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How PETA’s Fieldworkers Are Making the Dog Days of Summer Cooler for Animals
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.
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PETA to Hainan Airlines: Shipping Monkeys to Their Deaths Makes You a Despicable Outlier
This Chinese airline went back on its promise and shipped more than 700 monkeys to U.S. laboratories—take action now.
Celebs Are Taking To Social Media to Help Outlaw Horse-Drawn Carriages
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.
Life Isn’t a Disney Movie: PETA Satire Shows How Real Dogs Suffer
Perdita in a puppy-breeding factory and Pluto chained? PETA’s satirical series reimagines these and other iconic Disney dogs.
38 Unapproved Surgeries From Just One Experimenter—Is This What NIH Deems Fit for Taxpayer Funds?
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.
We Close Labs Down—Always Have, Still Will
Rescued from torment in a laboratory, these animals were given a second chance with help from PETA. Whether a mouse or a beagle, no animal deserves to be experimented on.
Stolen Lives: A Monkey Named Beamish Is Suffering in an NIH 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.
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.
@ Instagram/plantpowerfastfoodA 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!
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.
@ Jo-Anne McArthur / Israel Against Live Shipments / We Animals MediaBuying French Bulldogs, Pugs, and Other Breathing-Impaired Breeds Is Flat-Out Cruel
Flat-faced dogs suffer debilitating and sometimes fatal health conditions, all for humans’ arbitrary aesthetic preferences or the latest fad.
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.
PETA’s ‘Horses’ Protest HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’ in the Wake of Whistleblower Reports Alleging Mistreatment
After a horse allegedly died on the set of HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” PETA has received more damning whistleblower reports. Here’s what we know, and what we’re doing about it.
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.
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.
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.
Go Behind the Scenes at PETA With Our New Podcast
The podcast takes listeners inside a group that’s impossible to ignore—the world’s most effective animal rights organization.
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