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Earth Day 2021: Stick a Fork in Climate Change—Go Vegan
If planet Earth means the world to you (see what we did there?), do it a favor: Eat vegan today!
#WW4AIL: Bill Maher Has a New Rule—Stop Tormenting Monkeys, NIH!
In honor of World Week for Animals in Laboratories, Bill Maher’s slamming the monkey torture taking place at the National Institutes of Health, which—by the way—you’re paying for.
PETA’s Hiring! Make a World of Difference for Animals Around the Globe
PETA is looking for professional researchers, creative campaigners, dedicated organizers, field investigators, and others. Put your professional skills to work helping animals. Join us!
21 Dogs Want to Capture People’s Hearts, Not Be Held Captive in Cages
After the death of a dog named Ned, 20 dogs remain in Texas A&M University’s twisted canine MD laboratory. PETA is pushing to get them rescued.
Who Cleaned Up at PETA’s Oscats? See the Animal-Friendly Films of 2020
Every year, PETA honors the actors, directors, writers, and others who advocate for animals through film. Here are the winners of the fourth annual Oscats!
© StarMaxInc.com A Decade of Despair: Urge UW-Madison to Send Cornelius to a Sanctuary
Traumatized and depressed, Cornelius has spent a decade locked in a laboratory cage at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center—and one more day there is too long.
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Maggie Q: © Getty Images for PETA $17 Million Wasted to Study if Monkeys Think Cartoons Have Feelings
We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.
Celebrate a Vegan Ramadan With PETA's List of Compassionate Recipes
Get ready to crave falafel hot dogs, lentil balls, fattoush, and more. Impress your friends with these vegan recipes from the Middle East, for all to enjoy.
© FullyRawKristina PETA Scientists and Collaborators Highlight Tests That Can Save Rabbits
Chemicals are still being applied to live rabbits’ eyes in cruel pesticide experiments, but PETA scientists are challenging the status quo.
From Coast to Coast, Students Call On SeaWorld to ‘Empty the Tanks’
With protests in Orlando, Florida; San Antonio; and San Diego, the youth-led group Students Opposing Speciesism let SeaWorld know it’s in deep water for keeping animals in lockdown for life.
You Don’t Say: PETA Debunks Johns Hopkins' Owl Lab Lies One by One
Johns Hopkins University, feeling the heat from PETA supporters, issues a defense of Shreesh Mysore’s cruel owl experiments. We truth test it and, unsurprisingly, find it lacking.
Join PETA in Telling Urban Outfitters: Cruel Clothing Must Go!
Animals don’t need to suffer and be killed for cute and warm clothing. Take these easy actions to let Urban Outfitters, Inc., see that vegan fashion is the way forward.
Albertsons Nixes Chaokoh: This Is Huge for Chained Monkeys Abused for Coconut Milk
In Thailand, terrified monkeys are chained, abusively trained, and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts. Opting for one of these animal-friendly brands could mean saving a life.
Huge PETA Win! Taiwan Ends Drowning, Electroshock Tests on Animals
We pushed, you sent in comments, and the Taiwan FDA agreed. Its monumental final decision means that animals will no longer be drowned or electroshocked to make anti-fatigue claims. (note we’re at max characters here)
© iStock.com/vadimrysev Ripley, Believe It or Not, Has Been Languishing at SeaWorld Parks Since 1996
SeaWorld sees Ripley as just a dollar sign. It has hauled her around repeatedly, including from Florida to California to Texas. Now, 25 years later, she’s still trapped in a tank.
Could Your Local Shelter Be Sending Cats Straight Into Cat Hoarders’ Hands?
Here’s another grim example of the results when animal shelters stop sheltering: Hundreds of cats suffered at the hands of cat hoarders claiming to “rescue” them.
‘Harry Potter’ Star Evanna Lynch Joins Historic PETA Lawsuit Targeting Owl Experiments
Killing sensitive owls in a laboratory with government permission is morally bankrupt and, as PETA is arguing in federal court, a breach of the animals’ constitutional rights.
Stop Selling Live Mammals at Markets, WHO Says—Think Bigger, PETA Counters
A year after PETA urged WHO to shut down live-animal markets, it’s finally starting to listen. But as long as any of these markets are open, no one’s safe.
Photo by MIKE CLARKE/AFP via Getty Images PETA’s ‘Without Consent’ Brings Speciesism out of the Lab, Into the Light
It’s moving viewers to tears—and action. Experience PETA’s bold new exhibit and see nearly 200 stories about animals used in experiments.
‘Seaspiracy’ Dives Deep Into ‘Bycatch’ and ‘Dolphin-Safe’ Tuna Scandals
Is your penchant for tuna and shrimp killing dolphins and sharks, too? “Seaspiracy” says it could be. Learn what the film reveals about “bycatch” and dubious “dolphin-safe” logos.
© iStock.com/Arrlxx Breeding Grounds for Diseases and Death: NPRCs Must Be Shut Down
Cora and Turnip were torn away from their mothers and kept in a bleak basement at a primate research center in Wisconsin. For them and others, speak out now.
PETA’s Titillating Tinder Test Proves Matches Prefer ‘Trash Fisher’ to Average Angler
Looking for love on the apps? PETA took to Tinder to see who would fare better with matches: an amateur angler or a “trash fishing” pro. Here’s what we learned.
With PETA’s Fieldworkers, Every ‘Princess’ Gets the Royal Treatment
Giving Batman a lift, providing Bentley with a “garage,” helping Wendy “fly”—PETA’s field team accomplished all this and more in the first three months of 2021.
PETA’s New Lawsuit Sheds Light on Violated Rights of Animals in Labs
PETA attorney Asher Smith has worked to defend the rights of animals and humans for years and is now showing how animals must be protected under the Constitution.
Why Do Squirrels Stargaze? Find Out in ‘Animalkind’—Now in Paperback
Can fish sing? How do elephants communicate? Why do all animals deserve our respect? Find out the answers to these and other questions in “Animalkind” by PETA’s president—now in paperback.
Want to Stop Tests on Animals in 2021? We Do, Too—Here’s Our Plan
Compassion and science can go hand in hand. The current system is broken, and PETA’s Research Modernization Deal is here to fix it.
PETA in Action
PETA Protests Defense Secretary Over Deranged Military Bloodlust Drills
To push Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III to prevent Marines from eating live animals and drinking snake blood in survival training, PETA supporters descended on the Pentagon. Take action at PETA.org/CobraGold.
Empty the Tanks! Students Lead Protests at SeaWorld From Coast to Coast
From San Antonio, San Diego, and San Jose, California, to Orlando, Florida, Students Opposing Speciesism protested SeaWorld, demanding that the company send the captive dolphins and whales to accredited seaside sanctuaries.
Kreme and Her Guardian Celebrate a Sweet Reunion After a Successful Surgery
PETA fieldworkers offered free transport to and from spay/neuter appointments for dogs like Kreme, who also received aid for her painful vaginal prolapse.
‘Skinned Snakes’ Protest Louis Vuitton
PETA members in Beverly Hills, California, urged kind shoppers to stay away from Louis Vuitton’s “killer” looks until it agrees to “bag” the use of exotic skins.
‘Owl’ Delivers Nearly 300,000 Petitions to Johns Hopkins President
PETA members held a protest against Shreesh Mysore’s brain experiments on barn owls after delivering nearly 300,000 petitions to the university president’s office. Take action at PETA.org/Owls.
Sky Is on Cloud Nine, Thanks to Her Custom-Made PETA Doghouse
In North Carolina, PETA fieldworkers delivered a new, sturdy doghouse to replace Sky’s plastic “shelter” and spayed her at no cost to her owner.
‘Bear’ Leads PETA Members to Blast ‘Baby Animal’ Event
The American West Heritage Center in Wellsville, Utah, hosted a Yellowstone Bear World photo op that used bear cubs as selfie props, so PETA joined forces with Utah Animal Rights Coalition to protest the event.
‘Graveyard’ Protests 9,000 Monkey Deaths at Primate Laboratory
PETA protesters set up tombstones in Seattle, each representing 100 of the monkeys killed at the Washington National Primate Research Center since 1961. Take action at PETA.org/Seattle.
‘Dog Graveyard’ Haunts Syncbak Over Iditarod Promo
Syncbak’s service VUit streamed the Iditarod—in which more than 150 dogs have died—so PETA supporters set up a “graveyard” to suggest that the company reconsider its ties to the cruel race.
‘Monkeys’ in Chains Dump a Pile of Coconuts at Ralphs
In Los Angeles, protesters left hundreds of humanely picked coconuts at Ralphs—a Kroger subsidiary—to remind Kroger that it’s nuts to do business with the monkey-abusing Chaokoh brand.
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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