Animals in Entertainment

Actor Lena Headey wants you to know that animals in circuses are beaten, chained, whipped and forced to perform against their will.

PETA US is calling for an investigation of Irish pigeon racers for apparent violations of cruelty laws.

In a step forward for animal rights, a Paris court ruled last week that bullfighting should be taken off the official list of France’s “intangible cultural heritage”.

Last week, we learned that London Zoo scrapped its rowdy “Zoo Lates” parties after thousands of people signed our petition.

By propping up the notion that bullfighting somehow “represents” Spain, Mini-Europe is doing the Spanish people a grave injustice.

Changing the name of Britain’s oldest pub to Ye Olde Clever Cocks would help celebrate chickens as the intelligent, sensitive and social animals they are.

Today, a crowd of protesters picketed Channel 4’s London headquarters urging the channel to stop allowing cruelty to occur on its programmes.

If you learn about plans for a petting zoo, please write to the organisers and ask them to replace it with an event that doesn’t involve exploiting animals

The Edinburgh-born TV presenter fired off an urgent letter on behalf of PETA calling on the zoo to cancel the traumatising events.

A new law makes it illegal to have sex with animals and ends the disturbing animal-sex tourism industry in Denmark.