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Bulls

Bulls are strong, muscular, mature male cows.

Dolphins

Dolphins are highly intelligent and social marine mammals.

Fish

Fish are aquatic animals who live in diverse habitats.

Hamsters

Hamsters are desert-dwelling rodents who have become popular pets.

Lemurs

Large-eyed, long-tailed lemurs are complex primates who belong exclusively in Madagascar.

Manatees

Manatees are large, gentle marine mammals who eat only aquatic plants.

Mice and Rats

Mice and rats are curious, social animals who can make excellent pets.

Otters

Members of the weasel family, otters are known for their elongated bodies, webbed feet and playful antics, particularly their love of sliding down rocks, banks or waterfalls.

Emperor Penguin with two chicks in Antarctica

Penguins

Sporting their tux-with-tails plumage, penguins are one of Earth’s most charismatic and recognizable birds.

Rabbits

These shy, gentle animals share our neighborhoods—and sometimes our homes.

North Atlantic Right Whale breaching the water's surface

Whales

Whales are awe-inspiring giants of the sea.

Three rabbits in restraints in animal testing lab

Ending Cosmetics Animal Testing

Because beauty should be kind.

Captive animals such as this tiger locked in cage suffer in zoos and circuses

Helping Captive Wild Animals

To keep wild animals where they belong—in the wild—and out of zoos and circuses.

wild humpback whales in marine life habitat

Protecting Marine Wildlife

To make the ocean safer for those who call it home.

Elsa the tiger in a cage on wheels being moved to her new home

Just as a historic freeze sent temperatures plummeting in Texas in February, overwhelming the state’s power grid, breaking pipes and leaving roads slick with ice, a strange call came into the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office near San Antonio. Someone said they heard an animal crying outside their...

Animal Laboratory Search Tool

Are animal experiments being conducted in your city/state or at your university or alma mater? Use the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s public search tool to find out! The Animal Welfare Act requires facilities in the U.S. that conduct experiments* on certain animals** to register with the...

Animal testing and experiments FAQ

Contents How many animals are used in experiments each year? Which animals are used in experiments? What kinds of experiments are animals used in? What kinds of institutions use animals in experiments? Where do laboratories get the animals they use in experiments? What is life like for animals in...

Bipartisan legislation to prohibit the use of wild animals in traveling exhibits heard by Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development

BOSTON—Today the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development heard testimony on bills prohibiting the use of elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes and bears in traveling exhibits and shows (H.3245 and S.2197/S.2189). This critical, bipartisan legislation serves to...

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