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Exposés and Undercover Investigations

PETA entities’ undercover investigations expose animal abuse in laboratories, farms and slaughterhouses, the clothing industry, the pet trade, and more.

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Gucci Makes Headlines Again—Watch PETA’s Video to Find Out Why

A yearlong investigation into the exotic-skins industry reveals unmitigated suffering for pythons and crocodiles.

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Lights, Camera, Exposed: PETA Went Undercover to See How Animal ‘Actors’ Live

Studios, producers, and audiences need to realize that animals don’t choose to appear in film and TV. See what happens behind the scenes via a new PETA exposé.

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Shocking PETA Footage Exposes Blood Bank From Hell—Meet Its Nearly 900 Prisoners 

“The Veterinarians’ Blood Bank”—but where are the veterinarians? PETA captured video exposing what the company did to dogs and cats.

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Bearskin Trade Exposed: Killed With a Crossbow and Sent Across the Pond

Stephen Fry narrates a new PETA investigative video revealing the connection between a Canadian blood sport and the King’s Guard’s bearskin caps. Take a look.

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PETA Asia Uncovers Cruelty in the Frog-Leg Industry

From suffocation to violence, explore the dark world of frog-leg production that PETA Asia exposed. Take action for a kinder future.

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‘Behind the Screens’: The Killing of Juvenile Horses

PETA’s undercover investigators captured rare “behind the screens” footage of the killing of 2-year-olds at juvenile under tack shows.

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This Water Buffalo Farm Milks the ‘Grass-Fed’ Label Dry: See the Shocking Images

PETA investigated after a whistleblower alleged that water buffaloes suffered in filth and neglect on a Canadian farm that produces buffalo meat and dairy products. See what we found.

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Watch Supervisor of Greedy Wildlife Drive-Through Admit That Bears ‘Could Die Any Minute’

While undercover at Bear Country U.S.A., a PETA investigator learned that workers threw exploding bottle rockets into dens to traumatize mothers and steal their newborns to put on display. Help these animals today!

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Which Clothing Brand Is Duping Customers? PETA Asia Has the Receipts

A breaking PETA Asia investigation shows that the cashmere industry is a rip-off.

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What Can Dog Breeders Get Away With? Take a Look at What PETA Asia Found

Investigators visited more than 10 Vietnamese dog breeders—including some certified by the Vietnam Kennel Association. This is what they found.

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VIDEO: Watch How PETA Asia Just Exposed ‘Responsible Breeders’ Around the World

PETA Asia went undercover to expose what really goes on in dog-breeding facilities. If you’ve ever seen an animal for sale, you need to see what the group found.

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You’d Never Get Taken for a Ride, but You Can Still Help Camels Forced to Give Them

If you pay for camel rides or photo ops in Egypt, you’re supporting this horror. Watch the shocking footage and make the compassionate choice.

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Donkeys Are Still Suffering in Santorini—Help PETA End Donkey Rides
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New PETA Asia Investigation Reveals Rampant Pet Trade Cruelty in Indonesia

The filth, despair, and abuse that PETA Asia’s investigator documented should persuade anyone to adopt, not buy, animals.

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No Science, No Money: Tell NIH to Stop Dealing With Dubious Colombian Organization

Animals living in their own filth. Years of apparently illegal experiments on monkeys. A PETA investigation has unearthed shocking evidence about Colombian organizations awarded millions in NIH contracts.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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