Photo Gallery: Animals Used for Entertainment

This baby hawk was kept at AWR, in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Despite having survived long enough to become a juvenile, the bird was later found by our investigator, torn to shreds in a cougar’s cage.

Bird cages routinely contained inches of feces, rotten food, and maggots. As if this weren’t bad enough, Azzopardi instructed our investigator to pick out the uneaten seeds that had fallen into this mess and place them back in the birds’ food receptacles!

Alex, who died in August 2003, stares into space in utter boredom. The metal resting platform on which he is lying is covered in filth and swarms of flies.

Many rabbits suffered from untreated eye ailments or were discovered dead in the big-cat enclosures. During one such incident, our investigator watched helplessly as caracals tried to pull a rabbit into their enclosure. The rabbit eventually broke free, but she had been torn open and was in shock; our investigator rushed the rabbit to a veterinarian who put the animal out of her misery.

Edith sits alone in her garbage-strewn outdoor enclosure, a tire the only form of enrichment provided for her and the other social, highly intelligent chimpanzees at AWR.

Improper feeding

Lack of public barrier

Calf and Tortoise

Bear

Cougar

Bear

A baby elephant is trained to lay down.

A baby elephant is trained to sit on a tub.

Three bullhooks are used simultaneously on one elephant.

A baby elephant is being trained to perform a lie-down/sit-up.

A baby elephant is tethered neck-to-neck with an anchor elephant.

Baby elephants are trained in a barn.

A baby elephant is walked in to a barn.

Dexter Osborn Back on the Road: Tell Venues to Stop Hosting Acts Like “A Grizzly Experience”

Urge these fairs and festivals to stop featuring acts like A Grizzly Experience that exploit wild animals.

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Tell These Venues to Abandon Sea Lion Splash: Cruel Conditions Are Not Entertainment!

Ask venues to stop hosting Sea Lion Splash, a business that thrives on animal exploitation and abuse.

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Save Okha the Elephant from Solitary Confinement! Tell These Venues to Stop the Abuse!

Urge venues to stop hosting Okha and other elephant acts.

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Lions and Tigers at Fairs, Oh My! Ask Venues to Stop Hosting Traveling Big Cat Acts

Contact venues that are planning to host Felicia Frisco or Brunon Blaszak, and politely ask them to reconsider booking entertainment that exploits wild animals.

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Protester dressed as nun is on stilts in protest for the Pope to help bulls

Must-Watch Videos: Perverted Priests Defend Bloody Bullfights

Several backward priests defended bullfighting, with one even comparing the ritualized execution of bulls in front of bloodthirsty crowds to the death of Christ.

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Bulls Tormented and Chased Into the Sea—Take Action!

Urge Dénia to put an end to this cruelty.

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