Texas A&M University agreed to settle two PETA lawsuits by turning over public records about the care and treatment of dogs used in cruel muscular dystrophy experiments as well as information about the status of the laboratory.
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. presented a poster at the 15th International Congress of Toxicology informing scientists, many for the first time, about a program with the Food and Drug Administration that seeks to replace animals in testing. The Consortium is currently working on two projects related to this program that are intended to … Read more »
For the first time in 60 years, Pittsburgh’s Syria Shriners won’t force elephants, camels, or any other animals to perform or give rides—because the group just announced an end to its annual circus! This victory follows years of PETA protests and e-mails from thousands of our supporters. The Syria Shriners have finally recognized the public’s … Read more »
We’re excited to announce that My Makeup Brushes has made the compassionate decision to ban badger hair after hearing from PETA and nearly 131,000 people! Now, more than 80 brands worldwide have banned the cruelly obtained fiber, sparing countless badgers a terrifying, painful death. Despite the egregious cruelty in this industry and the shift away … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 130,000 of our supporters, cosmetics brush retailer My Makeup Brushes confirmed that it has joined over 70 other brands worldwide in banning badger hair! Eyewitness video footage revealed that in the badger-hair industry, these social animals—some with gaping wounds and missing limbs—were kept inside cramped cages before workers … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. donated $50,000 in equipment to the Institute for In Vitro Sciences, a laboratory dedicated to conducting and developing animal-free test methods. The equipment can be used to test the effects of substances on the lungs and yields more human-relevant results than the current method of forcing rats trapped in … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium has teamed up with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine to organize a series of webinars on new approaches for testing chemicals without using animals. The first webinars have reached hundreds of scientists and government regulators, and more webinars are planned in this ongoing … Read more »
After nearly a year of discussions with PETA, Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. (Nissui Group)—Japan’s second-largest fish-seller and the owner of U.S. maker of “Fish Sticks” Gorton’s Inc.—has established a new policy against using laboratory tests on animals in order to make health claims about its food products and ingredients for marketing purposes. From 2016 to … Read more »
After more than a decade of PETA-led protests, runway takeovers, in-person meetings, and pressure from supporters, Prada announced that it’s joining the fur-free movement to meet the demand for ethical fashion. The brand joins hundreds of designers and retailers—including Coach, Burberry, Gucci, Versace, and Giorgio Armani—that we’ve pushed to ban fur, most of which comes … Read more »
Following a campaign by PETA and Long Island Orchestrating for Nature (LION) that included spirited protests, appeals to town officials, support from Alec Baldwin, and testimonies at town board meetings, sordid mall aquarium chain SeaQuest withdrew its application to open an aquarium inside the Westfield Sunrise mall in Massapequa.
PETA contacted FIELDS—a retail chain based in Canada—and it agreed to ban vile glue traps and to remove them from all 62 of its stores immediately!
Local residents—including PETA members and supporters—of Topsfield, Massachusetts, voted to ban circuses and traveling shows with wild animals from ever setting up shop in the town again. R.W. Commerford & Sons has schlepped elephants to the Topsfield Fair, where they’re exhibited and forced to give rides, for more than 30 years—but thanks to compassionate residents … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, DSM Nutritional Products—which manufactures ingredients used in nutritional supplements and personal-care products—has confirmed that it will no longer use the widely discredited forced swim test, in which small animals are placed in inescapable beakers filled with water and made to swim to keep from drowning. DSM previously subjected over 200 mice … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that sheep in the global wool industry are systemically beaten, kicked, thrown, cut, and mutilated and that they experience horrific deaths, Avocado Green Mattress made the business-savvy decision to introduce a vegan mattress, its first-ever one without wool! The company is now certified to use the “PETA-Approved Vegan” logo for this … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that fish suffer when confined to small, barren bowls and that many die in the commercial pet trade, GrandLife—the company that manages New York’s Soho Grand Hotel and The Roxy Hotel—ended the hotels’ goldfish-rental program, in which live fish were delivered to guests’ rooms upon request. The 21 fish already being … Read more »
