Pharmaceutical company cuts ties with monkey abuser.
September 2010 PETA convinced JWT—the 10th largest ad agency in the world and the third largest in the U.S.—to vow never to use great apes in its advertising again.
Professional Laboratory and Research Services, Inc., closes.
September 2010 With the combined efforts of PETA Australia and PETA U.S., Miss Australia was made aware that she would be sending a cruel message to the public by wearing a costume made from real sheepskin in the Miss Universe competition. Thankfully, she dumped the real stuff and switched to a costume made from faux … Read more »
German states say ‘no’ to U.S. military’s animal abuse.
Gardner-Webb University no longer offers a inhumane classroom assignment in its vertebrate biology course.
Portland Community College replace the use of rats in all anatomy and physiology courses at one of the College’s campuses with sophisticated models.
Thanks to PETA’s hard work and persistence, yet another ad agency signed the Great Ape Humane Pledge.
August 2010 On April 22, 2010, PETA wrote to the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), David Michaels, outlining the dangers inherent in working with killer whales in captivity and a decades-long history of attacks in which trainers have been seriously injured or killed at SeaWorld. PETA urged the agency to hold … Read more »
Nishiki Sushi has informed PETA that it will no longer serve a cruel dish that’s often called “dancing prawns.”
August 2010 Thanks to PETA, Dodge not only removed the chimpanzee footage from its “Tent Event” commercial but also canceled its series of print ads and signed the Great Ape Humane Pledge.
August 2010 Elephant advocates are celebrating a new policy by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The policy requires that all AZA-accredited facilities prohibit staff and elephants from being in the same space, with some limited exceptions, by September 2014. This means that elephants in zoos will be protected from handlers (and the abusive … Read more »
August 2010 People Tree, a small U.K. clothing company that owns Emma Watson’s clothing line, told PETA that it never sources wool from Australia because the company is against the cruel practice of mulesing.
Dog experimenter punished for fraud.
Thanks to PETA this plant has almost doubled the amount of time spent supervising the “stun and stick areas” each day.
