Join IDA for a protest against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Brooklyn, NY, on Wednesday, March 20th.

The Bureau of Land Management needs to hear from you on a plan to manage wild horses during drought.

Following the death of the elephant Queenie, In Defense of Animals (IDA) is calling on the San Antonio Zoo to retire the one surviving elephant at the zoo, and permanently close its elephant exhibit.

Following the death of the elephant Queenie, IDA, is calling on the San Antonio Zoo to retire the surviving elephant, Lucky, and close its elephant exhibit.

Coalition calls for protections of wild horses in the development of the proposed Continental Divide-Creston Natural Gas Project in Wyoming.

IDA is calling on Canadian and U.S. authorities to deny a permit request to export a circus elephant from the U.S. to a Canadian zoo.

Africa’s elephants are being slaughtered at an alarming rate, poached for their tusks to meet a growing demand for ivory in Asia. Please urge CITES to reject any future proposals for trade in ivory, support improved protection for elephants, and return to the full ban on the sale of ivory.

Tania is a female elephant suffering a life of solitary confinement at the Targu-Mures Zoo in Romania. Please write to the European Commission and the EAZA.

While the Oregon Zoo has purchased the legal rights to Lily and Tusko, In Defense of Animals remains skeptical about the elephants’ future.

In Defense of Animals hopes that President Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell as the next Interior Secretary is a move in the right direction for America’s wild horses and burros.