Animals in Entertainment

No doubt you’ve seen the story splashed all over the papers this week about the horsemeat found in burgers from several major UK supermarkets.

Animals in zoos are denied the opportunity to fulfil even their most basic instincts. Every single decision, including when to eat, what to eat, who to mate with, and when to sleep, is made for them.

Whistleblowers report that as many as 27 animals died preventable deaths during production of The Hobbit.

PETA supporters converged outside the ODEON Cinema in Leicester Square at the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Brigitte Bardot points out in a letter to Philippines ambassador that elephants in zoos suffer both physically and psychologically when confined and separated from other elephants.

Morrissey lent the spotlight at his recent Boston, Massachusetts, gig to help get the word out about elephants suffering in a circus act.

Our fantastic activists gathered outside the Philippines Embassy to urge the ambassador to take action and help free Mali the elephant from her life of suffering.

Dr Jane Goodall joined the effort to help Mali by writing to the Philippines president to support his directive ordering that Mali be transferred to a sanctuary.

Despite having been instructed by Parliament in 2011 to get wild animals out of circuses, David Cameron has been heel-dragging and stalling on implementing a ban.

PETA has been working hard to get the government to introduce a complete ban on wild animals in circuses.