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FEATURED Company Trying to Make SeaWorld China a Reality?! A Chinese real estate company has agreed to purchase the rights to open SeaWorld parks in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. China has nofederal animal welfare laws, so dolphins and whales would likely be treated as disposable commodities. Please urge Zhonghong Zhuoye Group to leave animals out of any new parks. TAKE ACTION NOW City Council in California Nixes Plan to Trap and Kill Coyotes Illegally In response to a lawsuit filed by PETA and Arcadia, California, resident Sarah Rosenberg—and after more than 47,000 concerned citizens sent e-mails—the Arcadia City Council voted on Tuesday to rescind its plan to use cruel neck and leg snares to trap coyotes and then kill them. Share the news, and then speak up for other animals. HELP WIN MORE VICTORIES Seals Are Being Slaughtered The barbaric seal slaughter has started off the eastern coast of Canada—here's how you can help end the killing. SAVE SEALS It's a New Era for Animals, and the Public Doesn't Want to See Them Exploited on Stage Circuses that exploit animals (such as Ringling Bros.) are closing their doors, and animal-free circuses (like Circus 1903) are taking over the scene, so why does Carson & Barnes continue to force elephants to perform confusing and often painful tricks? Please join us in urging Carson & Barnes to eliminate animal acts now. MESSAGE CARSON & BARNES Over 472K People Follow PETA on Instagram—Here's What You've Been Missing Follow PETA on Instagram for breaking news, behind-the-scenes glimpses of #PETALife, vegan memes and recipes, giveaways, and more! FOLLOW @PETA As We Wait on the Easter Bunny, Rabbits Are Killed, Ripped Apart, Eaten, and More Rabbits are used for angora, fur, experiments, and meat. Share to help others see what happens to them, and then take action to help rabbits who are tormented and killed for fashion. WATCH AND SHARE Octopus Writhes on Cutting Board as Each Limb Is Severed and Fed to Diners PETA documented the mutilation of live octopuses and other animals at Los Angeles restaurants. As Dr. Jennifer Mather explains, "[T]he octopus, which you've been chopping to pieces, is feeling pain every time you do it. It's just as painful as if it were a hog, a fish, or a rabbit, if you chopped a rabbit's leg off piece by piece." HELP STOP LIVE-ANIMAL EATING Allegations Confirmed of Mice Cruelly Killed, Flooded in Cages, and Neglected The National Institutes of Health Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare has confirmed several allegations in PETA's recent complaint: Skin from the tails of mice was crudely torn off, mice were kept in severely crowded cages, and persistent problems with flooding jeopardized their lives. New government records also show that mice were starved and suffocated to death. Act now to stop the abuse of animals in laboratories. TELL NIH TO CUT FUNDS Venezuelan-American Bombshell Actor Alicia Machado Goes Naked for PETA Latino Miss Venezuela and Miss Universe Alicia Machado knows a thing or two about sex appeal and that it's sexy to be fur-free. WATCH HER BARE ALL SHOCKING VIDEO: Zoo Caught Beating Baby Elephants to Force Them to Do Tricks PETA Germany recently uncovered disturbing behavior at the Hanover Zoo, as staff were caught breaking baby elephants' spirits through pain and punishment. WATCH AND HELP ELEPHANTS The Horrific Massacre of Seals Has Begun—Take Action Now Canada's commercial seal slaughter is taking place now. Even though there are no major markets left for seal-derived products, tens of thousands of harp seals are being shot or bludgeoned for their flesh and fur. Tell Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada should live up to its peaceful reputation by putting an end to this bloody massacre. SPEAK UP TODAY URGENT ACTION NEEDED Urge Garden Bros. Circus to End All Cruel Animal Acts Tell Designer Michael Kors to Stop Selling Fur Ask Candy Companies to De-Bug Their Sweets Calves Dragged and Face-Branded for Leather Car Interiors TOP PICKS FROM PETA CATALOG PETA Bunny Recycled Aluminum Necklace   Only Bullies Wear Bunnies Unisex Tank Top   Humane Bug Catcher

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FEATURED Venues Plan to Host Circus Exhibitors With Long Histories of Animal Welfare Act Violations Video footage from a recent Jordan World Circus performance shows an imprisoned elephant swaying repeatedly, a clear sign of stress. Other footage reveals a handler tugging on an elephant with a sharp bullhook. The circus depends on unscrupulous animal exhibitors who force animals to perform pointless tricks. Please speak up for animals in captivity. TAKE ACTION Your Actions Are Sparing Animals Needless Suffering and Saving Lives—Keep It Up! After hearing that sharks are dragged thousands of miles across the country, only to have their fins and tailed pulled in front of screaming children, a festival in Georgia canceled the shark encounter. And after thousands of people e-mailed city officials, beavers will no longer be trapped and killed in Warner Park in Wisconsin. A quick message from you might just be the difference betweenlife and death for animals. ACT NOW Will YOU Help Us Stop the Abuse? Caring people refuse to be silent about animal cruelty. Your support today can help our Cruelty Investigations Department expose abuse and rescue animals from almost unimaginable suffering. HELP MORE ANIMALS 21 Things the Egg Industry Doesn't Want You to See Before Easter If everyone saw this, no one would want to buy chicken eggs this holiday. Share it with everyone you know—then take action to help chicks. YES, THIS IS STILL HAPPENING WATCH: Kanye West's Sexy Fashion Muse Amina Blue Struts Her Stuff for Animals Inspired by the well-known animal activist Pamela Anderson and a tragic video of what happens inside a slaughterhouse, model Amina Blue chooses to follow a vegan lifestyle and hopes to motivate others to eat, dress, and live compassionately. GO BEHIND THE SCENES Family Demands Justice After Infected Rat From Petco Kills Son Eyewitness investigations at Petco's animal suppliers have revealed filthy and abusive conditions for animals at the massive breeding mills. Even worse, Petco knew that rats from its suppliers were testing positive for the disease that killed a 10-year-old boy. MESSAGE PETCO NOW Company Takes Students to Orca Prisons, Promoting Cruelty to Animals Adventure Student Travel still offers student trips to SeaWorld and the Miami Seaquarium, but watching depressed animals swim in endless circles is hardly educational. Tell the company to teach students compassion instead of cruelty. MESSAGE THE COMPANY Goats Violently Beaten and Killed on an Organic Goat-Milk Farm Disturbing eyewitness video footage of the abuse of goats on an organic farm in Germany shows that organic labels mean nothing when it comes to cruelty to animals. WHAT YOU CAN DO Monkeys Driven Mad, Rabbits Mutilated in University of Pittsburgh Laboratories Gandalf—one of more than 550 monkeys imprisoned in barren metal cages—was bitten on the hand by a monkey caged nearby. This serious and excruciating injury went all the way to the tendons, but he was prescribed only ibuprofen for his pain. Three weeks later, he was used in an experimental surgery and then euthanized. Tell the National Institutes of Health to stop funding cruel experiments like this. DEMAND JUSTICE Founder and CEO of Munchkin Pledges $1 Million to Build Sea Sanctuaries for Orcas To date, 39 orcas have died on SeaWorld's watch, but this man is working to change the fate of other orcas still languishing in captivity. WATCH AND SHARE URGENT ACTION NEEDED Urge Carson & Barnes Circus to End All Cruel Animal Acts Tell SeaWorld’s Newest Shareholder Not to Bring Animals to China Ask Texas A&M University to Close Dog Laboratories Behind the Scenes—How the Fashion Industry Exploits Rabbits TOP PICKS FROM PETA CATALOG

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