In yet another legal win for PETA and public accountability, members of the University of Washington animal oversight committee will no longer hide their identities by using only their initials. The Washington State Attorney General’s office informed PETA that, rather than face Open Public Meetings Act litigation, committee members’ full names will now appear in … Read more »
Thanks to PETA, Chimp Crazy villain Tonia Haddix is behind bars. In March 2025, Haddix pleaded guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice after lying about Tonka the chimpanzee’s whereabouts and defying a court order to surrender him to PETA, following PETA’s motion to the court documenting additional violations of court orders documented in Chimp Crazy. This came … Read more »
After a relentless PETA campaign, the University of Massachusetts—Amherst marmoset laboratory of Agnès Lacreuse has closed, ending more than ten years of cruel and deadly experiments on marmosets. Local advocates with Western Massachusetts Animal Rights Advocates and Compassionate Alliance for Nonhumans helped keep the pressure on. In addition to ads, protests, disruptions, celebrity letters, and … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that animals are electrocuted, suffocated, and even skinned alive in the fur industry, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts—which operates more than 70 luxury properties worldwide—has banned the sale of fur in Fairmont-managed retail stores. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts joins hundreds of top designers, brands, and retailers that have banned fur, including Alexander … Read more »
Health Canada released a strategy prioritizing the use of non-animal tests to protect humans and the environment from chemicals. PETA scientists submitted recommendations on the strategy’s initial draft to encourage stronger language and will continue to work with Health Canada to replace chemical tests on animals with reliable, human-relevant methods.
Two leading Midwest food companies—Wisconsin-based Winona Foods and Kemin Industries, of Des Moines, Iowa—have heeded PETA’s call to stop funding cruel experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute. They join numerous corporate sponsors that have done the same or pulled funds entirely for the institute’s gruesome tests on animals after hearing … Read more »
In an unprecedented move, the University of Washington’s animal oversight committee suspended the former head of the university’s Washington National Primate Research Center from all four of her own experiments on monkeys and other animals, citing Michele Basso’s blatant disregard of the rules, lack of responsibility, and loss of trust in the former leader of … Read more »
Tiger King villain and Myrtle Beach Safari operator Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and conspiracy to launder money. Antle was also ordered to pay a $55,000 fine; he must turn over custody of the three youngest chimpanzees who have … Read more »
During a joint National Institutes of Health and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workshop, FDA leadership reiterated that companies should use more non-animal methods and listed immediate actions the FDA can take to make this happen. Among the agency’s high-priority items were those that PETA scientists have advocated for years, including replacing animal testing … Read more »
The New York-headquartered National Coffee Association and the Pennsylvania-based Backyard Beans Coffee Company have stopped funding cruel and pointless experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute after hearing from PETA. Both withdrew their support of the institute after PETA informed them that the institute was using their donations to force-feed mice … Read more »
The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) finalized a regulation that removes animal testing as an option for companies wanting to make human anti-arthritis claims for marketing their food and beverage products. The testing included injecting chemicals into the joints of adolescent rats or severing their joint tissue surgically to induce painful osteoarthritis, after which … Read more »
The Oregon Legislature passed a measure requiring that the Oregon National Primate Research Center provide a plan to close by 2026 if it receives or uses any state money, or if the National Institutes of Health slashes its funding by 25%. This marks the first time lawmakers have conditioned the primate center in the state’s … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and over 40,000 supporters, Carnival Corporation no longer offers excursions to facilities that exploit elephants for riding, bathing, feeding, or other direct-contact activities. This decision will apply across Carnival Corporation’s brands, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises, Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises, and Cunard. … Read more »
Colorado passed a law in 2021 making it illegal for circuses and other abusive traveling acts to bring exotic animals into the state. However, the Colorado Renaissance Festival hosted the notorious elephant exhibitor Trunks & Humps, under the guise of “education,” for several seasons following the passage of the law. That came to an end … Read more »
Eurofins, Jones Dairy Farm, and Kerry Group are the latest companies to restrict funding of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Food Research Institute away from animal testing, joining a dozen other corporate sponsors that have done the same or pulled funds entirely for the institute’s gruesome tests on animals after hearing from PETA. The institute had … Read more »
