Zoos

Shocking new video footage shows barren pens, open wounds, animals jabbed with spikes, and more.

The Oscar winner teams up with PETA US to blast “cruel” travelling animal acts.

The eight-year-old snow leopard was killed by Dudley Zoo.

Elephants in some zoos are forced to entertain visitors, but they pose for photos and perform tricks only because they’re afraid of being beaten by trainers.

This list for National Zoo Awareness Day explores why zoos are unethical and negatively affect animals.

Earlier this year, Smithsonian magazine reported that “[y]ears of habitat destruction and poaching have reduced giraffe numbers by 30 percent, placing them in the vulnerable category for the first time.” Looking at the near-constant showcasing of baby giraffes in zoos across the UK, you may never have guessed that they were a threatened species. As […]

How many more people have to be hurt or killed by wild animals kept in captivity before we accept that these animals belong in their natural habitat?

Borth Wild Animal Kingdom has been prohibited from keeping “category 1” animals, including wild cats such as lynxes, lions, and leopards.

PETA and Lynx UK Trust are joining forces to speak up for Lillith the Eurasian lynx, who escaped from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom near Aberystwyth last week.

PETA contacted the organisers of the event in Kingsbridge to highlight the cruelty of allowing visitors to “get close to” birds of prey.