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Human Skin Is In: Check Out PETA’s Killer Collection at Urban Outraged
Urban Outraged is a killer shopping experience by PETA that brings new meaning to the question “Who are you wearing?”
Register Today for a CATivating Free Virtual Event With PETA’s President
There are a lot of tips that your feline friends want you to know, and cat “auntie” Ingrid Newkirk is here to decode the secrets of cats’ bodies and minds in a virtual talk on her new book. Register now!
Feds Investigating Texas A&M’s Treatment of Golden Retrievers After PETA Complaints
With the feds and PETA on its case, Texas A&M University should do itself and the dogs it holds captive a favor and put all of them up for adoption.
NEW PETA VIDEO: Yes, NIH Funds Beagle Tests—the Dogs Come From Factory Farms Like THIS
Video: Thousands of beagle dogs and puppies are confined to barren kennels and cages 24/7 at a factory farm that sells them for experimentation. Help them today!
Victory! CVS Pulls Great Ape Greeting Cards From Shelves After Push From PETA
CVS’ greeting card aisle is getting a whole lot more humane, thanks to the company’s decision to ban cards that exploit great apes.
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Here’s How Billie Eilish Earned Our Top Spot: Meet PETA’s 2021 Person of the Year
With all eyes on Billie Eilish at her first Met Gala, she turned the spotlight onto the plight of animals killed for food and fashion.
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Will You Help a Cold and Lonely Dog?
PETA is doing everything we can to give proper shelter, food, and care to dogs kept outside this winter––but we need your help. Sponsor an emergency care package right now and help a lonely dog survive.
PETA in Action
‘Animals’ Start Ruckus Outside Urban Outfitters
PETA supporters in Kentucky demanded that Urban Outfitters, Inc., brands leave wool, leather, down, and other animal-derived materials to their rightful owners.
‘Trussed-Up’ PETA Supporter Promotes a Turkey-Free Holiday
A nearly nude PETA member pushed for people in South Dakota—in the “heartland” of America—to have a heart for animals by celebrating Thanksgiving with a vegan feast.
‘Dinosaurs’ Urge President Biden to Appoint Progressive NIH Director
PETA supporters called for President Joe Biden to appoint a National Institutes of Health director who isn’t from the Stone Age. Departing Director Francis Collins continued to fund animal experiments on a massive scale. Take action at PETA.org/Biden.
ThanksVEGAN? PETA and ‘Vigilante Vegan’ Hand Out Free Meatless Roasts
PETA supporters and Stewart Mitchell (aka “Vigilante Vegan”) distributed hundreds of free Tofurky roasts to passersby in Brooklyn in an appeal to give turkeys a break this holiday.
Students Launch Nationwide Push to End Human Supremacy
From California to Illinois to Virginia, a PETA-backed, youth-led revolt of students mobilized to inspire their communities to resist violence against animals and end speciesism.
Guardians Welcome Animals Home After PETA ‘Fixes’ Them
Our fieldworkers doubled as free taxi drivers for Boosie and Lil Bit in North Carolina by giving them door-to-door rides to and from their spay or neuter procedures.
PETA Supporters Tip Off Monkey Experimenter’s Neighbors
Outside “monkey fright” experimenter Elisabeth Murray’s home in Bethesda, Maryland, protesters warned neighbors that she had just moved in and demanded that she stop inflicting brain damage on monkeys and terrorizing them with fake but realistic-looking snakes and spiders. Take action at PETA.org/Taxes.
Precious and Diamond Get the Chance to Find a Loving Home
Thanks to PETA fieldworkers, Precious and Diamond are no longer chained or crated outside in North Carolina. We transferred both dogs to a shelter, where they’ll have a chance at adoption.
PETA Hijacks Starbucks Customers by Giving Out Free Vegan Cold Brew
A protester’s giveaway of oat milk cold brew got Floridians to shun Starbucks, since the company still charges extra for vegan milk—despite agreeing that it’s better for the planet.
Will Boris Johnson Stop the Slaughter of Canadian Bears?
PETA U.K.’s “bear” called for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quick-march the world’s first faux bear fur into use for the Queen’s Guard’s headgear, which currently requires the skin of one bear for a single cap.
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Guinness the Monkey Has Spent 12 Years Caged Alone in an NIH Laboratory
For over 12 years, Guinness has been held in solitary confinement inside a government laboratory. He is so distraught that he rips out his own hair.
Happy Hanukkah! Celebrate With These 8 Animal-Friendly Holiday Tips
From guilt-free gelt to animal-free accessories, get into the Hanukkah spirit with PETA’s vegan holiday recipes and gift ideas.
Victory for Rabbits! Armani Bans Angora After Hearing From PETA U.K.
Armani Group joins Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and other top brands that have banned angora wool. Is your favorite on the list?
Stop ‘Milking’ Monkey Labor: Take a Crack at Kindness, Publix!
In Thailand, terrified monkeys are chained, beaten, and forced to climb trees to pick coconuts. Opting for one of these animal-friendly brands could mean saving a life.
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NIH Props Up This Animal Misery Industry With Billions in Tax Money
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Search Cruelty-Free Companies
PETA's Beauty Without Bunnies program is the ultimate resource for conscientious shoppers, making the quest for cruelty-free products as easy as pie.
Trapped in Small Tanks, Whales and Dolphins Live Shorter Lives—You Can Help Them
Imprisonment was a nightmare for Amaya and others who died at marine parks. What would their lives have looked like if they had been in their natural habitats?
Provocative Street Art Blitz Targets Washington National Primate Research Center
Street artist Praxis has joined forces with PETA to plaster Seattle with thought-provoking posters demanding that the federally funded facility, where monkeys are tormented in useless experiments, be shut down.
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PETA Uncovers Video of Deplorable Living Conditions for Tigers Used in Circus Shows
Footage reveals that Adam Burck, big-cat supplier for circus shows, routinely keeps tigers in crates so small that the animals barely have room to turn around.
Have Your ELF a Merry Little Christmas With 16 ‘Elf on the Shelf’ Ideas
Treat yo’ELF to some family-friendly fun and let your kids know that this compassionate character wants them to skip “naughty” and go straight to “nice” for each other and animals.
PETA Kicks Off Week-of-Action Campaign Against Urban Outfitters Brands
On the busiest shopping day of the year, PETA is launching our week of action against Urban Outfitters brands, urging the company to go vegan.
Hear How You Can Advocate for HIV Vaccine Research That Will Get Results
In nearly 40 years, tests on monkeys have failed to produce an effective vaccine for HIV. While the world waits for science to modernize, PETA has a plan to help.
Find Us a Licensed Veterinary Technician and We Could Pay You Up to $1,000
Introduce us to a friend and—if it’s a match—you could make money! PETA is paying up to $1,000 for qualified referrals, so get started today.
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VIDEO: Students Unite to End Speciesism in and out of the Classroom
Members of the youth-led activist movement SOS are ready to end speciesism and change the world for all animals. Will you join them?
You Can’t Trust the Label! All 11 ‘Humane-Certified’ Factory Farms PETA Investigated Were Horrifically Cruel
How much more video footage of suffering animals will it take for the ASPCA, HSUS, and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) to stop promoting sham “standards” for factory farms? Find out how you can help.
PETA to Biden: Choose NIH Director Who Will Help Humans, Not Hurt Animals
As the Biden administration mulls a new director of the National Institutes of Health, let the president know that animal experimentation must end!
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Help End This 'Nightmare Before Christmas' for Reindeer
Here's how Rudolph and his reindeer friends live when they aren't being paraded around during Christmas events. Read this before interacting with reindeer.
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