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2023-01-31
MEDIA RELEASE: Giant panda collapse at Memphis Zoo prompts calls for better care, exhibit closure
Following a successful campaign to see Memphis Zoo’s giant pandas YaYa and LeLe returned to China, In Defense of Animals, Panda Voices, and an international network…
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2023-01-27
Tell the EPA: Don't Poison Rats and the Environment
The EPA should de-register anti-coagulant rodenticides. They are not only harmful to rats, but are toxic to other wild animals, humans, and the environment.
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2023-01-27
Have a Heart: Sign our Valentine’s Cards to Help Free Rocky & Spur
Sign our Valentine’s cards for Spur the tortoise and Rocky the coyote to advocate for their release to sanctuary.
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2023-01-13
Stop San Antonio’s War On Water Birds at Brackenridge Park
Stop the cruel hazing of waterbirds and destruction of sacred trees which provide essential nesting habitat at Brackenridge Park in San Antonio, Texas.
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2023-01-06
Replace the Griffith Park Pony Rides & Petting Zoo with a Non-Animal Model
We are urging Los Angeles to make the progressive and compassionate choice by replacing the Griffith Park Pony Rides & Petting Zoo with a non-animal model.
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2023-01-06
Victory! U.S. Bans the Sale of Shark Fins
The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act was signed into law, banning the trade of shark fins in the U.S.
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2022-12-30
President Biden: Designate 3 Proposed National Monuments to Save Wild Animals
It is crucial that the President designates Avi Kwa Ame, Plum Island, and Castner Range as National Monuments to protect wildlife.
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2022-12-30
End 70 Years of Octopus Throwing at Hockey Games
Octopuses have been thrown onto hockey ice rinks for 70 years. In Defense of Animals urges the NHL and the Detroit Red Wings to put a stop to this tradition.
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2022-12-29
Wildlife Services Moves Ahead with Plan to Kill Thousands of Birds
Wildlife Services moves ahead with plans to kill thousands of birds in Arizona, Arkansas, and Louisiana despite thousands of comments in opposition of the plan.
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2022-12-29
Victory! Suffering Memphis Zoo Pandas Will Return Home to China
After 20 years of suffering at the Memphis Zoo, giant pandas YaYa and LeLe will be returned to their homeland of China.
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2022-12-24
Victory! President Biden Signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act Into Law
President Biden has signed the Big Cat Public Safety Act into law, prohibiting the private possession of big cats and making it illegal for exhibitors, such as circuses…
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2022-12-23
The Rocky Road Ahead for Wild Animal Killing Contest Bans
Federal and state efforts to ban wildlife killing contests failed in 2022, except in Oregon where a rule to ban these cruel events was proposed.
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2022-12-23
Stop Sharpshooters From Gunning Down Coyotes in Massachusetts
The town of Nahant, Massachusetts, should use non-lethal strategies to address conflicts with coyotes instead of hiring sharpshooters to kill them.
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2022-12-21
MEDIA RELEASE: Memphis Zoo's Suffering Giant Pandas to Return Home to China
In Defense of Animals and Panda Voices are welcoming a huge victory for the Memphis Zoo's giant pandas YaYa, 22, and LeLe, 24, who will be sent back to China.
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2022-12-20
MEDIA RELEASE: Victory! President Biden Signs the Big Cat Public Safety Act Into Law
In Defense of Animals is welcoming a huge victory for captive lions, tigers and other big cats in the U.S. with President Joe Biden signing of the Big Cat Public…
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2022-12-20
MEDIA RELEASE: Government Stomps On Democracy To Start Bulldozing LA’s Last Coastal Wetlands
In Defense of Animals and other experts are outraged at being denied the opportunity to speak at this month’s public hearing of the California Coastal Commission…
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2022-12-16
Ballona Wetlands “Restoration” is Animal Killing Scam for Profit-Seeking Corporations
Help In Defense of Animals block workaround permits being sought to start the “restoration-scam” proposed for Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.
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2022-12-16
President Biden: Please Sign the Big Cat Public Safety Act Into Law!
President Biden has previously indicated his support of the Big Cats Public Safety Act, and now we are urging him to swiftly sign it into law.
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2022-12-14
MEDIA RELEASE: Cook County Fails to Expand Coyote’s Cage, Prompts New Experts to Call for Sanctuary
In Defense of Animals and Chicago Alliance for Animals have renewed their call on Cook County to release Rocky the coyote to a sanctuary following its failure to…
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2022-12-06
MEDIA RELEASE: Pressure Mounts to Return Suffering Pandas to China
Concerned citizens have written a million emails on behalf of the Memphis Zoo pandas YaYa and LeLe. The latest urge authorities to send the giant pandas back to…
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2022-12-04
Encourage Commissioners to Create Bunny Retail Sale Ban
Encourage Hillsborough and Pinellas County Commissioners to draft and adopt a ban on the retail sale of rabbits county-wide, following ordinance models already in…
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2022-12-02
Activists Launch New Anti-Trapping Billboard and Protest in New Hampshire
In Defense of Animals and NH Citizens Against Recreational Trapping gathered to support a ban on cruel recreational trapping in New Hampshire.
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2022-11-18
When Zoo Contract Ends, Giant Pandas Must Go Home to China
Giant pandas YaYa and LeLe are suffering at the Memphis Zoo and advocates are calling for their return to China, where they can recover in a specialized panda refuge…
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2022-11-11
Stop the Bulldozers: Defend Ballona Wetlands’ Animals in Court
Crucial funds are needed to defend endangered species and thousands of other wild animals who reside at Ballona Wetlands from bulldozers in court!
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