Following talks with PETA, Dunkin’ is testing the meat-free Beyond Sausage Breakfast Sandwich at 163 locations, with plans to roll it out nationally. It can be ordered vegan by asking for it without eggs or cheese and comes on an English muffin.
Following talks with PETA, Stewart’s Shops added pints of its first vegan ice cream—Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, made with coconut milk—to all of its 335 locations.
Blue Apron has added the Beyond Burger to its offerings after talks with PETA, which had requested that it do so.
After years of pressure from PETA entities worldwide, including e-mails from more than 300,000 of our members and supporters, U.K. travel giant Virgin Holidays announced that it will no longer sell tickets to SeaWorld or any other park that keeps whales and dolphins in captivity! Virgin joins dozens of travel companies—including Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, Sunwing, … Read more »
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a first-of-its-kind ruling on PETA’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Tri-State Zoological Park’s failure to provide a now-deceased tiger named Cayenne with adequate veterinary care “harmed” her, in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act.
After hearing from PETA, PETA Switzerland, and PETA Germany, Roche Pharmaceuticals has confirmed that it has ended its use of the forced swim test, in which small animals are dropped into inescapable beakers of water and must frantically swim to keep from drowning. Between 2001 and 2018, Roche published at least 11 papers that described … Read more »
After ongoing talks with PETA and learning that in the mohair industry, gentle angora goats—who are easily terrified and struggle desperately to escape during shearing—suffer tremendously before being violently killed for their wool, Sundance Catalog agreed to ban mohair! It joins nearly 350 brands worldwide that have banned this fiber, including ASOS, Diane von Furstenberg, … Read more »
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 »
