Pharma Giant Sanofi Drops Near-Drowning Tests on Animals

Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi confirmed that it no longer subjects animals to the cruel and useless forced swim test. The announcement follows a campaign by PETA entities worldwide that included outreach from our scientists and more than 440,000 e-mails from members and supporters. The statement on the company’s website reads, “Sanofi does not use the Porsolt … Read more »

Victoria’s Secret 2024 Fashion Show Goes Feather-Free

After hearing from PETA repeatedly over three months, Victoria’s Secret announced that its fall 2024 fashion show would feature only faux feathers! Previously, the brand reportedly used up to 620,000 feathers from chickens, Chinese pheasants, and ostriches for its “angel wings” in a single show. This compassionate decision will prevent thousands of birds from enduring … Read more »

PETA Scuttles Charles River’s Plans for a Huge Monkey Prison

Charles River Laboratories, a multibillion-dollar company and the largest importer of monkeys into the U.S., buckled under pressure from PETA and Brazoria County, Texas, residents and scrapped its plans to build what would have been the largest monkey warehouse in the Western Hemisphere. The prison was to have caged up to 43,000 primates, all destined … Read more »

AELF FlightService Stops Flying Monkeys to Their Deaths in Laboratories

After hearing from PETA and thousands of our supporters, AELF FlightService’s Maleth Aero airline stopped stuffing sensitive monkeys into tiny wooden crates, locking them in cargo holds, and flying them around the world to be used in cruel and pointless experiments. The airline’s representative admitted to PETA that they were shocked when nearly 115,000 PETA … Read more »

Irradiated Monkey’s Suffering to End; Experiment Stopped at the University of Washington

The University of Washington (UW) decided to euthanize a monkey who, weeks after being irradiated nearly to death by UW experimenter Fritzie Arce-McShane, lost all quality of life. Arce-McShane willfully and repeatedly violated her approved protocol and deceived veterinary staff. This decision follows PETA’s request to the university to stop the study. The other six … Read more »

Fair Shuts Down Illegal Wild-Animal Exhibit Run by Chronic Animal Welfare Violator

After PETA contacted fair management and tipped off local media, the Western Idaho Fair closed an apparently unlawful otter exhibit run by Karen and Gregg Woody. The Woodys hadn’t had the federal license legally required to exhibit animals since two months prior to that, yet they’ve continued to conduct regulated activity. In addition to operating … Read more »

Major U.S. Airlines Take Off With Vegan Creamer

After hearing from PETA, top U.S. airline JetBlue Airways Corporation added oat-based creamer on its flights! The company quickly confirmed the news to us after it received over 10,000 e-mails from our supporters. Cows are gentle, sensitive individuals—and those exploited by the dairy industry are eventually violently killed. Calves are ripped away from their mothers … Read more »

National Mango Board Ends Animal Tests After PETA Campaign

The National Mango Board will no longer support starving, killing, and slicing open animals in cruel, pointless experiments. This decision follows a high-pressure campaign from PETA, which included letters, thousands of e-mails from our supporters, and public advertisements calling out the board for funding the torment of mice and rats apparently just to boost mango … Read more »

Massachusetts Bans Cruel Traveling Acts

Massachusetts joined a host of other states by banning circuses and other traveling acts from cruelly exploiting elephants, big cats, primates, giraffes, and bears. PETA supporters in the state repeatedly showed up big by urging their elected officials to pass this law, which takes effect on January 1, 2025. Join us in keeping the momentum … Read more »

Max Mara Bans Fur, Joining Hundreds of Others

Following a long-standing campaign by PETA entities and many thousands of e-mails from animal advocates around the world, Max Mara Fashion Group proclaimed that fur has no place in its future collections! This is yet another nail in the coffin for the cruel, outdated fur industry, which confines, poisons, gasses, electrocutes, and skins sentient beings … Read more »

Fair Announces Cancellation of Banana Derby After Outcry

After thousands of PETA supporters sent e-mails voicing outrage to the River City Fair for scheduling the inherently cruel Banana Derby, the Richmond, Virginia, event announced that 2024’s entire fair was canceled. Join us in contacting other events that plan on exploiting wild animals.

Major U.S. Court Says NIH Violated the First Amendment Rights of Animal Testing Critics

In a historic win for PETA, free speech, and government accountability, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) violated the First Amendment by blocking criticism of animal testing. The decision comes in response to a lawsuit brought by lawyers at the PETA Foundation, … Read more »

10th Conviction in Plainville Farms Criminal Cruelty Cases

Based on overwhelming evidence gathered during a PETA undercover investigation, former Plainville Farms worker Jason Kyle Turner pleaded guilty to cruelty to animals in the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas. PETA’s investigator documented that workers kicked turkeys, including birds who were sick, injured, and unable to walk. Turner joined eight other former Plainville Farms … Read more »

Bulova Stops Sourcing Wild-Animal Skins

After hearing from PETA and more than 13,000 of our supporters, watchmaker Bulova—which is owned by industry giant Citizen Watch—confirmed that it no longer sources wild-animal skins! Animals in this industry are inflated with water or air, shot, stabbed, and abused in other ways. Buying accessories, including watches, made of wild-animal skins is just as … Read more »

Portland Pickles Issued a Warning Letter for Alligator Display Following PETA Complaint

After PETA asked Multnomah County Animal Services to investigate the Portland Pickles—a collegiate summer baseball team in Oregon—for allowing an alligator to be displayed on “Animal Appreciation Night,” in apparent violation of a local ordinance, the agency sent the baseball team and Newport Discovery Zoo (the exhibitor that apparently supplied the alligator) a letter warning … Read more »

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