Top Trainer Blows Whistle on Marineland
“The seal was writhing in pain … blood coming from his eye … The dolphin’s skin was flaking off … The water had gotten so bad…
C.J. Chimp Heading to Oregon Sanctuary
Better news for C.J. the chimpanzee who broke out of her Las Vegas home for the second time and was taken to the zoo. She’s on…
The Celebrity Fur-Go-Round (updated)
November 2009: Lady Gaga to Ellen Degeneres: “I hate fur and I don’t wear fur.” August 2012: PETA in a letter to Lady Gaga after she…
Tommy Lee Gives SeaWorld a Drumming
Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee has told SeaWorld they can’t use any of his music at their marine circus acts. In a letter to John T.…
Vegas Chimp Escapes Again
Incredibly, C.J., one of the two chimpanzees who escaped from their cage at a private home in Las Vegas in July, broke out yet again. She…
Ryan the Bow Hunter
A major deer hunting magazine calls him “a diehard whitetail hunter.” (In fact, it’s the deer who dies hard.) Paul Ryan is a bows-and-arrows hunter, who…
SeaWorld Putting Trainers Back in Water with Killer Whales
Since the day six-ton orca Tilikum dragged his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, into the pool, savaged her and killed her, SeaWorld has kept all trainers out of…
Video of SeaWorld Trainer’s Narrow Escape
This is the video of a killer whale trainer being dragged underwater in 2006 by one of the orcas at SeaWorld San Diego. It was released…
Michael Vick: ‘I’ve Helped More Animals than I’ve Hurt’
Michael Vick says he’s “made peace” with his past and that in his work as a motivational speaker for the Humane Society of the U.S., he’s…
Elephants: ‘California, Here We Come!’
They’ve been cleared for take-off. Barring last-minute holdups (and the Toronto Zoo says there may be some), Toka, Thika and Iringa, the three African elephants at…
When Chimpanzees Escape
It rarely ends well for chimpanzees in captivity when they try to escape. And the fact is they always do want to escape … they’ll do…
Ex-Bullfighter: “I Was Wrong”
He’s basically one of a kind – a former bullfighter who now fights against bullfighting. Alvaro Munera started his career in Colombia when he was 12…
Rodeo Shocker!
An animal protection group has blown the whistle on the rodeo industry with video footage of cowboys giving electric shocks to the horses as they open…
Why Baby Chimp Died at Zoo
Male chimpanzees can be violent with babies who are not their own. That’s natural, but what’s not natural is when it’s brought into the confines of captivity at a zoo, where, in this case, Gracie had nowhere to go with her baby and her friends except to another part of their enclosure.
Capturing Belugas to “Save” Them
The Georgia Aquarium is planning to capture 18 beluga whales from where they live in the Sea of Okhotsk in eastern Russia, and fly them halfway around the world to put them on display in Atlanta. Their explanation for doing this would be hilarious if it were not so sad and not such an unconscionable abuse of highly intelligent animals.
The Trial of Billy the Elephant
It could be enormously significant for elephants in captivity in Los Angeles, in all of California, and possibly even for elephants all across the country. Whichever way…
Skip Tom Cruise in ‘Rock of Ages’
Tom Cruise tells Ryan Seacrest he couldn’t do real comedy in his new movie without having a baboon brought onto the set: “I wanted to play…
Horse Wins Race, Drops Dead
He’d just won another $90,000 for his owners – this time at the Iroquois Steeplechase in Tennessee. But this would be Arcadius’s last race. Right after…
Ringling Circus Train Collides with Truck
A Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train collided into a dump truck that had stalled on the train tracks near Knoxville, Tenn. The train…
Will Mexico City Ban Bullfights?
Mexico City is close to approving a bill that would ban bullfights. Three of the members of a legislative panel voted to endorse the measure, two others abstained, and a sixth member walked out before the vote.