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A teddy bear and a dog shoot an ad for PETA … New Orleans Saints defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis and his dog Max ask everyone to make a plan for caring for their animals during natural disasters.
Once again, an accident on a factory farm has claimed thousands of animal lives. A drunken man shut off the power to three buildings that were packed with chickens, killing all 70,000 birds inside. You can help them: Go vegan!
How to solve the worldwide water shortage brought on by the exploding population? Scientists agree: Ditch water-wasting meat.
Raising animals for food also wastes a substantial amount of land, energy, and crops. If we're going to throw away as much as 40 percent of the food we buy, shouldn't we at least buy plant-based foods, which don't waste natural resources?
Yet another thing vegetarian and vegan diets have been proved to help limit: postmenopausal weight gain.
Disgraced John Galliano has been stripped of the Legion d'Honneur medal that France awarded him for his haute couture work, though the work itself was disgraceful as well since it included the skins of countless animals who were killed for their fur.
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Tired of Ringling trainers' beating animals? Help stop it by organizing a demonstration when Ringling comes to your town.
The perfect way to end the week: Check out the video of Ben the Bear, who, after years of effort by PETA, is finally free of his barren cage at a dirty roadside zoo. Ben will now spend his days exploring the beautiful and spacious wildlife sanctuary that is his new home, splashing in a pool for the first time in his life. Just try not to get misty-eyed.
What better way to end the week than with a hearty laugh at some of the Internet's funniest dogs?
Man's—and woman's—best friend deserves better than dog shaming. PETA is turning the tables on dog-shaming guardians with a little "human shaming" reality check.
Here's simple, irrefutable logic against animal testing.
Watch a chef compare a factory-farmed chicken to one who wasn't factory farmed, and you won't believe the difference.
Elephants want to be free, as one elephant makes abundantly clear during a daring attempt to escape from captivity, which was caught on camera.
Help animals wherever you are with just a tap of your finger using PETA's free app for iPhone and Android.
And if you'd like to be where you can help animals most, check out the list of job openings at PETA.
Milk: It's a dark story of how the white stuff gets from the cow to the fridge.
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This mayor could lick your mayor any day of the week.
Art imitates life when art students join together to campaign to free the Philippines' only captive elephant.
Alright, North Americans, it's time for us to step up. Our birds are ingesting plastic waste at rates that are among the highest in the world.
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Well, well, look who's advocating a plant-based diet now: Bill Gates! (We did not add him to our payroll, we swear.)
No surprise, it's happened again. Another frustrated captive killer whale attacked a trainer.
And now for a bit of trivia. Who said it? "I had a lot of quirks as a child. One was that I didn't like to eat meat; didn't like to chew it, didn't like the taste or smell of it, and just wasn't having any of it."
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Every year, horses are killed during the Calgary Stampede. Urge Alberta Premier Alison Redford to help get at least the most deadly event—the chuckwagon races—canceled.
Tell Sarasota County, Florida, officials that letting feral pigs be mauled by dogs and stabbed is cruel, and ask them to use humane methods if they insist on killing hogs.
Thank you for saving dogs from being poisoned in San Pedro! After hearing from you, the mayor of San Pedro, Belize, agreed to cancel the city's plan to poison homeless dogs and will now let the local animal shelter take them in instead.
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Monkeys aren't laboratory equipment, and they aren't luggage either. Tell United Airlines to stop transporting monkeys to their deaths in laboratories.
If you plan to spend part of the weekend knocking around the house, did you know that you can help animals every time you take out the trash?
Been jamming to some One Direction? Guess what really makes you beautiful.
Soccer moms aren't the only ones who can regale you with stories of their children's first words. Goats recall the sound of their kids' bleats even after they've been separated for a long time.
I can't top this headline, so I won't try: "Single Parent Beaver Dad Gives a Dam."
After a truck hauling 600 turkeys for Circle S farm overturned, workers left turkeys to suffer for hours and allegedly abused others. Help us put pressure on Circle S to develop a humane accident-response plan.
Officials with Florida's Suwannee River Water Management District are considering allowing bowhunting on district lands. Urge the board not to allow bowhunting, which often causes deer to die slowly and painfully when they are shot but not killed.
Thank you for helping to free birds trapped at an Illinois mall! After hearing from all of you, officials freed the birds, veterinarians treated those with injuries, and the mall is making its roof safe for birds.
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There's one thing that both Team Twilight and Team Hunger Games can agree on: Everyone should be on Team Tilly.
Are rats smarter than your search engine? The answer may make you want to Google the "Hidden Lives of Rats."
New Jersey is serious about protecting animals in vehicles. Drivers who let their Benjis ride without a seatbelt could find themselves shelling out a few Benjis.
Blood, flesh, veins, muscles, tendons, cow secretions, hen periods, and bee vomit? Bon appétit!
Sarasota County, Fla., officials postponed their decision on feral hog hunting—in which dogs are allowed to chase and maul feral hogs—in order to consider other wildlife control options. Send the county your thanks and ask it to choose humane methods.
Urban Decay is letting its values decay—urge the company to halt its new animal tests and remain cruelty-free.
Kick off your weekend with Anti-Flag. The outspoken punk band is never silent—especially about injustice. They share their advice on how to "never be silent" for animals.
Once again, animal rights activists in China have rescued a truck full of dogs who were on their way to slaughter.
KFC was ordered to give $8.3 million to the family of a girl who was left severely brain damaged after eating at one of its restaurants, but the chain doesn't want to pay up.
A front group for animal abusers is distorting PETA's euthanasia statistics in order to mislead people about our work. Here's the truth.
Which "sport" kills more than 60 percent of the animals used in it? PETA's investigation may surprise you.
PETA's investigation of pigeon racing uncovered not only massive bird casualties but also abuse and a multimillion-dollar illegal gambling ring. Urge the U.S. attorney general to investigate.
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