In November 2020, with support from PETA and our members and supporters, the Town Council of Amherst, Massachusetts, voted unanimously to adopt a bylaw banning the use of wild and exotic animals in traveling shows. Amherst is the 13th municipality in the Commonwealth to pass similar legislation. PETA thanks local advocate Rebecca Schwartz, whose efforts … Read more »
Under a new lease agreement, the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Illinois has banned events like circuses, rodeos, and petting zoos that use or sell animals! The ban applies to the numerous events held annually at the fairgrounds, with the exception of the county fair. This victory for animals comes after residents spoke at a county … Read more »
Less than 48 hours after PETA supporters started contacting Mr Kicco Coffee & Wine to ask it to stop selling kopi luwak—a coffee sourced from the excrement of caged-for-life Asian palm civet cats—the store’s owner removed it from his online listings, threw out his remaining supply, and pledged never to sell it again, saying that … Read more »
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ordered Tri-State Zoological Park; Animal Park, Care & Rescue, Inc.; their owner, Robert Candy; and their counsel to pay $56,655.77 in fees and costs to PETA within 180 days. The award is connected to a motion for sanctions that PETA filed after defendant Candy tried unsuccessfully to silence … Read more »
After years of massive pressure from PETA and other activists—including after hearing from more than 90,000 of our members and supporters worldwide—the department store chain Winners, which is owned by TJX Companies, is going fur-free. This latest ban marks TJX Companies’ transition to being 100% fur-free at all of its 4,500 locations around the world. … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, the Columbia Sportswear Company—one of the largest outdoor and active-lifestyle apparel and footwear companies in the world—has banned alpaca fleece across its brands! It joins UNIQLO, Overstock, Valentino, Marks & Spencer, Maison Numen, Smith & Caughey’s, and ESPRIT in banning alpaca. We’re urging everyone to take action for alpacas right now … Read more »
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 »
