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The ‘Dog Days’ Are Every Summer Day for PETA’s Fieldworkers
PETA fieldworkers help all animals, from chained dogs and kittens to sheep. Check out the details of our field team’s efforts so far this summer.
NIH Experimenters Are Tax Dollar–Wasting Louts—Learn How to Take Action
PETA wants National Institutes of Health staff fired. They neglect to feed and water animals, cut into animals without approval, and violate their own rules. And their science is garbage.
Happening Now: PETA Germany’s Fearless Rescue Team Saves More Animals From Ukraine
PETA Germany and its partners arranged a five-day mission to get dogs and cats out of a war-torn region in Ukraine and across the border into Hungary. Learn how you can support this work.
VIDEOS: 25 Beagles Originally Bred for Experimentation at Envigo Get Some TLC at PETA
Months after PETA’s groundbreaking exposé, Envigo announced that its dog-breeding hellhole will shut down. But our work isn’t over yet…
Celebrities Share Reactions to Collapse of NYC Horse Used to Pull Carriage
After a New York City horse collapsed while pulling a carriage in the street—likely due to illness and heat exhaustion—these celebrities took to social media to share their thoughts.
Northern Tool + Equipment Stops Selling Glue Traps—Help PETA Persuade Others to Join the List!
Northern Tool + Equipment joined the list of forward-thinking companies that have ended the sale of vile glue traps. Find out how this will help animals and how you can help PETA urge other stores to do the same.
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A Dog Named Pee Wee Suffered 11 Years, Died Alone in Texas A&M Laboratory
The suffering and death of a dog named Pee Wee is as tragic as it is emblematic of the cruelty in Texas A&M’s muscular dystrophy laboratory. Shut it down!
PETA in Action
PETA Makes a Splash Pushing for Lolita’s Release
Protesters urged the Miami Seaquarium to release the long-suffering orca Lolita to a seaside sanctuary on the weekend marking her 52nd year of being confined to the world’s smallest orca tank.
Kids Are All Ears as Ellie the Elephant Entertains and Inspires Them
TeachKind’s animatronic elephant toured summer camps in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, teaching over 1,300 children how to extend compassion to all animals.
Rescued Dog Is on a New Mission—Finding a Loving Home
PETA fieldworkers rescued a dog named Cadet from living outside 24/7 and transferred him to the Virginia Beach SPCA, where his skin will be treated for infection and he’ll have a chance at adoption.
‘Hell on Wheels’: Squawking Chicken Truck Ruffles Feathers
PETA’s mobile billboard—plastered with images of chickens bound for slaughter—visited a food festival in Buffalo, New York, to drive home the message that the kindest meals are vegan.
PETA ‘Animals’ Push Urban Outfitters to Make Vegan Switch
Protesters raised a ruckus outside an Urban Outfitters store in Philadelphia, urging the company to help save animals and the planet by selling products made of only sustainable, vegan materials.
SOS Stands Up for Animal Rights
In a bold student-led protest in Los Angeles, members of Students Opposing Speciesism served In-N-Out Burger customers the message that cows, pigs, and other animals used for food are friendly, inquisitive, and smart individuals—not menu items.
PETA Fieldworkers Hit the Gas to Help Patches, Diesel, and Others
Our Mobile Clinics Division sterilized 273 animals in one week in North Carolina, and animals including Patches and Diesel received free round-trip transport for their appointments.
Students Raise Ruckus Over University’s SeaWorld Ticket Sales
Protesters demanded that the University of Central Florida stop selling tickets to SeaWorld until the park embraces animal-free entertainment only.
Who Is Beamish? Meet a Monkey Used in Elisabeth Murray’s Laboratory
Beamish is a monkey born into laboratory experimentation. Sixteen years later, he’s still being experimented on, currently in Elisabeth Murray’s monkey fright lab.
Grave Danger for Pugs, Bulldogs, Boxers: Smash-Faced Dogs’ Tiny Airways Can Kill in Heat Wave
Amid record-breaking heat waves, breathing-impaired breeds—including pugs and French bulldogs—may struggle to survive.
It’s Win at All Costs—and Cocaine-Doped Horses Pay the Price: PETA Exposes Black Market Racing
From June 2021 through April 2022, a team of PETA operatives investigated unregulated Quarter Horse racing in Georgia, primarily at the largest Georgia “bush track,” Rancho El Centenario (south of Atlanta).
These Creamy, Indulgent Vegan Milkshakes Will Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Milkshakes are indulgent treats we can’t get enough of, and the best ones are made with ingredients produced without harming intelligent, loving cows.
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PETA's Beauty Without Bunnies program is the ultimate resource for conscientious shoppers, making the quest for cruelty-free products as easy as pie.
VIDEO: Eyewitness Reveals Bloody Attack of an Orca at SeaWorld San Diego
A visitor who witnessed the bloody attack of an orca at SeaWorld San Diego alerted PETA to the horrific incident. Take action for orcas!
PETA Urges Pakistani Vet Schools to End Cow ‘Rectal Palpation’ Drills
Veterinary schools in Pakistan reportedly use live cattle in cruel reproductive training exercises, despite the existence of superior, animal-free models.
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Think You Have What It Takes to Be a PETA Fieldworker? We Want to Hear From You!
PETA’s field team staff are essential service providers—they’re our miracle workers. If you think you have the compassion and diligence to be on the front line, we want to hear from you.
Spawn Kindness This School Year: Dissect a SynFrog Instead!
Animal dissection is cruel and dangerous. But there’s good news! The SynFrog promises to give tadpoles a “hoppier” future.
Urban Outfitters Desperately Needs a Humane Makeover. Speak Up!
Francesca Farago and other big names joined PETA at Urban Outfitters’ annual meeting to ask the company an important question.
Selfies With Wild Animals Like Freya the Walrus Are Death Sentences
Freya the walrus went viral for climbing onto boats to nap. Now, she’s dead. Why do humans think animals are selfie props?
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Parents: Learn How to Advocate for Your Vegan Kid at School
From the classroom to the cafeteria to extracurricular activities, follow PETA Kids’ tips on advocating for your vegan children at school.
Animals Warehoused for Years: What You Need to Know About ‘No-Kill’ Shelters
Dogs, cats, and other animals in “no-kill” shelters need your help. Hear what changes need to be made now to start really saving lives—not pretending to on paper.
PETA Roasts Starbucks for Vegan Milk Surcharge—Here’s What We’ve Been Brewing
Has Starbucks dropped its hypocritical vegan milk upcharge? Not yet—but PETA will keep roasting the company until it does.
Federal Records Say Vanderbilt U. Labs Are Free-for-All Cruelty Shacks
In Vanderbilt University’s laboratories, animals have been subjected to invasive experimental surgeries but denied pain relief—and other animals have died of starvation or thirst.
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Headed Back to School? Order a FREE SOS Activism Kit to End Speciesism on Campus!
Speaking out for animals at school just got even easier! Order a FREE SOS Back-to-School Activism Kit to help you end speciesism on your campus.
Can Compassion and Science Go Hand in Hand? Yes! Find Out How
Our scientists have a plan to phase out animal tests and improve research for human health. See our Research Modernization Deal here.
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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