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URGENT: Help Shut Down Live-Animal Meat Markets That Breed Deadly Diseases
“Wet markets,” where live and dead animals are sold for human consumption, are perfect breeding grounds for diseases.
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COVID-19 Update: Animals Like Missy Still Need PETA's (and Your) Help
Hurricanes, floods, and recessions haven’t stopped us from helping animals in the past—and we’re determined not to let the coronavirus pandemic slow us down, either.
PETA Reveals Monkeys Trapped, Suffering in Johns Hopkins Labs
Lonely monkeys in cramped cages stacked like luggage tear out their own hair, likely from stress—just one kind of misery seen in the animals in Johns Hopkins University laboratories.
Adoptable Dog Transferred for Torment to Another Texas A&M Lab
Cannoli, a young, healthy golden retriever born in the muscular dystrophy lab, has been transferred to another lab—even though Texas A&M had him listed for adoption.
Food Shopping With COVID-19 Fears? PETA Says, 'Avoid Meat Like the Plague'
Meat companies and slaughterhouses should’ve taken the commonsense step of closing their dangerous operations long ago, instead of continuing to put everyone at enormous risk.
Self-Quarantined? Perfect Time to Pick Up 'Animalkind'
If COVID-19 has you stuck at home, there's no better time to read the book that BookAuthority has deemed one of the best animal behavior books of all time.

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While World Awaits COVID-19 Treatment, NIH Scares Monkeys With Fake Snakes
While Americans wait for cures for deadly diseases, the National Institutes of Health is sucking out parts of monkeys’ brains and then scaring them with fake snakes and spiders.
School Shutdowns Don't Have to Stop Kids From Learning
PETA's humane education division, TeachKind, offers free and fun educational resources for parents to use with their kids—and they're especially useful during this pandemic.
Breakthrough! PETA Science Group Saves Animals With New 3-D Lung Model
As animals are commonly used and killed in inhalation tests, the exciting development of this 3-D lung model has the potential to save tens of thousands of lives.
© iStock.com/olgagorovenkoPODCAST: What Are Live-Animal Markets, and How Are They Related to Global Pandemics?
Activist Eric Mills shares his work to close live markets in California, and PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo discusses how ending speciesism could save humans and the planet.
No Dead Animals Needed: PETA's Top 11 Dissection Tools for Online Students
Are school closings affecting your science classes? Check out these top digital dissection programs for effective off-site teaching!
© iStock.com/GlobalPPETA’s 5th Australian Wool Exposé Leads to Guilty Plea to Cruelty Charge
What more do you need to see before you stop wearing wool? How many more sheep must be beaten, cut open, kicked, thrown, and skinned alive? Take action now.
Watch: PETA's Friends at Animal Rahat Rescue a Cobra From a Watery Grave
What can a snake do after falling into a well? Would passing humans put their speciesism aside and help this struggling living being in peril?
PETA Covers Myths and Facts About Meat and the Coronavirus: Go Vegan!
You have questions about the meat industry’s role in the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and whether meat consumption is safe. PETA has answers.
Self-Isolation Got You Feeling Trapped? Try Being a Dolphin at SeaWorld
SeaWorld is closed because of the coronavirus, but it should’ve closed long ago for cruelty. Tell the park not to reopen until all the dolphins and whales are released to seaside sanctuaries.
Watching the Dolphins at SeaWorld Texas | Colleen Pence | CC by 2.0Air France: Stop Shipping Monkeys to Labs for COVID-19 or Any Other Reason
Vaccine trials for COVID-19 are already underway in humans, yet experimenters still want to perform tests on monkeys. Tell Air France not to play this game.
Fish Love PETA LAMBS’ Free VEGAN Fish Fry for Lent
To inspire kindness and peace during Lent, PETA LAMBS organized the country’s first-ever free vegan Lenten fish fry dinner for families.
Wow! PETA Stars in the #1 Movie on Netflix
PETA has a key role in the new #1 series on Netflix, "Tiger King." Learn the truth about "Joe Exotic," and discover ways you can help big-cat cubs now.
RIGHT: Santa Rosa County JailUse PETA’s Zoom Backgrounds to Advocate for Animals While Working From Home
Check out these free Zoom backgrounds with vegan and cruelty-free messages that you can download for all your video chats.
COVID-19 Could Push Petco to Sell Betta Fish to PETA—on One Condition
The coronavirus has created a unique opportunity for PETA to extend an olive branch of sorts to Petco and end our campaign against its sale of betta fish.
Why PETA Won't Give Up Until Forever 21 Stops Selling Wool
There’s nothing cute about clothing and accessories that support a bloody, violent industry. Tell Forever 21 to use vegan materials instead.
PETA to Universities: In COVID-19 Shutdown, Who Are You Going to Kill?
We're demanding that universities tell the public which animals they've callously deemed disposable or unnecessary and who they plan to kill as a result.
Urge Starbucks to Help Cows During the Coronavirus Crisis With 5 Easy Actions
Like us, cows value their lives. They don’t want to be killed for milk any more than any of us want to die of coronavirus. Tell Starbucks to promote health for all, always.
No Human Contact Making You Nuts? Imagine It for the Rest of Your Life
The cracks from social-distancing practices are already beginning to show, as millions get just a small taste of the barren and lonely lives of monkeys in laboratories.
This PETA Contest Offers the Quarantine Escape You've Been Looking For
Think you have what it takes to be crowned PETA's "Sexiest Vegan Next Door"? Enter now for your chance to win a trip for two to Hawaii!
© iStock.com/Andrii VinnikovThe 2020 Iditarod Is Over, but PETA's Fight for Dogs Continues
Read a roundup of horrific incidents that occurred during the 2020 Iditarod, and find out how you can join PETA in taking action for dogs.
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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














