animal rights news

Dade City's Wild Things (DCWT), a privately-owned animal park in Dade, Florida, has been banned from possessing endangered tigers, a court has ruled. The United ... More

Turkey’s parliament is planning to bring more attention to animal rights in the country via the unusual method of opening a zoo outside its buildings ... More

Travel operator TUI is to come under pressure from the animal rights action group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) over its continued ... More

SeaWorld says that the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) criminal investigation into its response to a highly critical 2013 documentary has been closed, with no ... More

The oldest zoo on the Arabian Peninsula is set to close this doors this weekend as the Dubai Municipality prepares to move its animals from ... More

SeaWorld is being investigated by two US federal agencies looking into public statements by executives before and during August 2014, including comments about the controversial ... More

Columba de la Panouse – vice CEO of Parc Zoologique de Thoiry – has urged the zoo community to inspire trust among the general public ... More

Despite growing sentiment worldwide that large sea creatures – particularly cetaceans – should not be kept in captivity, China’s Chimelong Group has opened the country’s ... More

South Korean officials have begun a 10-day inspection of eight of the country’s aquariums following the death of a bottlenose dolphin in Ulsan earlier this ... More

There is “no suggestion” that a zoo worker who went viral online after hitting a kangaroo to protect his dog will be sacked, according to ... More

A 200,000sq ft (18,500sq m) aquarium – part of a US$175m (€155.5m, £133.8m) leisure complex in the Arizona desert – has opened its doors to ... More

Musician and restaurateur Moby – whose vegan restaurant Little Pine is approaching its first anniversary – has told CLAD that too many architects and designers ... More

Anthony Esparza, chief creative officer (CCO) at SeaWorld, has been added to the lineup for the TEA’s annual summit next week. Esparza – who was ... More

SeaWorld has announced that it is ending orca captivity at its parks. The operator has been under immense pressure from animal rights groups ever since ... More

The California Coastal Commission – an independent, quasi-judicial government agency – has recommended SeaWorld’s expansion plans for its San Diego attraction should be permitted. A ... More

Jose Barbero, a spanish dolphin trainer accused of abusing animals in his care, has been found dead in Mallorca, according to the Spanish National Police. ... More

Georgia Aquarium has rebuked claims that its staff abused dolphins, with the aquarium’s CEO Mark Leven stating footage that emerged last week was doctored by ... More

The debate on whether or not cetaceans should be kept in captivity continues to rage on, as more than 100 countries signed a pledge to ... More

Phuket’s Tiger Kingdom – a popular tourist attraction which allows visitors to directly interact with tigers – has reopened to the public despite a recent ... More

Tennis star Andy Murray’s Chez Roux restaurant at his Cromlix House hotel has suffered a setback after being told that improvements are required before it ... More

The saga between Vancouver Aquarium and the city’s Park Board over the aquarium’s right to house cetaceans has taken a new turn after the aquarium ... More

As a reaction to lagging attendance, tumbling shares and a backlash of negative publicity in the wake of the controversial documentary Blackfish, Seaworld has announced ... More

The effects of the documentary Blackfish are plain to see for SeaWorld, as shares in the company have tumbled 33 per cent since the controversial ... More

Vancouver Aquarium will be allowed to keep whales and dolphins in captivity, but must not breed them or otherwise promote reproduction amongst captive mammals, following ... More

Andy Murray’s five-star hotel in Scotland has removed references to hunting from its website after coming under pressure from animal rights groups. Cromlix – the ... More