Elephants

A draft bill was tabled in Parliament to stop circuses using animals beginning in 2015 – a move that all British people can celebrate.

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.

Pamela Anderson is the latest to write to politicians following PETA India’s discovery that Sunder, a young elephant held in a temple, is being abused by his handler.

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, Born to Be Wild 3D follows the lives of orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue, protect and rehabilitate them.

Animals find new ways to astonish us every day. Wouldn’t it be great if we returned the favour by astonishing them with our compassion?