Singer Chris Brown was charged with misdemeanors for allegedly keeping an exotic monkey in his Los Angeles home without a permit. These charges came after PETA alerted California state wildlife officials to the unlawful possession.
After urging from PETA and receiving a failing grade in our “The Best and Worst Burger Chains Ranked” feature, Carl’s Jr. is adding The Beyond Burger to its menu nationwide.
Just one year after PETA alerted Ferndale, Michigan, officials to visitors’ complaints about the exploitation of reindeer during its Holiday Ice Festival, the city moved to ban the use of reindeer and other wild and exotic animals in displays and performances. This is a victory for all the animals who are hauled around and subjected … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, AbbVie has become the first pharmaceutical company to ban the use of the forced swim test—in which mice, rats, and other small animals are placed in beakers filled with water from which they can’t escape and are forced to swim in order to avoid drowning. The company posted this landmark new … Read more »
In a landmark victory, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed Nosey’s Law, which bans the use of wild and exotic animals in circuses and other traveling acts! The law was named in honor of Nosey, an elephant who was forced to give rides at fairs in New Jersey despite having painful arthritis. In 2017, authorities … Read more »
In December, New Jersey became the first state ever to enact a ban on traveling wild-animal acts when Gov. Phil Murphy signed Nosey’s Law. This monumental victory for animals came after more than a decade of persistence by PETA activists working to save Nosey (the elephant who inspired this ban) and support for the bill … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 177,000 of our members and supporters, travel company World Spree removed all captive-elephant camps from its itineraries! The company had stopped offering elephant rides more than a year ago but continued to offer visits to exploitative camps that force elephants to paint pictures, perform in shows, and even … Read more »
Bloomberg News solicited and published a historical review of PETA’s role in revolutionizing chemical testing over the past two decades. In this informative article, PETA’s head of regulatory testing looks back at our initial efforts to bring changes to a field that kills many millions of animals but which no other group was willing to … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. teamed up with biotech company Epithelix to award innovative researchers free 3-dimensional models of the human respiratory tract. These models, which are made from human cells, can be used to test cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, pesticides, and household products without using animals. After receiving applications from around the world, … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corporation, a leading global manufacturer of flavors and fragrances and the world’s largest manufacturer of certified food colors, has enacted a new policy banning all animal tests that are not required by law. Prior to this, in 2018, Sensient contributed to experiments in which 64 mice were injected … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and nearly 100,000 of our members and supporters, the “Dickens of a Christmas” event in Chestertown, Maryland, will skip a cruel monkey act originally scheduled for this weekend. The event will now celebrate Christmas the right way—with compassion and kindness, not cruelty—by leaving wild animals off the agenda. PETA calls on … Read more »
After learning from PETA that goats in the mohair industry are dragged by the horns, legs, and tails and their skin is cut off during shearing, Fast Retailing—which owns Theory, Helmut Lang, and J Brand, among others—and Lacoste banned mohair! More than 340 brands have turned their backs on the cruel mohair industry, in which … Read more »
In a monumental victory for animals, Chanel announced that it had banned fur and exotic skins—including crocodile, lizard, and snake skin! This move follows decades of pressure from PETA and means that countless animals will be spared a miserable life and a painful, violent death. Chanel joins Armani, Burberry, Coach, Donatella Versace, Gucci, John Galliano, … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Nagase & Co.—a trading firm based in Japan that deals in a wide range of products, including cosmetics and functional food ingredients—has agreed not to fund, conduct, or commission tests on animals for the purpose of making health claims about its food products unless explicitly required by law to do so. … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, global retailers Qurate Retail Group – which owns QVC, HSN, zulily, among others – and Williams-Sonoma– which also owns Pottery Barn and West Elm – made the business-savvy decision to ban mohair! They join more than 340 brands worldwide that have ditched the cruelly-obtained fiber once they learned that shearers-who are … Read more »
