Born Free USA, a leading national wildlife advocacy organization, is calling on Ohio legislators to immediately ban the ownership of dangerous exotic animals after a 10-year-old girl was mauled by a mountain lion kept as a pet in Columbiana County.

Michael Vick was released from prison today, after his two year stay for federal dog fighting charges. Was his punishment enough? You weigh-in.

Meet Ned. Ned was a 21 year old, male, Asian Elephant. He was born into captivity at Busch Gardens Amusement Park, where he was later sold into circus life at the age of two.

Born Free USA today congratulated the United States Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee on its passage of S. 529, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2009, and H.R. 80, the Captive Primate Safety Act.

We do not need to watch Animal Planet to see our animal heroes in action; they are all around us, and you can be one, too!

A six-week-long trial against Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus on charges that it mistreats its Asian elephants in violation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) concluded March 18, 2009. The lawsuit alleged that the use of the bullhook and the constant chaining of elephants wounds, harasses and harms the animals.