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Efforts to Rescue Lolita the Orca from Miami

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Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service. Animal-rights activists claim an orca is being held in an "inadequate tank" in the Miami Seaquarium. They sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for excluding captive killer whales from listing under the Endangered Species Act.

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Controversial Elephant Death at San Diego Zoo

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Here's the full article from the Los Angeles Times. An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also criticized the zoo in the wake of the death.

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