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Blog Entries Tagged as Elephants

  • Feb
  • 20

Sanctuary Founder Leaves Safe-Haven Legacy

Posted by Alisa Mullins at 10:38 AM | Permalink | No Comments


It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Pat Derby, the former animal trainer who saw the error of the entertainment industry's ways and spent the rest of her life helping captive animals by providing them with safe havens at her three spacious Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuaries in California. Pat died …

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  • May
  • 2

Best of PETA Prime: Are Animal Lovers Selfish?

Posted by Lisa Towell at 5:45 AM | Permalink | Comments (15)


Are Animal Lovers Selfish? by Lisa TowellI've loved animals ever since I was little. My then bedroom was home to mice, rats, turtles, fish, rabbits, and guinea pigs. And I loved visiting farms, zoos, and exhibits where I could see and touch animals. I've gotten a lot of pleasure over the years from meeting these animals, but I've come to realize …

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  • Oct
  • 28

Animal Minds

Posted by Steve Martindale at 12:11 PM | Permalink | Comments (6)


Animal Minds by Steve MartindaleAre animals conscious in the way that we are? What goes on in their minds? I can't say for sure, but it doesn't surprise me that elephants distinguish between different human languages as they listen to us or that dolphins have a strong sense of self and can think about the future.

I sometimes run …

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  • Oct
  • 10

Bob Barker Takes to Airwaves to Save Lucy

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In a hard-hitting interview with Canada's CTV network, the ever-eloquent Bob Barker blasts the Edmonton Valley Zoo and city officials for refusing to transfer Lucy, the zoo's ailing and aging elephant, to a sanctuary. Lucy will spend most of the next six frigid Alberta months alone inside a barren barn with nothing to do …

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  • Sep
  • 5

Cloris Leachman Speaks Up for Ailing Elephants

Posted by Guest Blogger at 2:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)


Anyone who suffers from arthritis knows how painful a disease it is. The pain is relentless—every move can be excruciating. Elephants used in the circus are susceptible to arthritis because of constant confinement and being forced to perform grueling tricks over and over, facing punishment if they do not comply. Acclaimed actor Cloris Leachman exposes the suffering …

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  • Apr
  • 2

Beaten Elephant Retired

Posted by Michelle Sherrow at 8:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (23)


elle411Earlier this week, PETA's blog posted undercover video footage taken by London-based Animal Defenders International showing a handler who used a pitchfork and a club to viciously beat an elephant named Annie. When confronted with the video, the elephant's owner, Bobby Roberts, wisely scrambled to save face by allowing Annie to retire from his "Super Circus" and spend the …

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  • Feb
  • 17

Barker Wants Elephants to 'Come on Down' …

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… to sunny California. Not content with campaigning to get an ailing elephant named Lucy out of Edmonton's Valley Zoo, the tireless Bob Barker is now speaking out on behalf of Toka, Iringa, and Thika, the three elephants at the Toronto Zoo. Bob …

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