More than 150 dogs have died in the Iditarod, including Ventana, who was raced to death while pregnant last year. After learning about this cruelty, Snowy River Equipment Sales, a now-former sponsor of Seeing Double Sled Dog Racing—a kennel owned by Iditarod mushers Anna and Kristy Berington—has committed to not supporting the dogsledding industry in … Read more »
In another leap toward stopping cruelty to animals abused in laboratories, QTrade Teas and Botanicals—the largest organic tea importer in North America—has agreed to ban all experiments on animals following talks with PETA. PETA discovered that the company donated to a test in which experimenters used genetically modified mice born with a peanut allergy, force-fed … Read more »
Following years of collaboration with PETA scientists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its recommitment to ending tests on animals. PETA’s Managing Director of Regulatory Toxicology, Dr. Amy Clippinger, joined the EPA Administrator and spoke at the public announcement. This commitment to increase reliance on non-animal testing approaches echoes longstanding sentiments of the agency … Read more »
A paper co-authored by PETA scientists shows that human cell–based vaginal tissue models have the potential to replace rabbits when assessing the safety of personal lubricants. This non-animal method delivers data that is predictive of human health effects, reproducible across laboratories, and ranks personal lubricants by vaginal irritation potential.
Thanks to PETA’s donation of four advanced TraumaMan human-patient simulators, the practice of cutting open animals as part of learning how to treat life-threatening injuries in humans will no longer be part of Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program. The TraumaMan models, which have arrived at Saudi Arabia’s ATLS National Office, are human … Read more »
Pressure from PETA supporters has once again saved animals’ lives around the world as the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has announced it will no longer recommend that companies conduct cruel experiments on animals to establish dubious claims about digestion for marketing food and beverage products sold in Taiwan. More than 25,000 PETA supporters … Read more »
Mondelēz International, the maker of Oreo cookies and other snack foods, has just closed loopholes in its animal testing policy after relentless campaigning from PETA and more than 63,000 supporters. After several meetings with PETA, the company has amended its public animal testing policy, which previously allowed myriad horrific and deadly experiments on animals, including … Read more »
After two years of incessant pushing by PETA, and reams of evidence of jockey Jose Nicasio riding at deadly unregulated California racetracks, the California Horse Racing Board suspended Nicasio’s license and banned him from ever reapplying. This sent a clear message to jockeys, trainers, and owners that participating in bush track races, where horses are … Read more »
After hearing from PETA how angora rabbits are confined to tiny cages for their entire lives and workers pin them down and rip fistfuls of hair from their sensitive skin—or shave and cut their hair so violently that they often bleed—Monosuit agreed to ban and remove angora from its website! While Monosuit and more than … Read more »
After talks with PETA, Caribou Coffee—one of the top U.S. coffeehouses with over 800 locations globally—made customizing drinks with vegan milk free for all customers! Previously, PETA awarded the chain for removing the vegan milk upcharge for Caribou loyalty members who pre-ordered on the app. Now, anyone—including those ordering in-store or not signed up for … Read more »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spared 1,600 animals from deadly chemical tests after successfully applying a scientific approach created by the EPA, PETA scientists, and other experts. The adoption of a scientific approach co-developed by PETA scientists to replace rats and mice in cancer tests saves hundreds of animals every time it’s implemented. This … Read more »
The USDA suspended the license of Canton Grand Safari, a roadside zoo in Texas, following multiple complaints from PETA, which included eyewitness reports and social media videos revealing that the roadside zoo was allowing dangerous hands-on interactions with young monkeys.
PETA learned that notorious animal exhibitor, Trunks and Humps, supplied animals for a Christmas event at a church in Texas, resulting in a camel kicking an audience member in the head, apparently knocking her unconscious. After PETA filed a complaint with the USDA alerting it to this incident, the agency issued Trunks and Humps a … Read more »
In a landmark win for animals, Congress and the Trump Administration banned all live-fire trauma training on live animals throughout the Department of War in 2026, sparing thousands of animals from being shot, grievously wounded, and killed for outdated military training exercises. The ban—stipulated in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes this historic … Read more »
After decades of campaigning against the cruel fur industry from PETA, Hearst Magazines—publisher of Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Esquire, Seventeen, and Cosmopolitan—announced that it has banned fur in its editorial and advertising content.
