Animals in Entertainment

Yesterday, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced plans to phase out the use of elephants in their shows by 2018.

News that a pop-up “owl bar” – at which live owls would be handled by cocktail-sipping members of the public – is supposed to be coming to London.

When shocking images of a muzzled, chained bear surfaced on social media at the iconic Hôtel Plaza Athénée, PETA France jumped into action.

Respecting an animal and serving up his or her dead body on a plate are two very different things. That’s why we’ve just written to aquaria across the country.

PETA India and Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) have teamed up to create India’s first free-roaming elephant sanctuary.

Upsetting footage filmed in circuses across Spain shows abuse of elephants, crocodiles, zebras, llamas, camels, dogs, tigers, horses, rhinos and lions.

Elephants never forget being beaten, chained up or forced to perform confusing and often painful tricks in shows and circuses. Now that you know the truth, can you forget?

Shilpa Shetty teams up with PETA UK to speak out against circuses.

Last week, Sant Joan in Mallorca became the 16th town on the island to reject bullfighting ? a sign of the growing Spanish resistance to this cruel and outdated pastime.

It’s common sense, really – a crowded shopping centre at the busiest time of year is no place for a wild animal.