In Sri Lanka, an island nation in South Asia, a visually impaired elephant was searching for food near homes when three men allegedly chased him with flaming torches. One of the men allegedly set fire to his body. The elephant suffered severe burns. Veterinarians tried to save him, but he died from his injuries. His death is a painful reminder of how badly Sri Lanka needs stronger laws against animal cruelty. Sri Lanka’s main animal cruelty law was written over a century ago

She should be able to swim through these waters without finding a wall of netting in her path. A young dolphin was swimming off the coast of South Africa when she became trapped in a shark net. She struggled to escape, but the net held her underwater until she died. Her death was not an accident. Shark nets and baited hooks used along South Africa’s coast also catch turtles, rays, and sharks that were never the intended target. From 2018 through 2022, this gear killed an a

There is nowhere to run when the people who came for them arrive. In China, terrified dogs are trapped in filthy, crowded cages where they see and hear other dogs being beaten and killed. Workers grab them with metal nooses, club them, and slit their throats. Some dogs are still alive when workers skin them.  Their skin is turned into leather gloves, belts, jacket trim, cat toys, and other products sold around the world. Congress documented dog and cat fur entering the Unit

Mexico is home to the only operating octopus farm in the Western Hemisphere. Right now in Mexico, octopuses are being forced into tanks where more than half die before they ever reach slaughter. Inside octopus farms, they are confined together with no way to escape one another. Researchers report that the stress and aggression inside these tanks is so severe that octopuses attack each other. Arms are torn off. Fresh wounds are left untreated. Some animals are killed and parti

Surviving means little without legal protection. Right now, animals in West Virginia remain vulnerable to one of the most horrific forms of cruelty: sexual abuse. Every other state has passed laws to make this a crime. West Virginia has not, and that gap is already showing its impact. In one investigation, police found videos on a phone of a dog being pinned down and sexually abused by the people responsible for that animal. In another case, officers entered a broken-down s

Every tuft of mohair began with an animal who had no say. A child hugs a soft teddy bear from FAO Schwarz, unaware that the "luxury" mohair used in these toys is ripped from goats in a cycle of unimaginable violence. On mohair farms, goats are grabbed by their horns and legs and dragged across hard floors as they fight desperately to break free. Some are lifted by their tails, which can snap their spine. Their bodies are forced down so hard that they cannot move. Blades te

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