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PETA’s Flesh-Eating Ad Meets a ‘Zombie’ Flash Mob

Our towering vegan appeal asking, “Is Your Body a Graveyard for Dead Animals?” went up in Chicago just in time to become the chilling backdrop to the Windy City’s bustling Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade, reminding nearly 400,000 viewers—and an entire “Thriller” flash mob—that eating flesh is for zombies.

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Over 200 Animals Sterilized in Puerto Rico, Thanks to PETA’s Global Compassion Fund

To combat the high population of stray and homeless animals in Puerto Rico, PETA partnered with the Humane Society of Puerto Rico to sterilize more than 250 animals in just 2 days, setting a new record for the program. The event was free to the public thanks to PETA’s Global Compassion Fund.

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‘NIH, Close the Monkey Labs!’ Demands New Times Square Ad

PETA’s new billboard is showing the crowds of Times Square how monkeys live inside federally funded laboratories and calling for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to shut down the seven national primate research centers.

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Giant PETA ‘Bulls’ Crash St. Peter’s Over Catholic Church’s Ties to Bullfighting

“Bull blessings, not bullfights!” That’s the message PETA supporters brought to St. Peter’s Catholic Church, along with a pair of massive inflatable bulls. The animal advocates urged parishioners in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown to pressure the pontiff to denounce violent and deadly bullfights.

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PETA’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ Turkey Truck Swerves Into Action

PETA’s hyperrealistic truck confronted shoppers across grocery stores in Alabama, urging them to consider more than just discounts. Check out where the truck is heading next!

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PETA Protesters Descend on Carden Circus: Old, Disabled Elephant Must Be Retired ASAP

A 20-foot-tall “crying elephant” surrounded by animal advocates rallied outside the Carden Circus to call for the release of Betty, an elephant who shuffles slowly on her stiff front legs that hurt to bend, drags her trunk on the ground due to apparent paralysis—likely due to being forced to stand on her head and put several tons of weight on her trunk for decades—and is suffering from painful cracks in her toenails.

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PETA Supporters in Giant Monkey Masks Protest UW Primate Center

A troop of PETA supporters with giant monkey masks descended upon the University of Washington’s New Student Convocation, after traveling over on Seattle’s Light Rail, to tell everyone in attendance about the school’s deadly underground primate center and call for its immediate closure.

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Nude, Scorched ‘Mother Earth’ Blasts COP30 Over Meaty Menu

With her body painted to resemble a scorched Mother Earth, PETA supporter and Brazilian actor Luisa Mell lay naked on an oversized plate with a giant fork “piercing” her back to showcase the hypocrisy of serving meat, dairy, and other planet-killing foods at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

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‘Bloody’ Crocodile Calls Cruel Skin Sales at Hermès Grand Opening

Shoppers at the grand opening of the first Hermès store in Nashville were shocked to come face-to-face with a body-painted PETA supporter “dead” outside its doors to warn potential customers about the suffering of crocodiles and other animals whose skin is stolen for bags, watchbands, and more.

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