After years of determined campaigning by PETA and grassroots activists—including more than 100,000 of our supporters who sent the company messages—Saks Fifth Avenue is going fur-free. It joins hundreds of other companies—including Nordstrom, Macy’s, and Bloomingdale’s—that have banned fur after hearing from PETA and our supporters about the suffering that goes into every fur coat, … Read more »
After learning of magician Jay Owenhouse’s absurd plans to cage three tigers in a parking lot near a busy airport on the South Las Vegas Strip for six months, more than 100,000 PETA supporters urged Triple Five not to allow the cruel acts on its property and called on Owenhouse to make tigers disappear from … Read more »
After working with PETA, Gap Inc.—which is the largest specialty retailer in the U.S. and owns Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Athleta, Intermix, and Janie and Jack—removed glue traps and banned their use! Countless small animals—including mice, rats, squirrels, and birds—get stuck on glue traps every year, and they struggle desperately to escape. Many even … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Edgewell Personal Care—which owns Schick, Wilkinson Sword, Jack Black, and many other brands—agreed not to use badger hair again! This is wonderful news for badgers because the industries that use their hair in paint, shaving, or makeup brushes pay people to catch them in painful traps or breed them on farms … Read more »
After PETA tipped off the U.S. Department of Agriculture to an illegal tiger display by Lisa Lopez—who operates under the name All Things Wild and had no federal license to exhibit animals—at a Trinity Valley Expositions fairgrounds flea market in Liberty, Texas, the agency issued her a citation and ordered an end to the display.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of PETA’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging the agency’s decision to license the Miami Seaquarium after it was sold in 2014. PETA will return to court to argue that the USDA unlawfully licensed Palace Entertainment when it … Read more »
In a first-of-its kind ruling within the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied Texas A&M University’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit that PETA had filed against it. The lawsuit challenges the university’s refusal to allow us to place an ad on the school’s buses showing a dog used … Read more »
PETA scientists highlighted non-animal testing approaches at the 60th annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting, the largest toxicology conference in the world, attracting thousands of attendees each year from government, industry, and academia. In the weeks leading up to this year’s virtual meeting, PETA scientists hosted five webinars through an SOT specialty section on modern … Read more »
After learning about PETA Asia’s exotic-skins investigations—which revealed that snakes in Vietnam are confined and then killed by being inflated with compressed air and that crocodiles are electroshocked, stabbed with a metal blade, inflated, and then likely skinned alive—the Samuel Hubbard Shoe Company confirmed that it no longer buys or uses exotic skins. Raising and killing exotic animals for … Read more »
The Chinese government announced that it has created a new pathway for cruelty-free cosmetics to be sold in China. As of May 1, 2021, it will allow companies to market most imported “general cosmetics”—like shampoo, body wash, lotion, and makeup—without the usually required animal testing, once those companies take a number of steps and apply for … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and viewing undercover footage from our investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry, outdoor retailer Lands’ End has banned alpaca fleece! It joins the growing list of companies and designers who have made the compassionate decision to stop sourcing this vile material. Please urge Anthropologie to join Lands’ End and drop alpaca fleece … Read more »
After PETA shared a first-of-its-kind investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry, L Brands confirmed that it has banned alpaca fleece from its Victoria’s Secret brand—the only clothing retailer it owns. Victoria’s Secret joins UNIQLO, Overstock, Valentino, Marks & Spencer, ascena retail group, and many other brands in banning alpaca fleece. Please urge Anthropologie to follow suit … Read more »
Following a complaint from PETA, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission cited Monica Welde, owner of Bearadise Ranch and the notorious traveling show Welde’s Big Bear Show, for violating state wildlife laws by allowing a news crew to enter an enclosure with a 300-pound bear. The crew was allowed to interact with and feed … Read more »
Following recommendations from PETA India, the Bureau of Indian Standards—the national standards body of India—has replaced a lethal test on guinea pigs used to detect anthrax in animal feed with a modern, non-animal one, which will spare the lives of countless guinea pigs.
Following a complaint from PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cited backyard animal exploiter Larry Wallach for multiple violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. We notified the agency of Wallach’s Facebook videos showing him electroshocking a juvenile tiger named Sheba, keeping her in a run-down enclosure, and handling her in a harmful and inhumane … Read more »
