Have you ever been to a slaughterhouse or vivisection laboratory?

PETA has conducted several undercover investigations on farms and in laboratories and has exposed horrific cruelty. You can view video footage from these investigations. Countless people have changed their habits after reading about or viewing our photos or videos of animal exploitation.

They didn’t have to personally experience the abuse of animals to be opposed to it, any more than one must personally experience rape or child abuse to oppose those crimes.

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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