The first steps of a project funded by the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. have succeeded in creating fully human-derived antibodies capable of blocking the poisonous toxin that causes diphtheria. These antibodies can end the 100-year-old method of injecting horses repeatedly with the diphtheria toxin and then draining huge amounts of their blood in order … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, Strauss Group—the second-largest food and beverage company in Israel and the parent company of the top-selling hummus brand in the U.S., Sabra—adopted a progressive new policy banning laboratory experiments on animals. In previous deadly tests on animals conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, an experimenter funded by Strauss … Read more »
Following continued talks with PETA, Uno Pizzeria & Grill expanded its vegan menu further by adding a Vegetarian Cheeseburger Pizza, which comes with crumbled Beyond Burger, pickles, ketchup, mustard, and onions and can be made vegan by asking for Daiya cheese. The restaurant also added Zoodles Primavera, which includes zucchini noodles sautéed with marinated artichokes, … Read more »
In the U.S., Pret A Manger stopped charging extra for almond milk and introduced its new oat milk without a surcharge following a request from and talks with PETA. Ask Starbucks to follow suit by ending the extra charge for vegan milk!
After a PETA campaign that included hundreds of thousands of e-mails from supporters as well as shareholder resolutions, videos, ads, and public protests, Bristol-Myers Squibb banned the forced swim test. Between 2008 and 2017, the company’s employees published papers describing the use of more than 1,600 animals—748 gerbils, 698 mice, and 192 rats—in the cruel … Read more »
After working with PETA, the City of Phoenix Aviation Department—which includes Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Phoenix Deer Valley, and Phoenix Goodyear airports—banned and removed glue traps from its properties! This will spare countless small animals—who are emotionally and socially complex and capable of experiencing fear, pain, and stress—immeasurable, prolonged suffering on these sticky boards. Unfortunately, … Read more »
PETA asked officials in Hope, Arkansas, to enforce local laws by barring Garden Bros. Circus from using elephants in its performances. Officials assured us that the circus would not be allowed to bring elephants.
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.
