In a huge victory for animals, Condé Nast announced it will no longer feature new animal fur in any of its global editorial content or advertising, including in the pages of fashion powerhouse Vogue. The big move follows decades of pressure from PETA, which started the movement against the atrociously cruel fur industry back in … Read more »
After talks with PETA, American Airlines, the world’s largest carrier by daily flights, began a trial of JUST Egg on select flights made with Just Egg, hash browns, vegan cheese, spinach, corn, and red pepper. This offering recognizes that compassionate options are in demand, sparing chickens a lifetime of confinement and suffering in the egg … Read more »
Thanks in part to funding provided by PETA Science Consortium International e.V., biology students at Technische Universität Berlin ditched fetal bovine serum and antibodies bled from animals in favor of cutting-edge, cruelty-free science. The team running this laboratory has published a paper that will help other universities adopt this graduate-level course, enabling even more students … Read more »
After meeting with PETA and years of working behind the scenes with the company’s executives and submitting shareholder questions and resolutions, Lowe’s Companies Inc. has banned the sale of glue traps on its website! This decision will spare countless small animals from the agony of being caught on sticky boards, where they may suffer broken … Read more »
The USDA cited the Carden Circus for failing to provide adequate veterinary care to 57-year-old Betty— known as the “Most Depressed Elephant in the World”—and for forcing her to give rides despite obvious pain and lameness. The citations, which followed a PETA complaint, documented circus owner Brett Carden acknowledging that Betty suffers from lameness and … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA)—whose membership includes nearly 20,000 insurance professionals—has banned live-animal displays at its events, except for compassionate adoption events. The move comes after a FAIA trade show in 2025 featured a live giraffe. Animal-free events are safer for everyone and don’t support cruel suppliers that confine … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Rustic Pathways has removed elephant bathing experiences from their trip excursions. Between PETA, peta2, and PETA Latino, more than 35,000 supporters took nearly 90,000 actions urging the company to do right by elephants. Rustic Pathways is in an influential position to educate impressionable student travelers on why interacting with elephants is … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Starbucks’ licensing partner Percassi announced it has dropped the vegan milk upcharge at all locations in Italy. The news was supported by an ad campaign entitled “Why pay more for what you love.” Click here to urge The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to end the upcharge for vegan milks.
At international toxicology conferences around the world, PETA scientists made their mark among thousands of attendees, promoting state-of-the-art testing methods. Amongst an audience of government regulators, scientific experts, and budding young professionals, they gave 15 presentations and co-chaired 7 sessions, sharing groundbreaking developments in non-animal toxicity testing. With decades of experience amongst the team, PETA … Read more »
After hearing from tens of thousands of compassionate people, the Harper County, Kansas Board of Commissioners rejected a local man’s application to keep and bleed numerous dogs there.
Jeneil Biotech—a Wisconsin-headquartered biotechnology company that makes natural flavors and fermentation-derived ingredients—has heeded PETA’s call to stop funding cruel experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute. Jeneil joins PepsiCo, Inc., Campbell Soup Company, and numerous other sponsors that have either directed their donations to the animal-free fund or cut off sponsorship … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, Starbucks’ licensing partner Maxim’s Group confirmed it has dropped the upcharge on soy milk in Vietnam. Click here to urge The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to end the upcharge for vegan milks.
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 »
