Animal Rights Uncompromised:
Life-Taking Charities

PETA supports charities that do not support animal testing and disapproves of charities—such as the March of Dimes, the American Cancer Society, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, all of which PETA also campaigns against—that fund cruel animal experiments because they drain money away from relevant and effective projects that could help save lives. Although all animals experience pain and fear, there are enormous psychological and physiological differences between rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, pigs, and human beings. Meaningful scientific conclusions cannot be drawn about one species by studying another.

Consumers have the same freedom to make cruelty-free choices when they support charities as they do when they buy household and personal-care products. Our Health Charities Campaign directs people to compassionate, modern charities, such as Easter Seals, Helen Keller Worldwide, Children's Burn Foundation, the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Charities, Spinal Cord Injury Network International, and others that know that up-to-date, non-animal test methods are the best way to help people with diseases or disabilities.

Get a free guide to charities that do and that do not fund animal experiments.