Animals Used for Entertainment

South African Activists Won’t Stand for Big-Top Cruelty!

I continue to be amazed at all the work that’s going on in South Africa. Activists there are so dedicated to bringing attention to circus cruelty that they’ve leafleted …

The Slave Trade Is Alive and Kicking in South Africa!

Those superstar South African activists are at it again! This time, they dressed up in prison uniforms and donned chains to protest outside Brian Boswell’s Circus in Johannesburg. Unlike …

Top 10 Tuesday: Things to Tell Your Friends About Why They Should Skip the Circus

Circuses that still use animals would quickly lose their appeal if the details about how they treat their animals became widely known. Animal circuses are anything but wholesome family …

Victory! Thailand Promises Not to Send Elephants to the Philippines

It was recently reported in the Philippine media that Thailand was planning to send an elephant to the decrepit Manila Zoo at the request of Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim. …

Don’t Get Taken for a Ride

When a friend from Russia visited me in Manila, we decided to walk around for a bit of sightseeing. What was supposed to be a fun way to see …

Prison Suit–Clad PETA Members Protest Against Life Sentences for Animals

Dressed in prison suits and chimpanzee masks, PETA members braved the scorching Dubai heat to draw attention to the plight of animals who languish inside the barren and decrepit …

Supermodels Take It All Off to Expose Cruelty at Pata Department Store

What do you get when you have 10 naked models and a barren metal cage? A sexy new PETA ad that takes aim at Bangkok’s Pata Zoo—a cruel, cramped, …

Something Fishy Going On at Café Batavia …

After hearing Jakarta’s Café Batavia had fish lying on the bottom of their cloudy tanks with their skin peeling off, PETA immediately took action.

Safari World Takes a Step Backward

Bangkok’s Safari World forces male orangutans to partake in dangerous boxing matches while female orangutans wearing bikinis display the round number.