Circo Hermanos Vazquez is no longer using animals! For many years, PETA filed complaints and protested the circus’s use of exotic animals. It was repeatedly cited for failing to have a written program of veterinary care or documentation that animals were receiving such care. It was also cited for denying tigers adequate space and exercise. … Read more »
Following a six-day bench trial in PETA’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) lawsuit against the Tri-State Zoological Park in Maryland, a federal court ruled that Tri-State violated the ESA by failing to provide tigers, lions, and lemurs with adequate veterinary care, including five animals who died during the course of the lawsuit. The ruling also found … Read more »
After working closely with PETA for nearly two years, Avon Products, Inc., has stopped all tests on animals everywhere in the world, including in China, where cruel and deadly tests on animals are still required for many cosmetics and personal-care products. The company has officially been added to PETA’s “Working for Regulatory Change” list and … Read more »
After discussions with PETA about the cruelty inherent in using animals for entertainment, Be Electric Studios in Brooklyn, New York, made the compassionate decision to ban animal exhibits from all of its events! Wild and exotic animals used at parties, festivals, and other events are often torn away from their mothers as babies, locked inside … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. co-authored a paper on a non-animal method that measures the amount of nanomaterials in human cells. Nanomaterials are tiny particles found in products such as electronics and clothing, and this method can help scientists figure out if the amount of nanomaterials present is toxic instead of forcing animals to … Read more »
In 2018, the Highlands County Fair Association in Sebring, Florida, planned to host cruel Loomis Bros. Circus shows but canceled after hearing from thousands of PETA supporters and local residents. When the association was set to host Garden Bros. Circus in 2019, PETA ensured that the show would move forward without animals. But we didn’t … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. awarded a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency toxicologist and an engineer in cellular biology from Luxembourg travel grants to attend the Institute for In Vitro Sciences’ Practical Methods for In Vitro Toxicology Workshop. The annual award has sent several young scientists to this workshop to learn about the latest non-animal … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Bayer, the fifth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has banned the forced swim test, in which small animals are dropped into inescapable beakers of water and made to swim for their lives. Company employees’ last documented use of the test was in 2006.
PETA has obtained records showing that in Miaoli, Taiwan, a police raid of the Xiangshun Pigeon Racing Chapter resulted in jail sentences for two club officials and fines for 16 pigeon racers. Combined with the prosecutions of people from two other pigeon-racing clubs, this raises the total number of people charged to 239—the most who … Read more »
PETA’s Global Beauty Without Bunnies program is pleased to welcome Procter & Gamble’s Aussie hair-care brand to its list of companies and brands that have banned all tests on animals worldwide. The well-known brand worked with PETA to make this compassionate choice and will feature our cruelty-free bunny logo on its website and eventually on … Read more »
After years of pressure from PETA, designer and retailer Rebecca Minkoff has banned fur! The brand joins hundreds of other designers and retailers—including BCBG, Donna Karan, Farfetch, Guess, Nicole Miller, and Victoria Beckham—in turning its back on an industry that forces terrified animals to spend their entire lives inside filthy, cramped wire cages before being … Read more »
Following years of work by PETA, Keith Wilson, the owner of Wilson’s Wild Animal Park in Winchester, Virginia, was charged with 46 counts of cruelty to animals. These charges come after state officials inspected the facility and seized more than 100 animals found in squalid and inadequate enclosures, including bears, tigers, lions, primates, and many … Read more »
After PETA alerted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to a video posted on Facebook showing Zootastic Park owner Scottie Brown exhibiting an apparently distressed juvenile tiger at a public event, the agency cited the North Carolina roadside zoo for two violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Ingredion Incorporated—a multibillion-dollar global ingredients provider and “one of The Coca-Cola Company’s biggest suppliers of corn syrup”—has implemented a new policy banning all experiments on animals for basic research and to establish health or nutritional claims for marketing ingredients, none of which is required by law. Ingredion previously funded or donated to numerous disturbing animal … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that circuses tear baby animals away from their mothers, confine them to cages, shackle them with chains, and subject them to violent training sessions, Central Michigan University committed to not hosting any more circuses with animals! The university hosted Jordan World Circus for the last time earlier this month at its … Read more »
