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MEDIA RELEASE: Pressure Mounts to Return Suffering Pandas to China

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MEDIA RELEASE: Victory! Los Angeles Ends Suffering of Geriatric Ponies at Griffith Park

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Encourage Commissioners to Create Bunny Retail Sale Ban

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Terrified Kitten Saved From Busy Highway

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How Biogas is Created From Farmed Animal Suffering

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Activists Launch New Anti-Trapping Billboard and Protest in New Hampshire

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Tembo the Elephant’s Heart is Breaking From Loneliness at the Cameron Park Zoo

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Hold Dr. Oz Accountable for Torturing and Killing Hundreds of Dogs!

MEDIA RELEASE: Animal Activists Welcome LA Council Recommendation To Free Billy the Elephant

MEDIA RELEASE: Actor Peter Coyote Speaks Out for Tule Elk of Point Reyes National Seashore

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

MEDIA RELEASE: Victory! Los Angeles Ends Suffering of Geriatric Ponies at Griffith Park

In Defense of Animals and Los Angeles Alliance for Animals claim a decisive victory for animals as Griffith Park Pony Rides and Petting Zoo will be forced to stop…

Los Angeles, pony, pony rides

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

Terrified Kitten Saved From Busy Highway

Kitten who was saved from a busy highway in Mississippi is now safe and loved.

Hope Animal Sanctuary, kittens, Mississippi, Rescue

How Biogas is Created From Farmed Animal Suffering

Biogas production is a popular scheme among mega-farms that capitalizes on the suffering of farmed animals and their waste while posing serious environmental hazards.

biofuel, biogas, CAFO, climate crisis, concentrated feeding operation, Farmed Animals, global warming, greenhouse gasses, methane, microorganisms

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

Tembo the Elephant’s Heart is Breaking From Loneliness at the Cameron Park Zoo

Urge Cameron Park Zoo to send its lone African elephant Tembo to an accredited sanctuary.

10 Worst Zoos, Cameron Park Zoo, elephants, Tembo

Hold Dr. Oz Accountable for Torturing and Killing Hundreds of Dogs!

Act now to demand that Dr. Mehmet Oz is charged for his role in torturing and killing hundreds of dogs!

animal testing, dogs, pigs, rabbits

MEDIA RELEASE: Animal Activists Welcome LA Council Recommendation To Free Billy the Elephant

In Defense of Animals has welcomed a unanimous vote by Los Angeles City Council’s Personnel, Audits and Animal Welfare Committee to send long-suffering Asian elephant,…

10 Worst Zoos, elephants, Los Angeles

MEDIA RELEASE: Actor Peter Coyote Speaks Out for Tule Elk of Point Reyes National Seashore

Actor Peter Coyote has added his famous voice — and his passion for justice — to the ethical cause of freeing the wild Tule elk from their deadly, fenced confinement…

Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, Tule elk

UPDATE: No Justice for 1,000 Pigs Left to Die Slowly in Iowa

A woman was arrested and charged after leaving 1,000 pigs to suffer and die in Sac County, Iowa, but isn’t facing serious consequences.

animal cruelty, Farmed Animals, Iowa, pigs

Get Active in Your Community for Fur Free Friday and Beyond!

For Fur Free Friday, we’ve launched new projects so you can take action for fur-bearing animals in your community!

clothing, fashion, fur, Fur Free Friday, Wild Animals

African Lion Safari: Conservation Lies Don’t Hide Your Abuse

Urge African Lion Safari to send its Asian elephants to an accredited sanctuary.

10 Worst Zoos, African Lion Safari, elephants

Demand Prosecution of Man Who Whipped Dog

Support the prosecution of a Texas man who was recorded violently whipping his dog.

animal cruelty, Justice for Animals, Texas

MEDIA RELEASE: Woman Guilty of Causing 1,000 Pigs’ Deaths Gets No Jail Time

In Defense of Animals decries the deplorable sentencing of an individual who pleaded guilty to causing the excruciating death of 1,000 sentient pigs by dehydration…

animal abuse, animal cruelty, Farmed Animals, Iowa, Justice for Animals, pigs

How Do Elephants Breed

Elephant breeding, mating and pregnancy under captive zoo management is abusive. We expose the sad reality of reproductive sexual assault behind every cute baby…

MEDIA RELEASE: Couple Charged With Bestiality, Cruelty & Sexual Assualt Headed for Grand Jury

In Defense of Animals was represented in Carroll County Justice Court today for the preliminary hearing of Michael Edward Bobbitt on charges of bestiality, sexual…

animal cruelty, Justice for Animals, Mississippi

MEDIA RELEASE: Heartbreaking Dog Dragging Details Emerge in Pretrial

In Defense of Animals commends Crystal Springs Municipal Judge Jeff Varas who today bound over Daniel Berthelette to a grand jury to face felony animal cruelty charges…

animal cruelty, Justice for Animals, Mississippi

You Helped Our Hope Animal Sanctuary Save More Than 400 Animals This Year

Thanks to your support, over the years our Hope Animal Sanctuary has been able to provide thousands of animals with a safe haven.

animal, Mississippi, Rescue

Tips and Traditions for an Animal-Friendly Thanksgiving

In Defense of Animals campaigners share tips and traditions that make Thanksgiving abundant with gratitude for both animals and those they hold dear.

animal-friendly, Holiday, plant based, Thanksgiving, tradition, turkey, Vegan

WATCH: Wild Horse Herd Success Story

Brutal wild horse roundups causing mayhem and death can be avoided! TJ Holmes shows the way for successfully managing a wild horse herd in Colorado.

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

Ban Deadly and Destructive Salmon Farming in Tasmania

Commercial salmon farming operations in Tasmanian waters are creating inhumane conditions for the fish raised there and killing protected wildlife.

respect for fish, salmon, seals

How to Pass an Ordinance

Did you know you can pass a fur ban in your own city? Learn more about how to pass an ordinance.

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