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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…

Memphis Zoo, Tennessee

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.

mice, poison, rats, Wild Animals

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.

Activist Appreciation Month, coyote, Valentine’s Day

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.

birds, Texas, USDA, wildlife services

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.

Griffith Park, Los Angeles, pony rides

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.

oceans, shark fin sales elimination act, shark fin trade, sharks

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.

bighorn sheep, climate crisis, endangered species, National Monument, Wild Animals

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.

hockey, NHL, octopus, Red Wings

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.

Arizona, bird damage, bird management, bird noise complaint, ducks, egrets, Louisiana, wildlife services

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.

China, Memphis Zoo, panda, Victory

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…

big cat public safety act, big cats, captive animals, legislation, lion, tiger

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.

bobcat, coyote, hunting, killing contests, mountain lions, United States, Wild Animals, Wolves

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.

coyote, predator conflicts, USDA, wildlife services

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.

captive animals, Memphis Zoo, panda, Tennessee, zoos

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…

captive animals, lion, tiger

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…

Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles

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.

Ballona Wetlands, California, endangered species, environment, Los Angeles, Wild Animals

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.

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…

activism, coyote, Illinois

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…

Memphis Zoo, panda, Tennessee, zoos

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…

Florida, pet stores, rabbits

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.

activism, fur, leghold trap, New Hampshire, protest, recreational trapping, trapping

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…

China, Memphis Zoo, Tennessee

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!

Ballona Wetlands, California, endangered species, environment, Los Angeles, Wild Animals

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