Minister Promises That Full Wild Animal Circus Ban Will Go Ahead
DEFRA Minister Lord de Mauley confirmed that the government will go ahead with plans to keep all wild animals out of circuses.
“After you rip their claws and their tails off … they’ll crawl across the floor and everything.”
There are things that no sentient animal should ever have to endure…
Born Into a Broken Home
Reading the story of a baby elephant in a Chinese zoo who wept for five hours after his mother twice tried to kill him yesterday almost made us cry.
Paul McCartney Speaks Out for Mali the Elephant
Mali has spent 35 years at the Manila Zoo, where she endures intense confinement, boredom, loneliness and isolation in an area fraction of the size of her natural habitat.
Success! Philippine Airlines Stops Shipping Primates to Labs
Philippine Airlines will no longer transport primates to laboratories to be used in experiments – a policy change that could save hundreds of monkeys from being trafficked for animal tests.
Get the Facts – 5 Food Products That Taste of Torture
Get the facts about food. What is veal? How is foie gras made? Where does caviar come from? Is goat cheese cruel? Does it hurt when lobsters are boiled alive?
England’s Badgers Need You!
Badgers across England are currently being threatened: a planned cull will begin soon unless we can convince the government to stop the slaughter.
Good News for Dolphins: India Ditches Dolphinaria!
Dolphins may be diving in delight this week at the news that plans to build dolphin parks in several Indian states have been scrapped following pressure from PETA India.
Thousands Come Together to Ask, ‘When Will Mali Be Free?’
Mali was taken as a baby from Sri Lanka in 1974 and has spent the last 35 years in a small concrete pen.
Hurrah! Government Finally Acts to Ban Wild Animals in Circuses!
A draft bill was tabled in Parliament to stop circuses using animals beginning in 2015 – a move that all British people can celebrate.