Dolphins are extremely intelligent and social creatures who in the wild live stimulating lives with their pods. Their natural habitat is the ocean for a reason — they need to swim free! They have strong family bonds and are playful and skilled. Unfortunately, they are victims of merciless exploitation on behalf of humans. They are […]
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Zebra Shot Dead in Germany After Escaping From Circus
Animal activists are outraged after a zebra was shot dead in Northern Germany. Pumba the zebra ran into a motorway after it escaped the circus and was then shot by Animal rescue services. Two zebrase scaped Wednesday morning as Circus Barclay was setting up a new location in Tessin, Germany. The first zebra was captured […]
Arrests Made After Elephant Is Shot 70 Times and Mutilated by Hunters
Six arrests in the case of an elephant who had been shot 70 times and whose tusks had been hacked off will hopefully serve as a warning to others. Only about 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants remain in the world. Last week,officials in Malaysia discovered the mutilated corpse of one of these endangered animalson the island […]
Petition: Stop Annual Badger Culling in the United Kingdom!
Culling is the reduction of an animal species by slaughter. Governments take it in their hands to “cull” animals based on convenience and what may be profitable. Samarkand, a city in Uzbekistan was recently culling stray dogs to make the city more appealing to tourists. In places like Australia, sharks are culled to prevent human-shark […]
Petition: Stop eBay From Allowing The Sale of Endangered Stuffed Animals
Trophy hunting is cruel enough — the hunters think animals’ lives are theirs to take and they can use the body of the animal however they please. The murders they’ve committed are a source of pride for them. To make matters worse, some trophy hunters profit from the murders by selling the bodies of the […]
Petition: Ban Arranged Trophy Hunts That Teach Children to Kill Helpless Animals!
Trophy hunting is so cruel and unnecessary, it can be hard to believe that there are actually companies that profit from arranging such cruelty as activities. Trophy hunters can pay obscene amounts of money to kill animals. For instance, a few months ago, a man paid $110,000 to kill stalk and kill the endangered national […]
Denmark Saves Circus Elephants With Retirement Plan!
Denmark purchased 4 circus animals for 11 million kroner ($1.6 million) to free them from the circus life and move them into retirement. According to the Associated Press, Denmark will be banning wild animals in circuses later in 2019. This retirement follows multiple wild animal circus bans taking place across the world. The newly protected […]
Petition: Protect the Termit and Tin Touma National Reserve From Oil Exploration!
The Termit and Tin Touma National Reserve in Niger was created in 2012 to protect the endangered wildlife that live in the region. It covers about 38,600 square miles of desert and low mountains in the southern Sahara. The reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its biodiversity. The addax and dama gazelle […]