People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

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PETA Investigator Assaulted While Filming Racehorse Auction Catastrophe

PETA’s investigator has filed a police complaint for assault, battery, theft, and illegal detainment after a Thoroughbred auction company tried to stop him from filming the last moments of a young horse’s life.

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April 10, 2024

A Dog Was So Frightened She Hid in Her Destroyed Home—See Her Now

As the war drew closer to this Ukrainian village, humans evacuated—but some animals were left behind. Watch as PETA-supported rescuers bring five of them to safety.

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March 29, 2024

Another Foreign Lab Is Using Your Money to Hurt Animals—Here’s How to Stop It

PETA has found even more reasons to urge your legislators to act. Let’s save lives and stop the National Institutes of Health from using our tax money to fund foreign laboratories.

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Find Out Why This Video Was Voted the Best PETA Ad of All Time

The voters have spoken: RZA’s video is PETA’s greatest ad of all time. Watch it now to learn why it’s changing hearts and minds.

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March 19, 2024

More Than 100 Veterans Are Up in Arms About the Navy’s Secret ‘Recruits’

Did you know the U.S. Navy funds cruel decompression tests on animals? Learn how PETA collaborated with Navy veterans in a move to sink these experiments.

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April 9, 2024

You’re Invited! Don’t Miss Ingrid Newkirk’s New Speaking Tour

See PETA’s president in person! After this event, you’ll have a new spring in your step, knowing you’re an integral part of the “all” in “all together now.” See a list of all upcoming tour stops and get your tickets here.

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The Mangoes in Your Fridge May Have Come at a Killer Cost

Freshly squeezed … murder? Mice need you to help axe a rotten policy. Join us and make a juicy appeel to save others.

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PETA IN ACTION

Birthday Blitz: Giant ‘Monkey’ Delivers Cake to Whole Foods CEO

PETA members let Jason Buechel, the CEO of Whole Foods, know that getting monkey abuse out of the chain’s stores would be a piece of cake if they sold coconut milk from countries where monkey labor isn’t used. Learn more at PETA.org/Coconut.

Giant ‘Spider’ in Washington, D.C., Exposes NIMH’s Monkey Experiments

At the National Institute of Mental Health’s 75th anniversary symposium, PETA demanded an end to taxpayer-funded tests like those of Elisabeth Murray, in which she scares monkeys with fake but realistic-looking spiders. Take action at PETA.org/Taxes.

Rescued! Bo Gets a Chance to Find a Loving Home

PETA fieldworkers rescued Bo, who had been roaming in a neighborhood adjacent to a busy highway. We transferred him to the Norfolk SPCA Adoption Center in Virginia, where he’ll have a chance of finding a good home.

Massive Blow-Up Fez Follows Shrine Circus Over Big-Top Cruelty

Our larger-than-life spectacle was part of a five-city campaign at each of the circus’ stops across East Texas, during which animal defenders urged Shriners to keep animals out of their shows. Take action at PETA.org/Shriners.

PETA Supporters Defend Monkeys at the University of Washington

Protesters called for the closure of the notorious Washington National Primate Research Center, where thousands of monkeys have been tormented and killed in pointless experiments. Take action at PETA.org/Seattle.

Young Dolphin Defenders Descend on SeaWorld

Students Opposing Speciesism members protested outside SeaWorld San Antonio to urge the park to release the dolphins and whales it keeps captive into a seaside sanctuary. Take action at PETA.org/Corky.

PETA’s ‘Primates’ Rattle UMass Over Monkey Menopause Tests

Protesters called on Chancellor Javier Reyes to shut down the University of Massachusetts–Amherst’s deadly experiments on marmosets outside the school’s donor reception in Florida. Take action at PETA.org/Amherst.

Wahoo! Fieldworkers ‘Spay’ the Day for Bruno and Mario

PETA held a “CAP Day” and transported 49 animals in North Carolina, including Bruno and Mario, to and from their free spay/neuter appointments in just one day.

Animal Defenders Blast Ajinomoto’s Tests on Animals

PETA members in San Diego urged the world’s largest MSG manufacturer to embrace the animal-free research methods already adopted by many food and beverage companies after hearing from PETA. Take action at PETA.org/MSG.

‘Monkeys’ Tormented by Flashing Lights Swarm Harvard Over Cruel Experiments

PETA supporters mimicked Harvard Medical School experimenter Margaret Livingstone’s latest monstrous test, in which she subjected infant monkeys to strobe-effect lighting all day every day for 18 months. Learn more at PETA.org/Harvard.

30,000 Lives Are at Stake—and That’s Just the Beginning! Take Action

Tell Georgia officials to reconsider a plan for the largest monkey prison in the U.S. before a single shovel breaks ground.

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Bird Flu on the Brain? Try One of These Eggcellent Vegan Options

Plenty of replacements are available for baking or preparing a dish that calls for eggs, so start eggsperimenting!

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although not at a Johns Hopkins lab, this beagle kept behind bars for experimentation shows how nearly 65,000 dogs are imprisoned in U.S. laboratories each year

Is NIH the Worst Detective of All Time? What Its Recent Murder Investigation Reveals

Heard about the horrific history of animal testing in Johns Hopkins labs? PETA reveals how the university is getting away with murder—and who its accomplice is.

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April 11, 2024

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PETA Investigation Nets First-of-Its-Kind Victory for Alpacas—Check It Out

Find out what groundbreaking victory PETA’s evidence helped achieve and how to urge retailers still selling alpaca wool to make a compassionate change.

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Urgent Alerts

Change the World for Animals—Take Action Now

Urge Ontario Authorities to Assist Donkey With Severely Overgrown Hooves

Please contact Provincial Animal Welfare Services (PAWS) and ask it to intervene swiftly for the donkey with overgrown hooves on Settlers Road in Lindsay.

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Is a Loophole Letting NIH-Funded Experimenters Withhold Pain Relief From Animals?

With the “Column E” loophole, experimenters infected 6,272 guinea pigs with anthrax and not given anything to help ease their pain.

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Ask Starbucks to Stop Charging Extra for Vegan Milk!

Join PETA and other kind consumers in telling Starbucks that it’s time to brew change for animals and the environment—before it’s too late.

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Urge Resorts to End Cruel ‘Swim With Dolphins’ Encounters

Tell Hawks Cay Resort, The Kahala Hotel & Resort, and Hilton Waikoloa Village to end their cruel “swim with dolphins” encounters and not to permit the breeding or acquisition of more animals on their premises.

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Urge Eastern Virginia Medical School to Fire Baboon Experimenter and Close Lab

A medical school experimenter tormented Jemma, Cookie, Toya, and Tara for years in illegal C-section surgeries, and now he’s denied them a few years of happiness. Help us close his lab now.

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Urge Ottawa Comiccon to Stop Selling Animals!

Urge Ottawa Comiccon to do the right thing by ending the display and sale of live animals at its event.

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WHAT PETA STANDS FOR

People

I am you, only different

Ethical

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Treatment

Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

Animals

We are all animals.

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Urge SeaWorld to Free Corky, the Longest-Held Captive Orca in the World

Corky is the longest-held captive orca in history, and time is running out. Will you take action?

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Want to Take Action on Earth Day? PETA’s Protests for the Environment Will Inspire You

For Earth Day 2024, take a look at how PETA has changed hearts and minds with eye-catching demonstrations by taking on the climate catastrophe’s leading culprit: animal agriculture.

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Know a Teacher Who Deserves an A+? They Could Win Big in This Contest

Are you a world-class compassionate teacher, or do you know someone who is? Here’s how to nominate educators for TeachKind’s annual contest. Plus, get a glimpse of this year’s prizes!

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Alicia and Bear Silverstone run out of a biology lab with several frogs. Text reads "Cut Class, Not Frogs! Empower your kids to say NO to animal dissection"

What’s the One Reason Alicia Silverstone Will Let Her Son, Bear, Cut Class?

Alicia Silverstone’s message is clear: It’s time to say, “As if!” to animal dissection and embrace a compassionate and effective way to teach biology.

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April 10, 2024

You’ll Duck Out of H&M When You See What It’s Hiding

Will H&M finally ditch down after PETA’s latest “bloody” stunt? Keep reading to see what we sent the company’s CEO.

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Calling All Young People: Help Animals and Win Exclusive Rewards—Here’s How!

Taking action for animals is its own reward, but if you’re between the ages of 13 and 24, you can also earn exclusive perks with peta2. Here’s how to join for free today.

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April 15, 2024

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Transparency for the Greater Good: Nonprofit Scraps ‘Humane’ Claims After a Push From PETA

A nonprofit has complied with PETA’s demand to stop marketing cruelly obtained materials as “humane.” Now we’re asking the organization to prove that it really is “committed to making a difference.”

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April 16, 2024

Listen In: Why Young Horses Are Dying Before They Even Enter a Race

Staff from Ocala Breeders’ Sale assaulted and robbed PETA’s investigator after he captured a gut-wrenching moment on video.

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We Did It! Find Out How This Blood Bank From Hell Just Took a Hit

These companies got the memo about The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank, but there’s still work to do. Learn how to take action today.

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Save Lives, Get Better Results: This Is PETA’s Plan to Update Laboratory Research

Our scientists have a plan to phase out animal tests and improve research for human health. See our Research Modernization Deal here.

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She Was Still Alive—What You Need to Know if You See a Turtle Near a Road

Many turtles are severely injured or killed on roads every year. They can survive for weeks after their shell is crushed. If you see a turtle—injured or not—on or near a road, here’s what to do!

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Put Your Veterinary Skills for Tigers, Snakes, and Others to Work

We’ve rescued big cats from Tiger King hellholes, stopped circuses from exporting endangered animals for their shows, and more. Will you be a part of our next big victory?

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