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VIDEO: Terrified Military Macaw Screams After Being Shot

Shocking video footage shows a Durango, Mexico, family shooting into a flock of wild military macaws with a rifle, causing one animal to fall to the ground with a badly wounded wing. The injured bird, crying desperately in pain and terror, was reportedly captured by the family. They allegedly hunted and shot the bird in the hope of keeping the animal as a “pet.” Watch the video:

As the macaw called out and languished on the ground, some family members apparently realized that the bird might die from the injury. Instead of seeking help for the badly injured animal, the family reportedly scrambled around and shouted, “Shoot another one! Shoot another one!”

Government Officials Rescued and Treated the Military Macaw

Fortunately, PROFEPA—Mexico’s federal environmental protection agency—found the macaw after analyzing a video that one of the family members had reportedly posted on social media. The bird was rescued and treated by local veterinarians, who claimed that the left wing had been wounded by a .22 caliber bullet, which penetrated close to the bone.

Even in a best-case scenario, months of recovery will be necessary before the macaw will be able to fly and be free again.

Military macaws should never be hunted, captured, or sold.

Their populations have been drastically depleted in recent years—just to satisfy human whims.

Indiscriminate deforestation, illegal hunting, the theft of chicks, and wildlife trafficking have all left the military macaw—and other macaw species—in a precarious situation.

The Governor of Durango Must Intervene to Prevent Such Violence

The capture of and trade in wild parrots has been banned in Mexico since 2008, but incidents like this one keep occurring. Military macaws are legally protected, and anyone who harms them should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Mexican authorities must set a precedent to deter this kind of cruelty.

You can leave a comment on one of the governor of Durango’s Instagram posts asking him to end such atrocities.

Animals shouldn’t be gunned down and taken away from their natural habitat. This family’s actions were utterly selfish. It’s speciesist to believe that we have the right to make animals’ lives miserable by tearing them away from their families and homes and denying them their freedom simply because we can.

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Tim Stark Loses PETA Lawsuit—Cub-Petting Industry Could Be Going Down With Him

Victory! The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted partial summary judgment in favor of PETA in our Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit against Wildlife in Need and Wildlife in Deed, Inc. (WIN), Tiger King villain Tim Stark, and Stark’s ex-wife Melisa Lane. The judge issued a permanent injunction barring Stark, Lane, and WIN from allowing big-cat cubs to interact with the public, separating mother cats and their infants, declawing big cats, and possessing the tigers, lions, and tiger/lion hybrids on Stark’s premises who were unlawfully taken in violation of the ESA. We must and will submit a motion within 30 days relating to the placement of the big cats at reputable sanctuaries.

curly and mo the wild animal sanctuary

PETA already helped rescue Curly (left) and Mo (right), who are now at The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado. They were rescued from G.W. Zoo after Tim Stark transferred them to “Joe Exotic.”

PETA filed the lawsuit in 2017 following an eyewitness investigation revealing that WIN prematurely separated big-cat cubs from their mothers to be used in “Tiger Baby Playtime” public encounters and caused cubs horrific suffering as a result of declawing procedures—two cubs died after being declawed.

The court found that Stark’s declawing procedures (about which he said he didn’t “give a sh*t what [a veterinarian’s] opinion” was) were “a gross failure to meet the accepted standards of medical care,” that premature separation “deprives [cubs] of vital components that help develop a healthy immune system,” and that cub petting “also subjects cubs to extreme stress.” The court also held Stark, Lane, and WIN responsible for the maternal separation of cubs they acquired from other traffickers, because cub-petting events “created a demand for young [c]ubs.”

“PETA thanks the court for recognizing that Tim Stark must no longer be permitted to abuse big cats and flout the laws designed to protect them,” says PETA Foundation Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement Brittany Peet. “This historic decision is a warning to the entire big-cat cub-petting industry that its days are numbered.”

The decision also placed a target on the backs of other roadside zoos by rejecting a number of defenses offered by Stark, Lane, and WIN—such as that the proprietors and staff of a roadside zoo like WIN had any useful expertise to counter PETA’s experts and that “[s]imply saying ‘other zoos do it too’ is insufficient” to evade liability.

Stark and WIN are still being sued by the Indiana Attorney General’s Office for allegedly violating state nonprofit laws. And in February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture permanently revoked Stark’s license and ordered him and WIN to pay a total of $340,000 following a lawsuit alleging more than 120 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act between 2012 and 2016. The court’s decision also referenced a 2013 incident in which Stark bludgeoned a leopard to death with a baseball bat.

Jeff Lowe, also of Tiger King and the operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (G.W. Zoo) in Oklahoma (the roadside zoo formerly owned by “Joe Exotic”), is also a defendant in PETA’s lawsuit, and the case against him continues.

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Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth With Vegan Treats Shipped to Your Door

Social distancing at home just got a little sweeter, because these vegan bakeries across the country will deliver baked goods straight to your door, so you don’t have to leave the comfort of your home. These sweet treats are made with love and without any animal-derived ingredients, so you can enjoy them while knowing that animals didn’t have to suffer. By using vegan ingredients instead of cow’s milk, butter, eggs, and honey, these bakeries are demonstrating compassion for animals.

Cows used in the dairy industry are forcibly impregnated so that they continually produce milk, and the babies of these loving mothers are taken away so that humans can steal the milk. That’s just one example showing why it’s so important to choose vegan options!

Whether you’re craving something new or looking for the perfect gift for a loved one, these vegan bakeries have what you’re looking for—and they ship nationwide.

Karma Baker

Bunnie Cakes Studio

HaleLife Bakery

Maya’s Cookies

The Naughty Cookie

Erin McKennna’s Bakery NYC

Yvonne’s Vegan Kitchen

Southern Roots Vegan Bakery

Tubby’s Taste

Coco Luv Vegan Cookies

No Cookie

Brewer Bakes

Heavenly Vegan

Jalen’s Bakery

Lush Life Vegan Bakery

Mo’Pweeze Bakery

Naturally Sweet Desserts

Fat Badger Bakery

Sinfull Bakery

Whisked!

When you go vegan, you open up a whole new world of vegan deliciousness, and baked goods are just the beginning. If you’re looking for other indulgent treats, try some vegan ice cream or doughnuts or perhaps bake a treat of your own.

Learn Why People Go Vegan—and How You Can, Too

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PETA Statement: Elephant Birth at Endangered Ark Foundation

Below, please find a statement from PETA Foundation Director of Captive Animal Law Enforcement Rachel Mathews in response to the just-announced birth of an elephant calf at the Endangered Ark Foundation, a misleadingly named, highly exploitative elephant breeding, training, and “retirement” facility for Carson & Barnes Circus, whose elephant training is managed by notorious elephant abuser Tim Frisco:

Every elephant born into a lifetime of punishment, pain, chains, and exploitation in a circus or roadside zoo is a tragedy. PETA is calling on Carson & Barnes Circus and the Endangered Ark Foundation to ensure that this was 50-year-old Whimpy’s final pregnancy and to show a modicum of kindness by letting her vulnerable calf stay by her side instead of using him as a circus prop.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment” and which opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview—notes that Carson & Barnes has been fined over $20,000 and cited for more than 100 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, including for failing to provide animals with adequate shelter and veterinary care. In 2015, the circus was cited after a hippo and an elephant languished for months, losing weight, before they died.

For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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Simons Bans Fur After PETA Appeal

Following communications with PETA—and after pressure from more than 65,000 of its supporters—Simons has confirmed that it is phasing out fur from its inventory and expects to be fur-free by the fall. In thanks, PETA sent the company a box of delicious bunny-shaped vegan chocolates.

“Kudos to Simons for acting to help stop the barbaric killing of animals for their fur,” says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. “Kind shoppers can do their part by opting for cozy PETA-approved vegan clothing that no animal suffered and died for.”

PETA shared numerous video investigations of the global fur industry with Simons, revealing that animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest killing methods available, including neck-breaking, suffocation, poisoning, and genital electrocution. Animals are sometimes still alive and struggling when workers hang them up by their legs or tails to skin them.

Simons joins hundreds of top designers and retailers—including Macy’s, Burberry, Gucci, Versace, and Michael Kors—in banning fur.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—opposes speciesism, which is a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.

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