Elephants

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

On 20 August, 1994, Tyke was forced to perform in Honolulu. This is what happened next.

We are overjoyed to report that Sunder is FINALLY on his way to safety!

Last month, PETA India won a court case to get abused elephant Sunder released to a sanctuary.

We have some excellent news today that is bound to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has heard the story of Sunder.

Elephants are magnificent, fascinating animals. Here are some facts you may not know about them – and two ways to speak out for elephants who are suffering in captivity.

After a nine-month-long investigation, the Animal Welfare Board of India has just decided to end the registration of elephants for performances in circuses.

Reading the story of a baby elephant in a Chinese zoo who wept for five hours after his mother twice tried to kill him yesterday almost made us cry.

Mali has spent 35 years at the Manila Zoo, where she endures intense confinement, boredom, loneliness and isolation in an area fraction of the size of her natural habitat.

Mali was taken as a baby from Sri Lanka in 1974 and has spent the last 35 years in a small concrete pen.