After hearing from PETA and more than 85,000 of our supporters, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB)—one of the major agricultural commodity research and promotion boards that’s overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture—has adopted a new public policy stating that it “does not support, fund, or conduct animal research.” HAB previously sponsored experiments on animals … Read more »
Just days after ExxonMobil announced an end to its decades-long $250,000-per-year sponsorship of Alaska’s deadly Iditarod dogsled race, Craft Sportswear wasted no time in rejecting cruelty to dogs by pulling the plug on its only days-old sponsorship and, after hearing from more than 58,000 PETA supporters, Medical Park Family Care in Anchorage confirmed that it’s … Read more »
After more than a decade of pressure from PETA, the urging of nearly 185,000 of our supporters, and help from our friends at the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade, retailer Alice + Olivia banned fur and removed fur items from its website! We’re pleased that the company will no longer fund the cruel fur … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) was granted a preliminary injunction in its litigation against Jeff Lowe, his wife, and two businesses associated with the Lowes. The United States was then permitted to promptly transfer all tigers, lions, and tiger/lion hybrids who are 1 year old or younger, along with their mothers, from the Lowes … Read more »
For years, Grant Kemmerer frequently provided talk shows with bears, primates, big cats, and other wild animals and allowed prohibited direct contact between the animals and members of the public, including Robert and Bindi Irwin, Jimmy Fallon, George Stephanopoulos, and Wendy Williams. However, after PETA alerted New York authorities to these violations, they denied Kemmerer’s … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and nearly 80,000 of our supporters, personal-care brand Baxter of California banned badger hair. And now, its parent company, L’Oréal Group—the largest cosmetics and beauty company in the world—has banned badger, goat, and all other animal-hair products from its global brands. L’Oréal Group is among the nearly 100 cosmetic, paintbrush, and … Read more »
American Vintage has banned angora! This great news for rabbits comes after almost two years of campaigning by PETA entities worldwide against its use of angora wool. We bombarded the company’s social media posts with comments, urged supporters to call its headquarters and customer service line with complaints, protested outside its stores in major cities … Read more »
Following conversations with PETA and with help from our friends at Animal Defense League Southern California, designer and retailer Monique Lhuillier confirmed that it has banned fur! The company removed mink- and fox-fur items from its website. We’re delighted that it’s joining the hundreds of fur-free designers and retailers—including Giorgio Armani, Gucci, and Prada—and will … Read more »
Iconic brand Karl Lagerfeld banned exotic-animal skins after learning from PETA that workers in the exotic-skins industry nail fully conscious snakes to trees and cut open their bodies, ostriches are electrically stunned and their throats are slit, and metal rods are jammed down crocodiles’ spines while they’re still alive. Karl Lagerfeld joins Jil Sander, Chanel, … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, luxury shoe brand Alexandre Birman confirmed that it will no longer source exotic skins beginning on January 1, 2021. The news follows a ban on exotic skins by PVH, the parent company of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein. Raising and killing exotic animals for “luxury” fashion items can increase the risk … Read more »
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) updated its health-food safety testing regulations, which will now prioritize widely recognized non-animal test methods—a landmark move that follows PETA’s recommendation to accept animal-free test methods approved by international regulatory bodies. With the TFDA’s adoption of our recommendation, there should be little to no health-food safety tests on … Read more »
In a major victory for animals, SeaQuest agreed to end its bid to open up shop at a mall in Fort Lauderdale! This decision was made as part of an agreement to settle a lawsuit filed in 2019 by PETA, the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida, and local resident Ana Campos. The suit alleged that the … Read more »
PETA and the Animal Legal Defense Fund have sent an official notice to the operators of Pymatuning Deer Park in Pennsylvania, alerting them of the groups’ intent to sue over the roadside zoo’s apparent violations of the Endangered Species Act, including mistreatment of lions, tigers, lemurs, and other protected animals. The groups also allege that the … Read more »
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida recently ordered the now-shuttered Dade City’s Wild Things and its operators, Kathy and Randy Stearns, to pay nearly $400,000 to PETA in attorneys’ fees and expenses related to our Endangered Species Act lawsuit. We were previously awarded a default judgment and permanent injunction in the … Read more »
Days after hearing from PETA and thousands of our supporters, Coastal Farm & Home Supply canceled holiday displays exploiting live reindeer at more than a dozen of its stores across Oregon! Reindeer are herd animals who travel up to 1,000 miles during their annual migration, traversing the tundra and swimming across rivers. But for holiday … Read more »
