The sign is alarming: "CAUTION wolf traps set in the area near roads and trails. Please keep dogs leashed as they will be attracted to the traps and will be caught. Dogs will bite if approached in trap! If dog is caught place jacket over dog's head and compress springs...

I was intrigued by the Minnesota Zoo's recent announcement that it is discontinuing its captive dolphin exhibit. More than a decade ago we expressed concern about the zoo's acquisition of two dolphins from South Africa. In our letter we asked the zoo to instead consider phasing out the captive dolphin...

NBC Television's popular show The Voice is employing a Moluccan cockatoo to accompany Cee Lo Green.

As far as I'm concerned, this kind of animal exploitation doesn't fly.

By showing a cockatoo perched on a celebrity's shoulder, NBC is giving viewers the mistaken impression that these...

Ohio, where dozens of animals were shot dead in October after being let out of their backyard cages by their suicidal owner, was ripe for catastrophe. After all, it is one of only seven states that lack any laws regarding the private possession of "exotic" animals.

Now, thanks...

This Thursday (January 5, 2012) marks the 10th anniversary of National Bird Day, a day to recognize the threats birds face -- both in captivity and in the wild. This day, launched by Born Free USA in coordination with the Avian Welfare Coalition, is a somber reminder of our winged...

In bedrooms and backyards across America, people keep nonhuman primates as "pets." The desperate, misplaced need for this type of cruel companionship is alarming. Chimpanzees and monkeys belong not in our homes, but in the wild, and it is time for legislators in Washington, DC to take a firm stand...

"I thought the ivory trade was banned." How many times have I heard that in the last 15 years?!

Surely it's true: the bloody, corrupt and merciless ivory trade that precipitated the slaughter of 600,000 African elephants during the late 1970s and 1980s; the trade that outraged people all over...

Born Free USA works tirelessly to protect wildlife in their natural habitats and as part of our mission, we designed a week to put an emphasis on what EVERY PERSON can do to help Keep Wildlife in the Wild®. From June 20 to 24, the third annual KEEP WILDLIFE IN...

Kudos to Jane Velez-Mitchell at CNN Headline News for giving prominent national air time to Born Free USA's recent trapping investigation, Victims of Vanity.

Jane interviewed Adam Roberts, Born Free USA's executive vice president, and exposed the gruesome reality of trapping in America.

But where is the rest of...

Bob Parsons: business guru or Neanderthal?

It's a question that's divided the country for the past few days ever since Bob's personal 'poverty-reduction mission' to Zimbabwe (which involved shooting an elephant) hit the headlines.

Mr. Parsons has been to Africa six or seven times and claims to know what he's...

What is it about wild animals that make some people feel that it's OK to inflict pain, suffering and death upon them?

As I watched in horror the footage of our investigation which exposes the sickening inner world of recreational and professional wildlife trapping, I asked myself that...

On March 1, a coalition of wildlife protection organisations (Born Free USA/Born Free Foundation, Defenders of Wildlife, The Humane Society of The United States/HSI and the International Fund for Animal Welfare) submitted a Petition to the US Secretary for the Interior to have the African Lion listed as...