidnappers to the porpoises who rescued a beloved actor, these animals displayed their courage and compassion.
Yellow River is known for having General Beauregard Lee—a “celebrity” groundhog who’s kept in a tiny cage only to be paraded around on Groundhog Day.
Animal advocates are prepared to take the notorious Hugo Liebel to court in order to keep Nosey out of his abusive hands.
This isn’t the first time that an elephant has lethally lashed out at a mahout, and it almost certainly won’t be the last.
The truck stop’s owner, Michael Sandlin, said that he plans to have Tony “stuffed, mounted and displayed” and wants to purchase another tiger.
This is what is so sad about keeping giraffes in captivity.
In her new book, award-winning photographer Jo-Anne McArthur focuses on zoos and aquariums—and issues a wake-up call.
Chance, the chimpanzee who appeared in “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is yanked by a leash and forced to perform tricks at a Florida roadside zoo.
“They put me in a tiny cage with a concrete floor, and only a tire swing to play with.”
In 5 years, PETA has rescued 60 bears from misery in captivity. One of our members explains to NPR why we have to keep fighting for these animals.
