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End Traveling Circus Cruelty Nation-wide!

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Urgent Opportunity to Free Bronx Zoo Elephants

Urgent: Send Riverbanks Zoo Elephants to Sanctuary!

Demand Sanctuary for Belle and Robin!

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Shriners International: Stop Abusing Elephants in Circuses!

End Traveling Circus Cruelty Nation-wide!

Forcing exotic animals to perform for our entertainment is clearly cruel.

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Urgent Opportunity to Free Bronx Zoo Elephants

Tell decision-makers to send Happy and Patty to sanctuary!

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Urgent: Send Riverbanks Zoo Elephants to Sanctuary!

This Zoo's elephants deserve life in a sanctuary.

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Demand Sanctuary for Belle and Robin!

We hope that you will consider a lifesaving gift for elephants today.

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Shriners International: Stop Abusing Elephants in Circuses!

Shriners shouldn't abuse elephants in circuses.

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BREAKING NEWS: In Defense of Animals Celebrates Closing of “Worst Zoo” Elephant Exhibit in South Carolina

Another elephant exhibit closed down!

We are UnHappy with the Bronx Zoo!

We urgently need you to join the fight to help Happy the elephant

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Victory! Cincinnati Bans Exotic Animals in Circuses

Elephants can no longer be used in circuses.

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Tell CBS to Never Promote Extreme Elephant Cruelty Again

Tell CBS that using and abusing elephants is never acceptable!

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California Circus Cruelty Prevention Act: Take Action to Help Get It Passed!

Call and email if you haven't already!

Los Angeles, California: Stand Up for Elephants at LA Zoo!

Join us for an important event in LA.

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California: Support the Circus Cruelty Prevention Act

Take action to save animals from circus suffering.

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Reid Park Zoo Forces Infant Elephants into Captivity

Another newborn victim is on their way to this zoo.

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Selling Baby Elephants is a Conservation Scam

35 baby elephants have been torn from their mothers and families in Zimbabwe.

Close Topeka Zoo’s Notoriously Cruel Elephant Exhibit!

This Zoo continues maintain captive elephants despite abuse.

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Saturday: Protests Against Needless Animal Killing by Zoos - World Zoothanasia Day 2019

World Zoothanasia Day protests needless animal killings by zoos.

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Grant’s Farm Shuts Down Exhibit After All Elephants Die

More tragedies at captive elephant facilities.

Tell Zoo to Tell It Like It Is: Help Name Captive Newborn Elephant!

Submit a name suggestion for newborn calf.

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Victories: Two States Ban Wild Animals in Traveling Acts

Another win for captive elephants!

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Urge Roger Williams Park Zoo to Give Up Bullhooks

Using a weapon on a captive elephant is blatantly cruel.

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Archaic Zoo Model Is Harming Elephants

Support for our elephant advocacy campaign pushes into the new year and beyond.

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2019-01-08

MEDIA RELEASE: 10 Worst Zoos for Elephants Revealed by In Defense of Animals

Captive elephant suffering exposed by IDA's respected 10 Worst Zoos list

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Six-Year-Old Lily the Elephant Dies at Oregon Zoo

Yet another sad death at this zoo.

Support Singapore’s Proposed Ivory Ban

Help end elephant poaching and protect these iconic individuals.

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