Breaking: Workers in Exotic Skins Trade Pump Pythons Full of Air Until They Die

A shocking PETA Asia investigation shows workers inflating snakes to death with compressed air—all for “luxury” leather.

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From One Hellhole to Another: Johns Hopkins Buys 31 Monkeys From WNPRC

PETA exposed the sale of 31 monkeys from the notorious Wisconsin National Primate Research Center to John Hopkins University. Learn what we discovered in a six-month undercover investigation into the center and what you can do to help save the animals at the university.

PETA’s Raising the Stakes to Get Canada Goose to Ditch Fur and Down

Don’t be fooled by Canada Goose’s attempt to “humane wash” its image. Real fur is always obtained cruelly, and no one needs it but those who were born with it.

Help End the Iditarod!

The deadly Iditarod forces dogs to run hundreds of miles through frozen terrain, biting winds, and subzero temperatures. As many as half of those who start the race won’t make it to the finish line because of exhaustion, illness, or injury. Please help end this cruelty!

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PETA Calls Out Monkey Experimenters’ Lies: Close Down Monkey Prisons!

Experimenters have been working overtime to try to get their hands on even more monkeys to exploit and kill. Help PETA put the kibosh on this unethical campaign.

Tell One of the Iditarod’s Last ‘Resorts’ to Check Out of Cruelty to Dogs

Major airlines, retailers, and oil giants have stopped sponsoring the Iditarod after hearing from PETA—and you. Let’s keep the momentum going by calling out Millennium Hotels and Resorts.

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Take a Crack at Kindness, Kroger—Reconsider Ties With Monkey Abusers

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.

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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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Jamming Posts Into Monkeys’ Skulls—Just Another Day at the Office for Monkey Tormentor

PETA has just obtained documents showing that the government experimenter subjected dozens of monkeys to procedures known to cause pain.

PETA Spotlight: Angela Davis and Other Iconic Women You Never Knew Were Veg

In honor of Women’s History Month (March), PETA (an organization founded by a woman and led by women) has chosen five trailblazing women to celebrate—and you may be surprised to learn that their work for social justice includes protecting animals.

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Must-Watch: PETA Rips Lid off Chinchilla Mill That Supplies Labs and Pet Stores

Based on PETA’s evidence, law-enforcement officials searched this chinchilla mill and opened a criminal investigation. See what we found.

17 Vegan Fish Recipes to Let Sea Animals off the Hook This 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!

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21 Dogs Want to Take Up Space in People’s Hearts, Not in Texas A&M’s Cages

Thanks to our determined campaign and supporters like you, Karbach has been adopted. But it looks like Texas A&M University would prefer that other dogs suffer rather than admitting defeat.

New South Wales Bans Dolphin Breeding! Now Help PETA Flip SeaWorld

New South Wales, Australia, is the latest in a string of states and countries banning the breeding and exploitation of dolphins for entertainment. SeaWorld must follow suit!

Help End Canada Goose Cruelty: Take Action for Coyotes and Birds

It’s easy to take action for coyotes and geese used for Canada Goose apparel. Learn how you can help right now using your phone or computer.

Students, Level Up Your Activism—Sign Up Now for SOS’ Spring Retreat

Now’s your chance to network with other student activists and brainstorm, strategize, and plan ways to end speciesism. Register now—the first 100 people to sign up will get exclusive freebies!

Urban Outfitters Desperately Needs a Humane Makeover. Speak Up!

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.

PETA Scientist Catches University of Washington Official LYING About COVID-19 Research

A University of Washington official stated that experiments conducted at its primate center were responsible for Moderna’s successful COVID-19 vaccine. It was a lie.

Alan Cumming Calls Out Starbucks CEO for Vegan Milk Upcharge

Actor Alan Cumming is asking Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson to “wake up and smell the coffee” and stop penalizing customers for choosing vegan milk.

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National Reading Month: Kind Reads for Kids of All Ages

From classics like “Charlotte’s Web” to new favorites like “Kayla the Vegan,” check out this list of must-read books for kids from PETA’s humane education division, TeachKind.

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Lila the Bald Tiger Dies at Worst Roadside Zoo in America, Waccatee Zoo

Lila, a tiger who had lost almost all her fur while trapped at South Carolina’s notorious Waccatee Zoo, has died. PETA wants answers.

Your PETA Horoscope: Pisces Season Is the Time to Be Kind to Fish

Pisces is the astrological sign of the fish, so for this Pisces season, let’s be kind to fish by not supporting industries that exploit them.

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COVID-19 Could Make This Year’s Iditarod the Most Dangerous One Yet

We’re in the middle of a global pandemic, and the Iditarod is still scheduled to take place in two months. Here’s why the deadly dogsled race must be canceled.

Victory! PETA Pushes The Pearl Hotel to Give Bettas a Better Life

At the urging of PETA and over 80,000 of our supporters, The Pearl Hotel has stopped using sensitive aquatic animals as decorations in its rooms.

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You’ve Seen This Mill’s ‘Chinchilla Hell’—Now Hear How You Can Help

Chinchillas are sold in pet stores and exploited in laboratories—but where do they come from? PETA went undercover to find out, and Vice President Dan Paden shares the chilling results.

Are You as Loyal as a Goose? Find Out in PETA President’s ‘Animalkind’

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.

Take On the Miami Seaquarium With PETA Latino—Free Lolita NOW!

PETA Latino unveiled a massive banner demanding the release of Lolita, who is still languishing in the smallest orca tank in the world.

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.

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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