IDA highlights the sad lives of two baby elephants traveling with Cole Bros. Circus.

IDA is urging the USDA to immediately investigate the physical and mental well-being of two baby elephants performing with the Cole Bros. Circus.

Following the shooting of Carol, an elephant used by Ringling circus, IDA urges people to remember the suffering that elephants endure daily in circuses.

IDA organizes one of the largest circus protests ever held on the East Coast.

The USDA reaches a shocking settlement with a circus handler, leaving an elephant named Nosey in jeopardy.

IDA blasts the USDA for settling with Hugo Liebel, a chronic violator of federal animal welfare regulations.

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

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.

On April 25, 2011, a male elephant was born at the Carson and Barnes Circus winter quarters in Hugo, Oklahoma. He was named Hugo, a name that – according to the circus website – “just sounded circus.” Though not yet a year old, Hugo is already on the road. IDA has confirmed that Hugo has [...]

IDA is urging everyone to take just a few minutes of their time this week to help save animals from the misery of circus life. There are a variety of important actions you can take in support of H.R. 3359, the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act (TEAPA). This ground-breaking bill would effectively end the use [...]