On October 8, 2020, wildlife exploiter “Doc” Antle was charged with a felony count of wildlife tracking and a felony count of conspiracy to traffic in wildlife along with 13 other misdemeanor charges. He has violated the Animal Welfare Act many times in the past for neglecting animals in his care. This comes after a … Read more »
After a meeting with PETA scientists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a new policy the agency says will spare approximately 750 rats, rabbits, or guinea pigs each year from tests in which pesticides would have been applied to their shaved skin, after which the animals who didn’t die during the tests would have been killed.
After hearing from PETA, Dermstore, which is owned by Target, has stopped selling fur eyelashes. Madame Madeline, Glad Girl, Coco Mink Lashes, and Lurella Cosmetics have also banned the sale of mink lashes after hearing from us. These are huge wins for minks and other animals who would otherwise be tormented and killed on fur … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, online retailer Carbon38 banned fur, including from the brand Canada Goose! This means that it’ll no longer pay the cruel fur industry to crush gentle animals in painful steel traps or confine them to small, filthy wire cages for their entire lives, before gassing or electrocuting them so that companies can … Read more »
The U.S. District Court of the Western District of Oklahoma ordered Jeff Lowe to pay PETA $2,539.05 and his wife, Lauren Lowe, to pay $6,851.92 for having to compel them to a deposition and to provide lion husbandry records. This is just one of the many court victories that are bringing an end to Jeff … Read more »
Along with The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, PETA rescued three juvenile lions, including sick lion Nala, from Jeff Lowe’s Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (aka “G.W. Zoo”). The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered Lowe to provide Nala with immediate veterinary care in June, but on the day of her rescue, we found her with … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminated tiger show operator Michael Todd’s exhibitor’s license after finding a history of Animal Welfare Act (AWA) violations by him and his employee Marcus Cook, a notorious animal exploiter. PETA has been pressuring the USDA for years to revoke Todd’s license due to his continued employment of Cook despite … Read more »
PETA rescued 22 tigers, lions, and tiger/lion hybrids from Tim Stark and his Indiana roadside zoo, Wildlife in Need, after our successful Endangered Species Act lawsuit against him and the facility. The rescue went smoothly—U.S. Marshals provided security for the transfer after Stark posted specific threats to Facebook. The animals are now living happily at … Read more »
PVH’s iconic brands, including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, banned exotic-animal skins after learning from PETA that in the exotic-skins industry, workers handle ostriches violently, electrically stun them, and slit their throats, as well as cutting open alligators’ and crocodiles’ necks and jamming metal rods down their spines. PVH joins Brooks Brothers, Jil Sander, Chanel, … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, El Al Israel Airlines confirmed a ban on hunting trophy shipments. This follows a PETA investigation that documented a California trophy hunter paying $30,000 to gun down an elephant outside Kruger National Park in South Africa and paying another $20,000 to preserve his body for shipment back to the U.S. The … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, Dole Food Company, persuaded the Mayo Clinic to divert funds that the company donates to that institution away from deadly experiments on animals and instead toward superior, human-relevant, and animal-free nutrition research. Previously, a recent experimenter who held the David Murdock/Dole Food Company Chair … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and Humane Research Australia, the University of Adelaide has become one of the first universities in Australia to stop subjecting mice and other animals to the cruel forced swim test. Experimenters at the school had published about conducting the bogus test as recently as April of this year.
After hearing from PETA, major national chains, including CVS, Albertsons, and AutoZone, have taken action to prevent dogs and children from dying in hot cars by posting signage, playing public service announcements over their public address systems, and enacting new campaigns to spread awareness. Some of the largest property management companies in the U.S.—such as … Read more »
PETA’s tireless efforts have paid off: The Camel Farm’s federal exhibitor’s license has been permanently revoked by the USDA! PETA has been urging the agency not to renew the facility’s license since 2017, when it filed a lawsuit challenging the automatic renewal of the Animal Welfare Act license. The Arizona roadside zoo can never again be licensed … Read more »
On August 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspended Jeff Lowe’s federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) exhibitor’s license for 21 days. That same day, the USDA filed an enforcement action against Lowe and his wife, Lauren, alleging numerous AWA violations between 2015 and 2020. The agency is seeking civil penalties and the permanent … Read more »
