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Animals News tagged with elephants abused

Students, Wildlife Activists Spread Awareness Against Cruelty to Elephants
Animals  (tags: students, street elephants, mahouts, animal activists, in memoriam, tourists, elephants abused, exploitated )

Simone
- 86 days ago - thaindian.com
Jaipur, Aug 30(ANI): Hundreds of school students, animal lovers and wildlife enthusiasts came together on Sunday to stage a mass rally through the streets of Jaipur to highlight the cruel treatment meted out to elephants by their owners and mahouts.
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Uk: More Cruelty at Circus Exposed, and Still the Uk Government After Promises Made Years Ago, Does Not Have the Backbone to Act
Animals  (tags: animal defenders investigation, uk circus, elephants abused, tortured, beaten, evidence, videotaped )

Simone
- 97 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
The results of an undercover investigation by ADI shows the animals being hit in the face, being kept chained and barely able to move for up to 11 hours a day, and displaying disturbed, abnormal behaviour. The circus, which has been touring the UK
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BEATEN AND HIT WITH HOOKS, CRUEL FATE OF OUR CIRCUS ELEPHANTS
Animals  (tags: documentation, european circuses, great british circus, elephants abused, videotapoed )

Simone
- 100 days ago - express.co.uk
SHOCKING images of circus elephants being beaten sparked fresh calls yesterday for a ban on wild animals in the Big Top. An undercover video shot by Animal Defenders International shows three elephants crying out after being hit on the head with a
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Three Desperate Elephants in Loves Park, IL - HELP!!
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, abused, AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, ethics, protection, sadness, suffering, wildlife, elephants abused )

Eureka
- 169 days ago - helpelephants.com
They were trucked over 1,000 miles from their home base in Leggett, Texas. After spending at least 20 hours locked and crammed into a trailer meant for two elephants, the three elephants were unloaded to reveal their shockingly debilitated condition.
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Elephant Cruelty: Your Government Inaction
Animals  (tags: ringling bro circus, elephants abused, tortured, beaten, bullhooks, barbaric cruelty )

Simone
- 371 days ago - blog.peta.org
It seems that some circus industry folks--including Feld Entertainment, Ringling's parent company--have donated more than $40,000 to certain Chicago aldermen and their respective ward organizations in an apparent attempt to derail efforts to pass an ordina
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Condemn the "Greatest Show on Earth" - PETITION
Animals  (tags: ringling bros circus, animal torturers, abusers, elephants abused, bullhooked, tortured, tormented, imprisoned, cruelty )

Simone
- 598 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
An upcoming TV series, "Greatest Show on Earth", promises a "behind-the-scenes" look at the legendary Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. But the real story is that Circus staff regularly abuse and torment performing elephants with bull hooks,
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Tell Philly Zoo Director Dewan: Scrap Plans to Breed Elephants, Send Them To Sanctuary Instead!
Animals  (tags: Philly zoo, breeding elephants, elephants abused, imprisoned, cruelty, advocates, protests )

Simone
- 628 days ago - ga0.org
Last week, the Philadelphia Inquirer published an excellent Op-Ed by attorney and elephant advocate Marianne Bessey highlighting the absurdity of claims that breeding elephants in zoos is essential to conservation, especially in light of South Africa's
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Melbourne Zoo Animals Neglected: Report
Animals  (tags: melbourne zoo, animal cruelty, reports, elephants abused, tortured, investigations, australia )

Simone
- 678 days ago - news.smh.com.au
A Melbourne Zoo has been accused of abusing animals, including an horrific incident involving an elephant which was repeatedly stabbed, a Fairfax newspaper reports. The 13-year-old elephant was stabbed more than a dozen times with a sharp metal spike
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Behind the Big Top: Man on Mission to Save Elephants From the Ringling Bros. Circus
Animals  (tags: ringling bros circus, animal cruelty, elephants abused, beaten, destroyed, bullhooked, tortured, animal welfare, animal advocates )

Simone
- 718 days ago - americanchronicle.com
Tom Rider, a former employee of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, is on a mission to save elephants from cruelty. Early next year, a lawsuit filed on behalf of Rider, the Animal Welfare Institute, the American Society for the Prevention of
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Elephants Are Mad, and They're Not Going to Take It Anymore
Animals  (tags: elephants abused, tortured, animals abused, fighting back, welfare of animals, fighting for animals )

Simone
- 825 days ago - newsblaze.com
Animals who are caged, chained and beaten for our "amusement" are starting to fight back. Last month, in between news reports about the Michael Vick dogfighting indictment, you may have seen video footage of elephants wandering the streets in Newmarket,
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