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MEDIA RELEASE: Author and Activists Win Prestigious Award for Nonviolent Activism
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MEDIA RELEASE: Portland Should Vote No on $380 Million Zoo Bond
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Georgia Residents: Oppose Massive Monkey Research Breeding Facility
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Tell Congress to Reject Funding to the NIH for More Primate Experiments
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Torture & Torment of Wyoming Wolf Demands Accountability As Outrage Spreads
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How Dogs & Cats Beat India’s Scorching Heat At Sanctuary
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Vermonters Celebrated World Frog Day With Toad Trivia
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The Game Is Up: Trophy Hunting Does Not Boost Conservation or Economy
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MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Leaders Encourage a Vegan Passover for Earth Day, April 22
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Tell Buttonwood Zoo: Send Your Sad, Tormented Elephants to Sanctuary Now
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URGENT: Save Wild Horses With 2022 Budget Bill
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WATCH: The Tule Elk Video the Park Service Doesn’t Want You to See
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2024-04-25
MEDIA RELEASE: Author and Activists Win Prestigious Award for Nonviolent Activism
In Defense of Animals’ Interfaith Vegan Coalition has announced Dr. Will and Madeleine Tuttle as the winners of its prestigious Homo Ahimsa Award for their nonviolent…
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Sustainable Activism
2024-04-24
MEDIA RELEASE: Portland Should Vote No on $380 Million Zoo Bond
In partnership with Free the Oregon Zoo Elephants, In Defense of Animals urges citizens in the Portland Metro area to reject the Metro Regional Government’s new…
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Oregon Zoo
2024-04-22
Georgia Residents: Oppose Massive Monkey Research Breeding Facility
In Defense of Animals is calling on Georgia residents to urge state legislators to oppose a massive monkey research breeding facility, which will perpetrate extreme…
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2024-04-19
Tell Congress to Reject Funding to the NIH for More Primate Experiments
Congress must reject 10 million dollars to the NIH in the 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill to prevent primate experimentation.
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United States
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2024-04-19
Torture & Torment of Wyoming Wolf Demands Accountability As Outrage Spreads
A young female wolf was tortured and killed in Wyoming. Animal cruelty charges must be brought, and anti-predator policies ended.
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Wyoming
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2024-04-19
How Dogs & Cats Beat India’s Scorching Heat At Sanctuary
IDA India has thoughtful ways for helping animals in their care beat the heat — and sometimes dogs find their own clever way to do it themselves!
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IDA India
2024-04-19
Vermonters Celebrated World Frog Day With Toad Trivia
In Defense of Animals celebrated #WorldFrogDay with Toad Trivia to raise awareness about amphibians and their migration season
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Wild Animals
2024-04-19
The Game Is Up: Trophy Hunting Does Not Boost Conservation or Economy
Botswana is wrong about trophy hunting, it does not conserve elephants or contribute to economies.
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Botswana
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2024-04-18
MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Leaders Encourage a Vegan Passover for Earth Day, April 22
In Defense of Animals’ Interfaith Vegan Coalition and Jewish leaders worldwide are encouraging communities to host vegan seders and go vegan for Passover this year,…
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2024-04-12
Tell Buttonwood Zoo: Send Your Sad, Tormented Elephants to Sanctuary Now
After decades in the frigid, cramped Buttonwood Park Zoo in MA, senior elephants Emily and Ruth have earned their retirement to a warm, spacious sanctuary.
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2024-04-12
Demand Justice for Victims of Vicious Backyard Butcher in Florida
Following a months-long investigation into an illegal slaughter farm in Fort Pierce, Florida, exposing the horrifying treatment of animals, two people have been…
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2024-04-12
21 Years Combined House Arrest, Fines & Restitution, & Lifetime Proximity Bans for Bestiality
The strong sentencing of Michael Edward Bobbitt and Christy Bobbitt on charges of bestiality, sexual assault, and aggravated animal cruelty they committed against…
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Justice for Animals
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Mississippi
2024-04-12
Multiple Citations Lead to Eviction Notice for Miami Seaquarium
After nearly 70 years of animal cruelty and poor facility maintenance, Miami Seaquarium was served an eviction letter in early March 2024 and must vacate the premises…
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2024-04-12
Want More Tule Elk? Just Add Water!
Tule elk numbers rise at Point Reyes National Seashore, but the fence trapping them still needs to come down.
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Tule elk
2024-04-09
MEDIA RELEASE: Muscovy Ducks Killed In Largo Florida
Concerned residents in Teakwood Village have joined In Defense of Animals’ National Goose Protection Coalition to call for answers and accountability after a rifleman…
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Florida
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National Goose Protection Coalition
2024-04-05
URGENT: No Chainsaw & Herbicide Assaults on Forest Animals & Plants in Tomales Bay
Tell the California Coastal Commission NO Cal Parks herbicides, chainsaws, and chippers in Tomales Bay State Park in Marin County.
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2024-04-05
Ban Trapping of Predators on Wildlife Refuges
Submit your comment to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requesting that it bans trapping as part of its comprehensive plan to preserve the biological integrity…
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2024-04-05
WATCH: Activists Confront USDA Official Demanding Change to Controversial Bird Flu Bailout
On March 18, 2024, activists from Free from Harm and In Defense of Animals publicly confronted USDA acting Deputy Administrator Jeffrey Silverstein at the Animal…
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2024-04-05
WATCH: Activists Speak Out Against Turtle Racing in Los Angeles
On March 21, grassroots animal rights groups took action against the turtle races at Brennan’s, an iconic Irish pub in Los Angeles.
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2024-04-05
WATCH: Mike the Horse Rescued Despite Repeated Efforts to Hide Him
Mike the horse has been rescued and his neglectful guardian has received proper punishment in Mississippi thanks to In Defense of Animals’ Justice For Animals campaign.
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2024-04-03
MEDIA RELEASE: 21 Years for Bestiality Couple
In Defense of Animals, which operates Hope Animal Sanctuary and the Justice for Animals Campaign in Mississippi, applauds the sentencing of Michael Edward Bobbitt…
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Justice for Animals
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Mississippi
2024-03-29
Demand Justice for a Wounded Dog Nailed to a Board
Demand justice for tortured dog nailed to plywood and left at an intersection in Arkansas.
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Arkansas
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Justice for Animals
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2024-03-29
Stop Government Wild Horse Roundups Separating Nursing Foals & Mothers
Ensure genetic viability of Wyoming McCullough Peaks wild horses and follow the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Program (CAWP) during government roundups.
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McCullough Peaks
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Wyoming
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2024-03-29
WATCH: South Korean Dog Meat Rescue Pups Arrive in Los Angeles
Watch two sweet dogs rescued from South Korea’s dog meat trade meet their adopters for the first time at the Los Angeles International Airport.
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dog meat
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Jindo Love Rescue
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