After PETA alerted the Animal Protection Unit in Norfolk, Virginia, that Garden Bros. Circus had scheduled last-minute performances at Old Dominion University’s Chartway Arena, the city denied the circus a traveling animal exhibit permit, prohibiting it from using any animals.
The governor of Colorado signed the Traveling Animal Protection Act (SB 21-135) into law, which bans the use of elephants, big cats, bears, and other animals in circuses and other traveling shows in the state. PETA supplied detailed information on traveling animal exhibitors to the animal-friendly advocacy group Colorado Voters for Animals, the determined local … Read more »
After PETA alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to goats seen hobbling on the grounds of Zootastic Park in Troutman, North Carolina, the agency cited the roadside zoo for failing to notice several other animals in the same condition, noting that the neglect could have caused “increased periods of pain and suffering.”
After PETA shared our first-of-its-kind investigation into the alpaca-fleece industry, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., made the business-savvy decision to stop carrying alpaca fleece! The home-products retailer joins UNIQLO, Valentino, Columbia Sportswear, and many other brands in banning the material. Please urge all Urban Outfitters, Inc., brands to follow their lead.
8 Billion Trees has cut ties with the wool industry! After hearing from PETA about that cruel and environmentally destructive industry, the social enterprise company decided to stop stocking wool dryer balls and will offer an environmentally friendly vegan option instead.
A new paper published by PETA scientists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other international experts shows that human-relevant approaches can replace tests in which chemicals are applied to the eyes of live rabbits. PETA scientists are working to ensure that these methods can be used in the U.S. and around the world. The paper … Read more »
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration has finalized a regulation and removed animal-testing recommendations and requirements for companies wanting to make anti-fatigue health marketing claims about their food and beverage products. It will now require only safe and effective human tests. This follows pressure from PETA that included the submission of a detailed scientific critique … Read more »
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 »
