Obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) medical residents at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee will no longer practice surgical procedures on live animals, following approximately four months of talks between the hospital and PETA. In response to our survey regarding animal use in OB/GYN residency programs, the hospital confirmed that it had been using three live pigs … Read more »
After more than a decade of campaigning—which included an eyewitness investigation, a news conference featuring Alan Cumming, parallel campaigns against chimpanzee-exploiting greeting-card companies Hallmark and American Greetings, and a years-long Endangered Species Act lawsuit—we rescued every remaining chimpanzee from the former Missouri Primate Foundation breeding facility. For decades, this had been the primary source of … Read more »
After discussions with PETA and Taiwan-based Kindness to Animals, Vitalon Foods Group—the third-largest health food company in Taiwan and maker of Super Supau, Taiwan’s best-selling brand of sports drink—banned animal tests not explicitly required by law. From 2005 to 2019, Vitalon and its subsidiary YEC Biotechnology Co. conducted or funded at least 12 laboratory experiments that … Read more »
After being contacted by PETA, luxury fashion house Valentino confirmed that it won’t use angora in the future, starting with its 2022 autumn/winter collection. The brand also recently announced a fur-free policy that will go into effect this year—and has previously committed to banning alpaca wool. PETA applauds Valentino’s decision to continue on its path … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, retailer Tuesday Morning banned fur from nearly 500 stores and removed all fur products! The company joins hundreds of others—including most recently Canada Goose, Neiman Marcus, and Moose Knuckles—that have banned fur after hearing from PETA that the fur industry confines animals (many of whom are injured) to cramped cages before … Read more »
Canadian outerwear company Moose Knuckles—which once claimed that animals exploited in the fur industry “deserve our compassion and humanity” while it callously sold the fur stripped from their bodies—is finally going fur-free after appeals from PETA and activists! This move will prevent countless foxes and other fur-bearing animals from being electrocuted, gassed, beaten, or killed … Read more »
In partnership with MatTek Life Sciences and MedTec Biolab, PETA Science Consortium International e.V. awarded researchers tools that can replace the use of rats and mice in tests to assess how inhaled chemicals affect the lungs. The Science Consortium also honored an early-career researcher for a poster that he presented at the European Commission’s Joint … Read more »
After decades of pressure from persistent grassroots activists and PETA, Neiman Marcus Group will stop selling fur at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. “It is clear the future is fur-free, and that includes the ultra-luxury space,” said the group’s CEO, Geoffroy van Raemdonck. By closing down its 22 fur salons, the company will prevent many … Read more »
After hearing from PETA about the egregious cruelty and threat to public safety inherent in all animal circuses—and specifically, Loomis Bros. Circus—the Elberton County Fairgrounds in Georgia prohibited the notorious circus from forcing animals to perform during its shows from June 25 to 27. Brian Franzen—who frequently supplies animals for Loomis Bros.’ elephant and big-cat … Read more »
Following years of campaigning by PETA entities and countless activists around the world, Canada Goose is going fur-free. PETA kept the pressure on by holding dozens of demonstrations around the globe, running ad campaigns, working with celebrities who wanted to speak out, becoming a shareholder to push the company from within, and much more. PETA … Read more »
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)—a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)—has canceled funding for a racist experiment at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Experimenters were imposing “episodic aggression” on mice—a euphemism for forcing them to fight or making a larger, stressed mouse attack a smaller one—to mimic … Read more »
The Southern District of Indiana awarded fees and costs to PETA against Tim Stark and Wildlife in Need as a result of its prior Endangered Species Act (ESA) victory totaling $733,997.70. Because we were already owed $19,234.40 in unpaid fee awards, we’ll seek to recover $753,232.10. The award to PETA follows our groundbreaking and successful … Read more »
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana ordered Tim Stark and Wildlife in Need (WIN) to pay PETA fees and costs totaling $733,997.70 in relation to our victory under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Because Stark and WIN already owed us $19,234.40 in unpaid fee awards, we’ll be seeking to recover $753,232.10. … Read more »
In a historic victory for animals, Israel became the first country ever to ban the sale of fur. The ban, which goes into effect December 2021, follows years of persistent campaigning by local activists, PETA, and PETA Honorary Director Pamela Anderson—who personally lobbied government officials in Tel Aviv and appealed to then–Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, Vince Holding Corp.—which owns high-end brands Vince, Rebecca Taylor, and Parker—will no longer use alpaca fleece! The fashion retailer joins Genesco, UNIQLO, Express, Valentino, and many other brands worldwide in banning alpaca. Please urge Anthropologie to follow their lead.
