Zoom, Not Roadside Zoos! See PETA’s ‘In and Out’ List for 2021

For Immediate Release:
December 10, 2020

Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382

As the year ends, we’re kicking bad old, sad old 2020 to the curb and celebrating animal-friendly developments, from newly vegan superstars like Lizzo to the first rescued dog in the White House—and you’ll find them in PETA’s “What’s In and What’s Out” list that predicts a happy and healthy 2021 for all.

Out                                                                 In

Being a “Karen”                                             Being caring

Keto                                                                Veestro

Dogless White House                                     First Shelter Dog (FIDO)

Roadside zoo visits                                        Zoom visits

Captive orcas                                                  Animatronic dolphins

Furry J.Lo                                                       Vegan Lizzo

Goop’s vagina candle                                     PETA’s wet dog candle

Designer minks                                               Designer masks

Kopi luwak                                                     Kala namak

Willful ignorance                                            Interspecies communication

Bingeing Tiger King                                       Bingeing The Queen’s Gambit

Dangling frog guts in school                           Using SynFrog: It’s so cool!

Trophy hunting                                               Treasure hunting

Wool from spitting Peruvian alpacas             Fleece from recycled ocean plastics

Wet markets                                                    Farmers’ markets

Cat TV                                                             Talking dog buttons

Bone broth                                                      Fiber fuel

Paula Deen                                                      Tabitha Brown

Animal experiments                                        Organs on a chip

Zebra crossings                                               Wildlife bridges

Humanocentric                                                Animalkind

Flying down to Rio                                         Banning caged birds

“2020 may not have been a walk in the park, but it gave people food for thought about humans’ relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “PETA looks forward to a new year that’s trending positive, making ‘kindness to all’ the watchwords for 2021.”

PETA—whose motto reads, “Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. More information about our work to help animals is available at PETA.org and on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.