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- 52 Years After Capture, Lolita The Orca May Return To The Oceanon March 31, 2023 at 2:56 pm
The killer whale, also known as Tokitae, has lived in a tank at the Miami Seaquarium for decades. Now she might be headed to a sanctuary in waters where her family still swims.
- NFL Stars Flatten Fuming Protester On 'Monday Night Football' Fieldon October 4, 2022 at 4:38 am
Bobby Wagner and Takkarist McKinley of the Rams take down a protester running across the field.
- New York's Highest Court Weighs Question Of Whether Elephant Is A Personon May 21, 2022 at 2:44 pm
Some advocates say Happy the elephant should be legally considered a person, and freed from the Bronx Zoo, where she has spent the last 45 years.
- Ringling Bros. Announces Comeback Tour But Without Animalson May 18, 2022 at 3:17 pm
“The Greatest Show on Earth” ended its 146-year run in 2017 when ticket sales declined after customers became conflicted about animal acts.
- Protester Tries To Glue Herself To Court During Clippers-Timberwolves Gameon April 13, 2022 at 12:49 pm
Animal activist Alicia Santurio, trending as #GlueGirl, laughed about her stunt afterward, even though she had a serious motive.
- New Documentary Follows Cher On An Elephant Rescue Mission In Pakistanon March 24, 2021 at 7:35 pm
The "Moonstruck" icon's journey is chronicled in "Cher & the Loneliest Elephant," which hits Paramount+ on April 22.
- Farms Have Killed Off Millions Of Animals As Supply Chains Break. But These Hens Made It Out.on June 6, 2020 at 6:29 pm
As an Iowa farmer scaled down operations, he took the rare step of giving chickens away. Rescue groups swooped in.
- Healthy Pigs Killed, Thrown Away As Farms Face Slaughterhouse Backlogson May 2, 2020 at 4:15 pm
Officials estimate about 700,000 pigs nationwide being killed each week, disposed of in landfills or composted.
- Joaquin Phoenix Celebrates Oscar With Incredibly Moving Rescue Of Cow And Her Calfon February 21, 2020 at 12:00 pm
"Oh my love," the "Joker" actor told the calf, Indigo, after saving the bovines from a slaughterhouse.
- Joaquin Phoenix Honors Late Brother River In Emotional Oscars Speech On 'Injustice'on February 10, 2020 at 4:35 am
After winning Best Actor for "Joker," Phoenix touched on animal rights, cancel culture and personal growth in his acceptance speech.