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I’m Juliet! Sadly, I am “owned” by the Ringling Bros. Corporation. I have spent most of my life on the road performing painful and demeaning tricks that I was forced…

I’m Takara! I am an orca whale kept in a tank at SeaWorld. I’m pregnant. In the wild, I would live with my mother in a family pod for life. But existence is not…

  Los Angeles Zoo: Release Billy to Sanctuary! The Los Angeles Zoo confines three Asian elephants in a very small exhibit and operate aninvasive captive breeding…

  I’m Happy! Sadly though, I am not really happy at all! I live all alone at the Bronx Zoo in New York. I have helped scientific understanding of my kind by proving…

  Mute swans have gotten a two year respite from the predatory actions of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in the state of New York. Last week,…

Just a few weeks ago, we asked for your support to stop the cruel and unnecessary slaughter of 100 deer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sadly, the City Council and Mayor…

  California Mountain Lion’s Fate Hangs in the Balance In a remarkable show of support for mountain lions, over 300 community members crowded into a full meeting…

  Lucy is a 41 year old Asian elephant born in Sri Lanka who is imprisoned at the Edmonton Valley Zoo in Alberta, Canada, which is one of the coldest cities in…

  In November, Nevada state authorities responded to two exotic animal abuse cases that beg the question, “Why does Nevada have the least amount of protection for…

FUR-FREE FRIDAY HITS SAN FRANCISCO In Defense of Animals, Direct Action Everywhere & PETA Lead Annual Worldwide Event     CONTACT: Melissa Flower, In Defense of…

IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS REACHES LOS ANGELES HOLIDAY SHOPPERS ON FUR FREE FRIDAY CONTACT: Lisa Levinson, Lisa@idausa.org, 415 448 0048; Eric Deardorff, EricD@peta.org;…

  In Defense of Animals was one of the general sponsors at last week’s International Captive Wildlife Conference in San Andreas, California presented by the Performing…

  Let the World Know Fur is Cruel & Unnecessary on Friday, November 25, 2016 Everyone is invited to San Francisco’s annual Fur-Free Friday event, co-hosted by In…

Many of us who care about animals go about our lives while immersed in a world that is either not aligned with, or is even openly hostile to, our respect for animals.…

  South America’s First Elephant Sanctuary Welcomes Its First Residents Maia and Guida, who were forced to perform in the circus for close to 40 years in Brazil,…

  Earlier this year in Zimbabwe, thirty-seven baby elephants were captured, stolen from their families,and brought to a holding facility in Hwange National Park.…

  The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan has ordinances which do not allow hunting within city limits and it clearly has admitted that it does not have a deer population…

  Introduced in 2015 as H.R. 1942, the Safeguard American Food Exports Act of 2015, otherwise known as the SAFE Act, would prohibit the sale or transport of horses…

  Every single year over 150,000 wild horses and burros as well as domestic horses and donkeys are shipped over the American borders to face barbaric and horrific…