Elephants do not belong in captivity! In the wild, they are highly social animals that roam up to 30 miles in a day with their herd. They also eat a lot in the wild and put their amazing memory and communication skills to great use! However, in captivity, they never get to do any of […]
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Petition: Free Chained Tiger at Phuket Zoo!
Phuket Zoo is notorious for their terrible treatment and neglect of animals. Just last month we shared a petition with the goal to shut them down after what happened with Dumbo the elephant. Dumbo was seen being forced to perform unnatural tricks, dancing, and “raving” at Phuket Zoo despite appearing skeletal. The baby elephant was […]
Petition: Stop Using Tigers as Photo Props!
There is no denying that tigers are beautiful creatures. But they are wild animals who should be free to live in the wild. Unfortunately, humans have chosen not to respect these beautiful animals, but instead exploit them. Tigers are taken to be trained for circuses where they are kept in captivity and forced to perform […]
Petition: Urge the U.S. to Deny Import of Captive Dolphins
An application has been filed by The Chicago Zoological Society and the Brookfield Zoo to import three bottlenose dolphins to the United States. The dolphins are currently held at Dolphin Quest Bermuda and would either be sent the to Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, IL or to the Coral World Ocean Park in St. Thomas, U.S. […]
POLL: Is it time to close our zoos?
In 2014, Marius, a perfectly healthy two-year-old giraffe, was killed and fed to the lions in Copenhagen Zoo. It caused an outcry at the time but, as a new Horizon documentary explains, it made perfect sense – and lifted the lid on something happening in zoos across the world, which they rarely admit to. Every […]
POLL: Should the keeping of elephants in captivity be banned?
A newly published study in Nature Communications imparts some critical information about how captivity negatively affects the lifespan of elephants. In truth, previous research has already established that elephants in zoos live fewer years than those that roam free. The new ground this study breaks is in looking at the lifespan of elephants that were […]
POLL: Should this Florida zoo offering swims with tiger cubs be closed down?
Thanks to animal activist organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a Florida zoo will likely never be allowed to own tigers again. In October of 2016, PETA sued Dade City’s Wild Things and owners Kathryn and Randall Steares in federal court in Tampa. The organization alleged that DCWT’s practice of allowing the public […]
POLL: Should Thailand’s Phuket Safari Eco+ Park be shut down?
During shows presented several times a day at Phuket Safari Eco+ Park in Thailand, visitors can watch a group of macaque monkeys dance and perform tricks like riding tricycles and lifting weights. It’s just as depressing as it sounds, according to online reviews. “There [were] monkeys chained up in cages going crazy, trying to bite […]
