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Undercover for the Animals.
Lady Freethinker’s undercover investigations expose the hidden realities animals suffer through on a daily basis. We are a voice for those who cannot speak out for themselves.
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Shocking Cruelty in N. Sulawesi’s Dog Meat and Live Animal Trade
A new Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigation has exposed devastating cruelty and filthy, dangerous conditions at live animal markets in N. Sulawesi, Indonesia. We’re calling on a ban to stop the suffering.
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Lions and Tigers Bred for Profit in South Africa
A new Lady Freethinker investigation shows that big cat exploitation remains rampant in South Africa’s tourism industry — even after the government pledged in 2021 to phase out captive lion breeding.
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Wild Horses’ Legs Bloodied in Cruel Wyoming Helicopter Roundup
LFT documented the suffering of wild horses during a recent Bureau of Land Management helicopter roundup in Wyoming, where terrified foals and adults were chased over rugged terrain, resulting in severe injuries and multiple deaths.
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Lady Freethinker and ‘The Bachelorette’ Star Blake Moynes Expose Rampant Animal Cruelty in Thai Zoos
A new investigation by Lady Freethinker (LFT) and wildlife conservationist Blake Moynes of Save Our Species Alliance (SOSA) has revealed heartbreaking cruelty at wildlife attractions across Thailand. Investigators documented animals chained, beaten, and forced into degrading performances — all to entertain tourists and schoolchildren.
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Heartbreaking Cruelty in Vietnam’s Dog and Cat Meat Trade
A shocking new Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigation into dog and cat meat markets in Hanoi, Vietnam reveals animals trembling in fear and violently slaughtered in front of each other.
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Lady Freethinker Exposes Foxes and Raccoon Dogs Crammed into Wire Cages & Skinned Alive on Fur Farms in China
A shocking new Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigation in partnership with local Chinese organization Paws of China reveals that foxes and raccoon dogs are crammed into tiny, wire cages, pulled out of enclosures using iron tongs or metal poles, or yanked by their sensitive tails, and skinned alive on fur farms in China.
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Appalling Conditions for Orangutans at Thai Zoos
A new Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigation into Thai zoos reveals appalling conditions for orangutans, including the animals biting and clinging to the metal cage bars of their small enclosures, eating trash, and being forced to perform in “orangutan boxing” matches and other exploitative shows.
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New Report Reveals Hundreds of Baby Monkey Torture Videos On World’s Biggest Social Media Platforms
A new report from LFT and Action for Primates reveals that major social media platforms are still hosting alarming amounts of violent monkey‑abuse content — including hundreds of videos featuring infant macaques being tortured and killed. Between May and October 2023, the groups logged 857 posts depicting cruelty that remained online as new abuse was uploaded daily.
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Lady Freethinker Calls on Sumatran Officials to Stop All Illegal Transport of Dogs in Meat Trade
Investigators for Lady Freethinker returned to Sumatra and documented apparently sick, scarred, and emaciated dogs, some pregnant, being transported 17 hours for slaughter, getting yanked off a truck with a long snare pole, and then being shoved violently into burlap sacks that were tied shut.
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Animals Languishing in Filth at Cruel U.S. Live Markets
A Lady Freethinker investigation into live animal markets in New York and New Jersey reveals chickens, rabbits, cows, and others are suffering in feces-encrusted cages and enclosures waiting to be killed.
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Elephants Stabbed, Chained, and Forced to Perform at Tourist ‘Attractions’ in Thailand
A Lady Freethinker investigation into elephant tourist ‘attractions’ in Thailand reveals widespread cruelty, including elephants being stabbed with nails, chained in their own waste, and forced to perform unnatural and demeaning ‘tricks’ in front of loud crowds.
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Dogs and Wild Animals Are Suffering in Sumatran Live Markets
A Lady Freethinker investigation into dog meat markets and wet markets in Sumatra, Indonesia—covered by Newsweek— exposes rampant cruelty to dogs, turtles, birds, and other animals, who are killed needlessly and violently for food.
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Dog Meat Auction House of Horrors.
In the brutal heat of the Bok Nal “Dog Eating Days,” a Lady Freethinker (LFT) investigator went undercover to capture footage and images of captive dogs sold at what is likely the largest remaining dog meat auction in South Korea: Nakwon Auction House, in the city of Namyangju.
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Cruel PA Wildlife Killing Contest Pays Out $6,000+ for Massacred Coyotes
Bounty hunters armed with high-tech call devices, dogs, and high-powered firearms lured, chased, and then shot at least 34 coyotes during a recent three-day killing spree incentivized by cash prizes and gun giveaways during the 19th Annual Sullivan County Hunt in Pennsylvania, documented by an undercover investigator for Lady Freethinker.
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YouTube ‘Monkey Haters’ Group Where Members Pay to Have Baby Monkeys Tortured and Killed on Camera
Evidence shows group members paying for baby and juvenile macaques to be tortured and killed, revealing a coordinated online marketplace for cruelty operating across platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Forumotion, and Telegram.
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Tigers Suffer as Selfie Props at Zoos in the Philippines
A Lady Freethinker investigation into five zoos in the Philippines reveals widespread cruelty and abuse. Malnourished big cats lived in filthy and inadequate enclosures and animals of several other species — including macaques, civets, a sun bear, and orangutans — demonstrated symptoms of zoochosis, or extreme psychological distress.
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South Korea’s largest dog meat auction has shuttered its operations, following a Lady Freethinker (LFT) undercover investigation and relentless protesting from partner organization Save Korean Dogs. The Nakwon Auction House is now closed, and all of the dogs have been removed from its premises, officials with the city of Namyangju said via press release.
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The World’s Cruelest Coffee.
What’s in a cup of luwak coffee? Cruelty by the ounce, exposed by a Lady Freethinker investigation into the treatment of civet cats, or luwaks, who are force-fed coffee beans so their excrement can be made into the most expensive coffee in the world.
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Elephants Chained, Wounded, and Forced to Haul Tourists in India
A new Lady Freethinker investigation has uncovered widespread elephant suffering at tourist attractions across India, where elephants were found chained, injured, and forced to perform for visitors. Across six facilities, LFT’s investigator documented routine abuse, signs of severe psychological distress, and painful injuries — revealing a pattern of cruelty hidden behind the promise of “entertainment.”
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LFT Investigation Nets Chile’s Strongest Ever Sentence For Animal Cruelty.
Lady Freethinker’s investigation into a cruel dogfight breeding facility has led to an unprecedented victory for the animals: For the first time in Chile’s history, a judge issued the maximum possible sentence for animal abuse under new laws, sending the message that cruelty to animals will no longer be tolerated. And for the first time in the country, the court barred an offender from ever having an animal again.
