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 »
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.
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 »
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 »
After hearing from PETA that marine parks like SeaWorld confine highly intelligent, social animals to tiny, barren tanks and force them to perform meaningless tricks, vegan detergent brand Earth Breeze acted quickly to pull an ad featuring captive dolphins! To prevent such images from being used again, the company developed a compassionate marketing policy that … Read more »
Virginia legislators considered a dangerous bill, HB 2331, that would have threatened the welfare and safety of exotic and wild animals kept captive at unaccredited roadside zoos by impeding law enforcement and delaying help. PETA and other animal protection groups lobbied against it and rallied local advocates, and the bill was ultimately defeated.
The cruel act known as Castle’s Bears, which forced muzzled brown bears to perform humiliating stunts by yanking them around on a leash in front of crowds and amid deafening music, no longer has the U.S. Department of Agriculture license required to exhibit. PETA is relieved that this notorious act has been shuttered, but we … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and over 40,000 of our supporters, Cue Health made the compassionate decision to stop sponsoring the cruel Iditarod. Another healthcare company Greenbrook TMS was also removed from the dog-sled race’s sponsorship page after they heard from our supporters. More than 150 dogs have died during the Iditarod, and hundreds are forced … Read more »
Marion, Ohio, radio station WMRN-AM hosts an annual Groundhog Day event, and for years it used a live groundhog (known as Buckeye Chuck) supplied by Kokas Exotics—which is only licensed to breed and sell animals, not exhibit them. After PETA and nearly 20,000 of its supporters alerted the station that harassing a groundhog in a … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, global brands PPG Industries and DSM made the compassionate decision to cut ties with the Hadi Shrine Circus, which still uses animals. Both had been top sponsors of it in 2022. Additionally, another top sponsor, The Sherwin-Williams Company, advised its local business groups to avoid these types of cruel sponsorships going … Read more »
Following months of unwavering pressure from PETA—including appeals from more than 60,000 supporters and the bravery of peaceful protesters who were assaulted by aggressive Shriners—the Moolah Shrine announced that it would no longer feature elephant acts in its circus, which had already stopped using big cats and bears. Elephants and other wild animals used in … Read more »
Following a push from PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated the license of Florida-based exotic-animal dealer Jimmy Wayne Hammonds (aka “The Monkey Whisperer”), blocking him from legally selling primates for the pet trade for at least the next year. The decision stems from Hammonds’ guilty pleas to federal charges related to the illegal sale … Read more »
Following decades of hard work, the Big Cat Public Safety Act was signed into law, a historic victory for animals used in entertainment! This new law will ban private ownership of big cats and prohibit public contact with them, representing the final blow to the abusive big-cat cub-petting industry, which PETA had already virtually annihilated … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, medical product manufacturer Dukal Corporation stopped offering bandages that feature depictions of animals being exploited in circuses. It followed the lead of other major companies that have dropped cruel circus imagery following prompts from PETA, including Trader Joe’s and Nabisco. As more and more companies redesign their products to reflect evolving … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Sam’s Club became the first major company to cut ties with SeaQuest, which has frequently been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violating even the minimal standards established by the federal Animal Welfare Act. When companies cut ties with this undeniably problematic aquarium chain, we move closer to preventing … Read more »
