October 2009 PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) learned about a University of California-Irvine neurosciences course in which 200 rats per year were being killed after holes were drilled into their skulls and their brains were damaged in crude classroom experiments. We sent a letter to the school to urge its administrators to end the cruel procedures, … Read more »
October 2009 After PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Division learned that cats were having hard plastic tubes repeatedly forced down their throats in cruel intubation training exercises at Heartland Regional Medical Center (HRMC) in St. Joseph, Missouri, we sent a letter to the director of the course detailing how animals suffer in these procedures and explaining that modern … Read more »
October 2009 PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) learned about an Oakton Community College anatomy and physiology course in which dozens of rats and salamanders were dissected alive so that students could observe their working organs before the animals were killed. LID immediately contacted the school to urge its administrators to end the cruel procedures. We sent … Read more »
October 2009 After learning that a massive animal testing program in Europe was going to cause even more animal suffering as a result of duplicative testing, PETA initiated a joint letter to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which oversees the program, asking it to intervene. Now, in a huge victory for animals, ECHA has announced a … Read more »
October 2009 After receiving complaints that Dollar General was selling glue traps (the cruelest method of wildlife control), we wrote to Dollar General executives and urged them to stop selling glue traps immediately. Upon learning about the cruelty of these traps, representatives of the massive bargain retailer told us that the chain would stop selling all … Read more »
October 2009 After receiving complaints from United Airlines passengers that the airline was showing “Texas Ranch House” as an in-flight entertainment option, PETA wrote United to ask it to replace the series with a humane option. The selection showed Wild West re-enactors branding cows with hot irons and cutting off their tails without the use of … Read more »
October 2009 After learning from PETA about the suffering endured by great apes who are used in advertising, global advertising agency Enfatico signed on to PETA’s Great Ape Humane Pledge, agreeing never to use great apes in any future productions.
October 2009 PETA received calls of concern from JCPenney customers who were dismayed that the company was selling a product called “Planet Frog,” a small aquarium kit that comes with a coupon to receive live tadpoles in the mail. After a harrowing journey by delivery truck, the tadpoles are placed in the small tank in which … Read more »
October 2009 Australian fashion designer Alannah Hill has agreed to stop using rabbit fur in her collections. The girly-chic designer had a change of heart after hearing from thousands of PETA Asia supporters who got fired up about fur after watching video footage that documents disgusting conditions on a Chinese fur farm.
October 2009 After receiving complaints from concerned PETA members and supporters who were outraged that women’s fashion retailer Boston Proper was selling fur in its catalogs and online, we immediately contacted the company and urged it to go fur-free. Boston Proper listened to our concerns about the cruelty that animals on fur farms endure–including being bludgeoned, … Read more »
July 2009 After years of pressure from animal rights activists nationwide – including PETA – JCPenney has finally decided to stop peddling pelts. PETA first wrote to JCPenney about the company’s support of the cruel fur industry in 2001, and we have kept the pressure on ever since, including sending complaints to the company over its … Read more »
July 2009 After PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Department (LID) learned about a University of Connecticut Health Center medical training course in which cats were having hard plastic tubes repeatedly forced down their wind pipes and rabbits were having air forced into their chests and were then stabbed with needles to relieve the pressure (before being killed), we … Read more »
July 2009 PETA spoke with executives at Big Fuel Communications to alert them about the abuse that great apes endure when they are used in the advertising industry. After learning about the cruelty, the executives immediately pledged never to use great apes in any future advertising campaigns.
July 2009 After meeting with PETA and learning about the cruelty inherent in the procurement, training, and disposal of great apes used for entertainment, advertising agency R&R Partners pledged never to use great apes in any future ad campaigns.
July 2009 PETA’s Laboratory Investigations Division learned that live pigs were being cut up for training in various gynecological surgeries and suturing techniques at the American Society for Women’s Health medical conference hosted by Florida Hospital Celebration Health. We sent the organizers a letter detailing the cruelty involved in using animals for medical training and describing … Read more »
