Four chimpanzees—April, Anna, Lucy, and Cash—were rescued from the Union Ridge Wildlife Center in Ohio, a roadside zoo formerly operated by notorious animal exploiter and convicted felon Cy Vierstra, who had recently pleaded guilty to multiple felonies relating to his theft of more than $287,500 in public funds. The chimpanzees were transferred to the accredited … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the cruelty of Alaska’s Iditarod dog-sled race and of notorious musher Lance Mackey—which were promoted in a recent documentary—the Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA) made the compassionate decision not to allow film submissions that endorse or glorify cruelty to dogs or any other animals in the future. With its new … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, AARP removed all dog-sled listings from its website and made the kind decision to avoid promoting dog-sledding in the future! AARP is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and has a membership of nearly 38 million members and offices in all 50 states. Please help us urge Liberty Media, Discover Holidays, and other companies … Read more »
Local authorities seized 180 mice—the only remaining animals still imprisoned at the Caucaseco Scientific Research Center, the filthy, ramshackle torture facility that PETA had exposed. The mice, who would have been used in experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), are now recovering at the Animal Welfare Center in Cali, Colombia. Witnesses say … Read more »
PETA recognized bedding company Pillow-Fight (formerly GoodPillow) with our Compassionate Business Award for using only synthetic down in its products. PETA entities have released nine exposés of the down industry, and each one has shown that intense suffering, unsanitary conditions, and horrific violence and killing are what the down industry is all about—even at so-called … Read more »
Notorious animal dealer Tonia Haddix, who faked the death of Tonka the chimpanzee, was ordered by a federal court to pay nearly $225,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to PETA after she repeatedly committed perjury and submitted false information to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Following pressure from PETA and grassroots activists, department store chain Hudson’s Bay confirmed that it no longer sells products made from animal fur, making the company’s entire portfolio of brands—including Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH—completely fur-free! Gone are the days when Hudson’s Bay Company, a former fur trader, supported the fur industry, which … Read more »
As a direct result a 2022 PETA investigation, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Yellowstone Bear World, a roadside zoo in Idaho, for two serious violations. The agency found that the facility had put its employees at risk of potential attacks from bears and exposed employees to hazardous chemicals in the form … Read more »
PETA Science Consortium International e.V., in partnership with Epithelix, awarded a researcher at Trinity College Dublin $15,000 in redeemable Epithelix tissues to test the effects of cigarette smoke and bacterial infections in lung diseases. Epithelix’s three-dimensional human tissue models reconstruct different regions of the respiratory tract and can be used to test cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical … Read more »
PETA scientists promoted animal-free toxicity testing approaches at the Society of Toxicology’s 62nd Annual Meeting, which draws thousands of regulators, academics and industry representatives each year. At the meeting, they chaired sessions and presented on topics including ways to evaluate confidence in test methods, and available non-animal methods to assess the impacts of chemicals on … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Walmart stopped selling dog-breeding stands! These vile devices are used to forcibly restrain and sexually abuse female dogs. Nobody should be breeding companion animals when there are around 70 million homeless dogs and cats in the U.S. at any given time. We urge other retailers to follow Walmart’s compassionate and responsible … Read more »
After learning from PETA that in the down industry, conscious ducks’ legs can be cut off—even at “Responsible Down”–certified operations—Ascena Retail Group confirmed that it no longer uses down across all its brands: Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant, and Cacique. Please help us urge Title Nine to follow Ascena’s lead by nixing down.
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) finalized a regulation that removes animal testing recommendations for companies wanting to make human dental health claims for marketing their food and beverage products. The testing included feeding rats sugar water and bacteria that caused dental decay, swabbing their mouths, feeding them the test food products, killing them, … Read more »
For the third year in a row, PETA received confirmation from a senior Thai military official that Cobra Gold, a joint multinational military exercise held in Thailand and attended by the U.S. military, would not involve any animal killings during its survival training drills. These drills were known to be barbaric, cruel, and potentially illegal, … Read more »
A California court of appeals ruled in PETA’s favor that the Monterey Zoo had failed to establish that its use of canes to poke, prod, and control elephants as a stand-in for bullhooks somehow arises from activity protected by the First Amendment. The ruling means that we can move forward with our lawsuit alleging that the … Read more »
