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Farmed Animals

California: New Action Needed to Save Animals with Plant-Based School Lunches!

Demand Sanctuary for Belle and Robin!

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Elephants

Shriners International: Stop Abusing Elephants in Circuses!

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Tell Calf-Torturing Farm to Livestream Surveillance Footage

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Justice for Animals

Measure of Justice Delivered for Dog Left to Die in Pile of Trash

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

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Community Cats

Defend Tortured Cats

Study Discovers Dolphin Bachelors Use Wingmen

Long-term Patients Recover and Celebrate Release Day!

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Fur

California Residents: New Action Needed to Ban Fur Sales!

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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Tell CBS to Never Promote Extreme Elephant Cruelty Again

Tell CBS that using and abusing elephants is never acceptable!

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

Join us for an important event in LA.

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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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Will Happy Finally Get Sanctuary?

A lawsuit holds potentially important consequences for animals in the USA.

Enough is Enough!

The tragic death of Lily the baby elephant at the Oregon Zoo makes our blood boil!

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2018-11-02

Send Grieving Zoo Elephant to Sanctuary Before it’s Too Late!

Speak out now to get grieving Little Mac to sanctuary instead of another zoo!

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California: Join Us for a Unique & Inspiring Conference Confronting the Practice of Captivity

Don’t miss this important conference that happens only once every four years!

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2018-09-21

Solitary Elephant Asha Still Waiting for “Responsible” Agencies to Act on Her Behalf

We ask for you to speak up for Asha before her whole life is wasted in misery!

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Nosey and Captive Elephants Everywhere Need You!

Elephants taken from the wild are exploited by zoos and circuses for profit.

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