Emily is 61 and has spent more than a year alone at Buttonwood Park Zoo. Help move her to an accredited elephant sanctuary.

Wilstem Wildlife Park is using Betty and three other elderly, Carden-owned elephants for paid tourist encounters. Tell Wilstem to end the exploitation and support their retirement to sanctuary.

Ask Kerbela Shrine to commit that future Shrine circuses will never again use elephants. Take action for elephant-free entertainment.

Loomis Bros. Circus is preparing for a three-city Florida run—and its advertising prominently features an elephant. That elephant is expected to be Okha, the 56-year-old Asian elephant and the only elephant currently known to be traveling with Loomis. Speak out!

Today is National Guinea Pig Appreciation Day, but for thousands of guinea pigs across the country, there is little to celebrate. Every year, guinea pigs are bred in commercial breeding facilities, shipped to pet stores, and sold as impulse purchases. Many families are never told how much care these intelligent, social animals truly require. As a result, rescues and shelters are overwhelmed with guinea pigs who have been abandoned, surrendered, or neglected. PetSmart has made

Following the death of Happy, Patty is now the only elephant left at the Bronx Zoo. She is 57 years old and has spent more than five decades in captivity at the zoo. Act now!

The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is once again advertising elephant rides for its 2026 season—and CompassionWorks International is asking supporters to speak out before the festival begins in late August.

At 56 years old, Okha should be living in peace—free from trucks, circus rings, and the demands of performing for crowds. Instead, she is still being hauled from city to city and forced to perform for Loomis Bros. Circus.

Despite growing nationwide opposition to the use of wild animals for entertainment, Bruno’s Tigers is scheduled to perform at the Mercer County Fair in Ohio from August 14–19, 2026. The traveling act, operated by Brunon Blaszak, forces tigers to perform demeaning circus tricks such as jumping through hoops and walking across a high wire. These stunts do not teach respect for endangered animals. They teach audiences that powerful wild cats exist for human amusement.

As far as CWI is aware, Okha is the only elephant currently traveling and performing with a circus in the United States right now. While this could change, it still represents an extraordinary milestone. When CWI first began this work, dozens of elephants were on the road every spring. Now seemingly only Okha remains — and she needs us more than ever. Elderly Okha is still being hauled from town to town with Loomis Bros. Circus for performances and rides. At a time when cir