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.

After years of uncertainty, Asha has arrived at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Her journey offers hope—and reminds us that four other elephants are still waiting for their chance at sanctuary.

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!

After nearly four decades in a circus, Julie — Portugal’s last circus elephant — has been retired to Pangea Elephant Sanctuary in the country’s Alentejo region.

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.

Happy, the Bronx Zoo elephant whose fight for freedom became known around the world, has died. Please urge the AZA to enforce its own standards and act for elephants kept alone before more elephants die in isolation.

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