After learning from PETA that the Miami Seaquarium keeps an orca named Lolita in the smallest, oldest orca tank in the world, Metro Ford of Miami ended its partnership with the cruel abusement park. Lolita is often referred to as “the World’s Loneliest Orca,” as she hasn’t seen another member of her species since 1980—when … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Reebok replaced the leather pieces on its otherwise vegan Cotton + Corn shoes with vegan leather. In recognition of its efforts to make kind and sustainable footwear, PETA is praising the company with an Innovator for Animals Award for the shoes, which are bio-based, petroleum-free, and fully vegan, thereby sparing cows … Read more »
After learning from PETA that wild animals used for photo ops are ripped away from their mothers prematurely and often trained through violence and coercion, Must Do Travels agreed not to promote interactions with wild animals! The travel giant, which has more than 8.5 million followers on Facebook, had previously posted a video showing a … Read more »
Following talks with PETA, Blaze Pizza added vegan chorizo to its more than 300 locations nationwide. Check out our guide to ordering vegan at Blaze.
After PETA explained to Rossy that small animals caught in glue traps often struggle for hours or days before finally dying from shock, dehydration, asphyxiation, or being crushed to death under piles of garbage, the company confirmed that it won’t sell these cruel devices again! The discount chain, which has nearly 80 locations throughout eastern … Read more »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. collaborated to publish a paper showing that the agency can confidently assess the risk of pesticides to humans and the environment without poisoning birds in a cruel test. This test involved feeding birds pesticide-laced food for days and then monitoring them for … Read more »
Garden Bros. Circus is no longer welcome at the Danbury Ice Arena unless it performs without animals. After learning from PETA that a former Garden Bros. employee described frequently seeing elephants with blood dripping from behind their ears—which is typically where handlers jab and puncture their skin with bullhooks to force them to obey—the venue’s … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. named Patrícia Zoio, a Ph.D. student from the NOVA University of Lisbon, the winner of its Early-Career Scientist Award to attend the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre Summer School program on non-animal tests. Zoio, who’s developing a skin-on-a-chip model that could replace the use of animals in long-term skin … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that birds used for down are subjected to intensive confinement on filthy factory farms before their throats are slit and they’re dumped into scalding-hot defeathering tanks—often while still conscious—retailer Ecoalf made the compassionate and smart decision to stop using down by 2020. The company is also using the “PETA-Approved Vegan” logo … Read more »
After learning from PETA that the Iditarod has resulted in the deaths of more than 150 dogs since it began, Out-U-Go! Pet Care Services confirmed that it won’t promote or endorse this cruel race going forward. The company previously featured the Iditarod in an e-mail promotion to customers—which resulted in complaints to PETA. This is … Read more »
After learning from PETA that monkeys are intelligent, curious, and highly social animals whose needs can’t be met when they’re kept as performers, the Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show in Pennsylvania has decided not to bring back an act featuring Django the capuchin monkey this year. This is yet another victory for Django, who’s carted … Read more »
Just a few months after PETA released an investigation into the production of badger hair, more than 70 brands worldwide—including Sherwin-Williams—confirmed that they’ll no longer source badger hair! Eyewitness video footage revealed that these social animals—some suffering with gaping wounds and missing limbs—were kept inside cramped cages before workers bludgeoned them and slit their throats. … Read more »
After PETA urged the Melha Shrine in Springfield, Massachusetts—which had started using animals in its circus again two years ago—to recommit to holding exclusively human-only shows, the organization discontinued its animal circus! Following a drop in attendance, the Melha Shrine is now out of the animal-exploiting business. The public is making it clear that it … Read more »
After talks with PETA, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has banned the use of the forced swim test, in which mice or other small animals are dropped into beakers of water and must swim frantically to keep from drowning. In the last few years, the company and one of its subsidiaries have written about using … Read more »
Del Taco is going nationwide with Beyond Meat “ground beef.” PETA discussed vegan options with the company’s previous CEO, who committed to having the company look into offering vegan meats. It began testing the vegan ground beef in select locations and saw “impressive” results. You can take action now to call on more chains to … Read more »
