A Fresh Start: Which Brand Dropped Cruel Coconut Milk After 100K PETA Supporters Took Action?

After initially denying its use of coconuts supplied by forced monkey labor, this meal-kit service will be phasing out cruelly produced Thai coconut milk by mid-2023.

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A Fate Worse Than Death: Horrifying True Stories From Shelters With ‘No-Kill’ Policies

Dogs, cats, and other animals are suffering because of “no-kill” policies at animal shelters. See what changes need to be made now to start really saving lives—not pretending to on paper.

Women: You Won’t Believe What’s Being Done in Your Name This International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day (March 8), learn how the University of Massachusetts–Amherst is fueling the fire that keeps a broken system alive.

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Loyal animals are forced to run through harsh, freezing conditions. Help make this year’s Iditarod the last-ever nightmare for dogs.

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Earthquake Updates: PETA-Backed Rescuers Race Against Time to Save Animals as Buildings Are Demolished

Learn more about the vital, lifesaving efforts underway to help the animal victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake. You won’t want to miss these rescues!

Lab Shuttered, Monkeys Seized: Colombia Took Action, so Why Is NIH Refusing to Talk?

The largest rescue operation in the history of the Colombian Office of the Attorney General liberated 108 sick monkeys from an NIH-funded hellhole. Meanwhile, NIH remains silent.

The One Thing You Can Do to Help Stop the Iditarod Death Race From Your Couch

More than 150 dogs have died during the Iditarod in the race’s gruesome history. PETA is working hard to stop the 2023 Iditarod in its tracks.

Thanks to PETA, Feds Call a Halt to Tearing Monkeys Away From Their Families and Homes

What will this decision mean for the monkeys who are forcibly abducted from their homes?

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Join PETA’s Action Team to hear about protests, events, and volunteer opportunities in your area. You’ll also get tips and ideas to help you advocate for animals.

What the Public Deserves to Know About NIH’s Latest Stunt

The National Institutes of Health may soon face legal action from PETA after its latest stunt, but the public deserves to know about what’s going on in its laboratories.

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Another Win in the HISStory Books! Here’s Why This Military Drill Gets PETA’s Approval

Find out why PETA’s celebrating the 2023 Cobra Gold drill in Thailand, and learn how we’re pushing the U.S. military to do right by animals here at home, too.

Want to Help Animals and Travel the Country? With This Job, You Can

Want a REAL job that makes a difference? Get new experiences, see new places, and make the most of your life—help animals as if it’s your job, because it would be, by applying to be PETA’s traveling campaigner today.

Do You Know Where Your OB/GYN Was Trained? If It Was at OHSU, Be Warned

Oregon Health & Science University is stuck in the past as other schools advance. Here’s how you can urge it to switch to training methods that actually save lives.

What PETA Stands For

People

I am you, only different.

Human beings create temporary and arbitrary boundaries to exclude beings who aren’t like them. Human beings have justified wars, slavery, sexual violence, and military conquests through the mistaken belief that those who are “different” do not experience suffering and are not worthy of moral consideration.


Ethical

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

We are taught the Golden Rule as young children, and all major religions teach principles of nonviolence and kindness. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Ethical treatment—the Golden Rule—must be extended to all living beings: reptiles, mammals, fish, insects, birds, amphibians, and crustaceans.


Treatment

Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.

All beings desire freedom to live a natural life, according to their inherent desires and instincts. While the lives of all beings necessarily involve some amount of suffering, human beings must stop deliberately inflicting suffering on all beings for our own selfish desires. We lose nothing in replacing a cheeseburger with a veggie burger or a leather purse with a fabric one. But beings we exploit lose their lives just for our fleeting fancy.


Animals

We are all animals.

We believe all beings deserve liberty and respect not because they share the characteristics we admire in ourselves but because they are living beings. We share the same evolutionary origins, we inhabit the same Earth, and we are ruled by the same laws of nature. We are all the same.

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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.

Would You Vacation at a Prison? Why People Are Saying ‘No Tanks’ to SeaWorld

Learn more about the cruelty of marine parks and discover ways to help animals.

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Gill-Free and Guilt-Free! Vegan Fish Recipes for Lent

With these vegan fish recipes, you can let fish swim in peace while you still hang on to the taste. Don’t get “caught” not trying them during Lent this year!

PETA Teams Up With International Group to Exfoliate Cruelty From Cosmetics Stuck in the Past

Learn how PETA scientists are finding new ways to help rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, and other animals used in cruel tests.

Lights, Camera, Action! PETA Celebrates These Flicks With Our Sixth Annual Oscat Awards

The results are in! Find out which movies from 2022 won animal-friendly awards in PETA’s Oscats.

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PETA Urges Urban Outfitters Shoppers to Slip Into Something More Ethical

Alpaca, wool, cashmere, mohair, leather, and down—all are produced with extreme violence and fear. Join the campaign to rid Urban Outfitters of these cruel materials!

All Eyes Are on China, but the Next Pandemic Could Start in Your Hometown

The CDC has the power to help prevent the next pandemic—urge it to stop playing with our lives.

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Boost Your Child’s Compassion With These Animal-Friendly Reads for Kids

If you’re looking for new stories to fire your child’s imagination, PETA Kids’ favorite books are full of colorful and engaging tales of empathy for animals.

PETA Reveals Staff Negligence Killed Many at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

PETA is calling on Brigham and Women’s Hospital administration to punish the staff responsible for these deaths.

Who Still Sponsors the Iditarod? Diane Warren’s New PETA Video May Change Their Tune

Just ahead of the 2023 Iditarod, songwriting legend Diane Warren is helping PETA strike a chord with anyone who still supports the deadly dog race. Here’s how you can help us reach the finish line!

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Students: Help Your School Take a Leap in the Right Direction  

Science education should be cutting-edge, so why are some classes still cutting open animals? If you’re a student, sign up to receive FREE stickers and leaflets to help us end dissection.

Peter Singer on Speciesism: What It Is and Why It’s Important

Animals deserve to lead their own lives—this is the point made by Peter Singer, author of the groundbreaking “Animal Liberation.” Soon after he wrote the book, PETA was founded, and the world has never been the same.

Want to Help Stop Tests on Animals? 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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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“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