Week of Action For Wild Animals in Circuses

Join IDA for a week of action starting on Tuesday, March 20, to help to save animals from the misery of circus life.

Click here to read more and find a list of actions you can take to support H.R. 3359, the Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act (TEAPA).

Kansas Activists Erect Billboard to Save Topeka Zoo Elephants

Activists erected two billboards urging the Topeka Zoo to send elephants Tembo and Sunda to a sanctuary. The Topeka Zoo recently made its fourth appearance on IDA's Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants list because of shamefully inadequate conditions.

If you live in or near Topeka and want to help, contact Catherine@idausa.org.

Click here to learn more about Tembo and Sunda.

IDA Releases Annual Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants List

IDA's 2011-12 list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants again generated headlines and TV coverage from Hawaii to Massachusetts, from Canada to Arizona, and all points in between, as IDA once again exposes the hidden suffering of elephants in zoos.

Click here to see the full list.

Click here to view IDA's Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants Hall of Shame.

Lily Tomlin Urges Maine Governor To Stop Proposed Elephant Facility

Renowned actor and comedian Lily Tomlin sent a letter to Maine Governor Paul LePage, urging him to stop a plan that would bring an Asian elephant named Rosie to live in Hope, Maine. The plan is fraught with animal welfare and human safety problems. Read more and take action. Read more.

Tell Westfield Malls To Stop Supporting Cole Brothers Circus

Westfield Malls in many locations across the Eastern seaboard have been and will be hosting the Cole Brothers Circus on mall property. This circus shows gross indifference to the welfare of animals and threatens public safety by displaying dangerous wild animals under inadequate control and conditions.

Click here to read more, and to take action.