‘Big Cat Public Safety Act’ Signed Into Law

Following decades of hard work, the Big Cat Public Safety Act was signed into law, a historic victory for animals used in entertainment! This new law will ban private ownership of big cats and prohibit public contact with them, representing the final blow to the abusive big-cat cub-petting industry, which PETA had already virtually annihilated via our groundbreaking Endangered Species Act litigation.

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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