

8/31/26 - Tell Petco to Stop Selling Small Animals and Exotic Pets
Petco continues to sell small animals through a commercial breeding and distribution system. Join CWI in urging the company to end live-animal sales and promote adoption.
6 days ago


8/27/26 - Tell South Dakota State Fair: Cancel the Elephant Encounters
The South Dakota State Fair is advertising elephant encounters September 2–7. Tell fair officials to cancel the act and keep future fairs elephant-free.
Aug 26


8/21/26 - Urgent: Tell Price County Fair to End Its Elephant Show
Price County Fair is featuring elderly elephants Kelly and Isla. Urge fair officials to end the show and make future fairs elephant-free.
Aug 21


8/18/26 - Inside The Preserve: Elephant Exploitation Repackaged as an “Experience”
CWI’s investigation documents tourist handling, staged tricks, performances, and bullhook use involving elephants at The Preserve in Texas.
Aug 19


8/11/26 - Emily Is 61 and Has Spent More Than a Year Alone
Emily is 61 and has spent more than a year alone at Buttonwood Park Zoo. Help move her to an accredited elephant sanctuary.
Aug 11


7/28/26 - CWI Urges Kerbela Shrine to End Elephant Acts at Future Circuses
Ask Kerbela Shrine to commit that future Shrine circuses will never again use elephants. Take action for elephant-free entertainment.
Jul 28


6/23/26 - Loomis Bros. Circus Continues Exploiting Elderly Wild Animals
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.
Jun 23


6/1/26 - Elephant Happy at Bronx Zoo has died
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.
Jun 1


5/28/26 - Okha heads to Pennsylvania
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
May 28


5/10/25 Okha returns to Loomis Bros Circus
Okha returning to Loomis Bros Circus. Speak out!
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