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2023-05-12
Ask Hogle Zoo to Send Its Elephants to Sanctuary, Not Another Zoo!
Utah's Hogle Zoo should send its elephants Christie and Zuri to sanctuary, not another zoo and permanently close its elephant exhibit.
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2023-04-28
Zoos Don’t Conserve Wild Animals, They Consume Them
Zoos don’t conserve wildlife, elephants, and endangered species. Find out how zoos are exploiting and consuming wild animals. This is the conservation con.
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2023-04-14
MEDIA RELEASE: World Circus Day: Watch Rare Circus Elephant Keeper Interview
For World Circus Day 2023, In Defense of Animals has released a rare interview with an ex-circus elephant keeper Max Brandrett who worked at Chipperfield’s Circus…
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2023-04-13
WATCH: Former Elephant Keeper Reveals Shocking Circus Secrets
A video interview with former Chipperfield’s Circus elephant groom Max Brandrett reveals circus animal cruelty first hand.
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2023-04-13
UPDATE: Lonely Lucy Is Denied Her Ticket to Freedom
After the latest round of health exams, lonely elephant Lucy is once again denied her chance for freedom. She must remain in frigid northern Canada, in the Edmonton…
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2023-03-10
Keep Elephants in Africa Where They Belong
The USFWS is proposing new restrictions on importing elephants and elephant trophies. It needs to go further and place a total ban on this cruelty.
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2023-02-18
Free Billy the Elephant! 32 Years of Misery is Enough!
32 years at the LA Zoo is enough! It’s time to free the long-suffering lone male elephant Billy to sanctuary.
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2023-02-03
The 10 Worst Zoos List Changes Hearts and Minds
In Defense of Animals has released yet another list of zoos that have earned a spot on the 10 Worst based on various factors such as lack of space, solitary elephants,…
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2023-01-24
MEDIA RELEASE: Bill Maher, Sarah Silverman & Jorja Fox Shatter Zoo Spin on Elephant Space
10 Worst Zoos for Elephants of 2022 Revealed by In Defense of Animals
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2023-01-20
UPDATE: The Betrayal of India’s Elephants
Indian Parliament betrays elephants by opening the door to wild capture of elephants for trade or transport. Elephants can now be sold for “religious or any purpose.”
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2022-12-16
Elephants in Circuses Deserve the Gift of Freedom
The perfect gift for the elephants at Carson & Barnes Circus is retirement to sanctuary.
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2022-12-09
Bamboo the Elephant’s Days of Misery Are Finally Over: Zoos Must Liberate Their Captives
Bamboo’s tragic life and death at the OK City Zoo are a clarion call to end the confinement and breeding of elephants in zoos.
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2022-12-02
Tembo the Elephant’s Heart is Breaking From Loneliness at the Cameron Park Zoo
Urge Cameron Park Zoo to send its lone African elephant Tembo to an accredited sanctuary.
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2022-12-01
MEDIA RELEASE: Animal Activists Welcome LA Council Recommendation To Free Billy the Elephant
In Defense of Animals has welcomed a unanimous vote by Los Angeles City Council’s Personnel, Audits and Animal Welfare Committee to send long-suffering Asian elephant,…
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2022-11-25
African Lion Safari: Conservation Lies Don’t Hide Your Abuse
Urge African Lion Safari to send its Asian elephants to an accredited sanctuary.
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2022-10-28
Send Chronically Depressed Elephant Chendra to Sanctuary Now!
The lone Borne elephant Chendra continues to suffer at the Oregon Zoo. It is time for her to be retired to sanctuary.
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2022-09-23
Give Lonely Lucy the Elephant her Chance for Freedom
The Edmonton Valley Zoo in Canada must agree to a health exam by an independent, unaffiliated veterinarian to assess if Lucy is well enough to be transported to…
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2022-09-01
Zoo Knoxville’s Elephants Are Going to a Sanctuary!
Exciting news! Zoo Knoxville plans to retire its 3 African elephants to the Elephant Sanctuary in TN. Tell the zoo to take the next step and halt any plans to bring…
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2022-08-18
50 Years of Elephant Protection in India Down the Drain?
In India, 50 years of protection for elephants is in danger of being reversed by an amendment to the Wildlife Protection Act, by allowing the commercial sale and…
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2022-08-11
The Sad Status of Elephants on World Elephant Day
August 12, 2022, World Elephant Day is a call for compassion for elephants around the world who continue to be slaughtered in the wild and caged for life in captivity.
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2022-07-28
Pittsburgh Zoo: Holding 10 Elephants Captive is Not Conservation
Tell the Pittsburgh Zoo and International Conservation Center to stop breeding elephants and send as many as it can to accredited sanctuaries.
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2022-07-01
Lucy’s Birthday Blues, 45 Years in Captivity
Lucy’s 47th birthday on July 1st at the Edmonton Valley Zoo in Alberta, Canada is no cause for celebration. It is a reminder of her 45 years spent in the frozen…
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2022-06-17
End the Barbaric Use of Bullhooks on Elephants in Canada
Act now to help end the brutal use of bullhooks on elephants in Canada.
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2022-05-27
Scathing New Report Calls Confinement of Elephants a Legacy of Shame
Scathing new report exposes why zoos across the US and Europe should close their elephant exhibits and end the breeding and confinement of elephants.
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