After discussions with PETA, premium global chocolatier Lindt & Sprüngli has established a progressive public policy banning animal testing used to make health claims—which it did not previously conduct or fund—and posted the new policy on its website.
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. sponsored—and presented information at—a workshop to push government regulators and vaccine companies to end the killing of an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 mice each year in rabies vaccine tests. One company has already succeeded in using a non-animal approach in Europe and—as a result of the workshop—it and others … Read more »
Grocery chain Hy-Vee has pulled its “humane” meat marketing claims after hearing from PETA that such terms mislead consumers into believing that animals are treated humanely—when in reality, all animals used for food are subject to painful mutilations and confined to disease-ridden, cramped housing before being cruelly slaughtered, sometimes while fully conscious.
After discussions with PETA, McCain Foods, the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and other potato items, agreed to end tests on animals used to make health claims about its products. Many years ago, the company conducted and funded cruel experiments that involved locking pigs in cages, feeding them potatoes, and analyzing their feces. … Read more »
Dove—one of the world’s most widely available personal care–product brands—has banned all tests on animals anywhere in the world and been added to PETA’s Beauty Without Bunnies cruelty-free companies list! In addition, Unilever—which owns the Dove brand—has banned all tests on animals not required by law for the rest of its products and has been … Read more »
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard’s black bean burger patty and bun are now vegan, after nearly three years of engagement with PETA. The Southwestern Black Bean Burger option is now vegan as is.
Following a PETA Asia campaign and eyewitness exposé of the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Thailand and a campaign that persuaded a dozen sponsors to drop their support, Minor International PCL founder and Chair William E. Heinecke has announced that he’s “fully supportive” of the recent decision by the Thailand Elephant Polo Association—the main … Read more »
After PETA shared with companies a horrifying video exposé of China’s badger-brush industry, retailers Caswell-Massey, The Vermont Country Store, and Floris London all made the compassionate decision to ban badger hair! PETA Asia’s eyewitness investigation revealed that badgers whose hair is used for shaving, makeup, and paint brushes are often captured using snares and other … Read more »
After hearing from PETA, burger chain Shake Shack has called off plans to offer a burger topped with foie gras—which is made from the fattened livers of ducks and geese who are violently force-fed—at one of its locations for a special event.
After a years-long push by PETA for it to go fur-free, luxury clothing brand Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) confirmed that it will no longer be using fur or angora in its designs, and it has also committed to no longer producing goods using exotic-animal skins. The brand joins hundreds of other fur-free retailers—including Burberry, Versace, … Read more »
When PETA submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for inspection photos showing dozens of goats horrifically suffering in violation of the law at antibody producer Pi Bioscientific, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) refused to hand them over on the grounds that the facility would be “embarrassed.” That’s not a legal basis for keeping … Read more »
Following a request from PETA, Stumptown Coffee Roasters has eliminated the surcharge on all its dairy-free milks.
At a series of important scientific meetings, PETA scientists presented their work to prevent hundreds of birds each year from being fed pesticide-laced food in government-required tests, the results of a project to replace the use of animals in eye-irritation tests, and details of a project to end the use of rats for inhalation testing, … Read more »
After learning from PETA that gentle badgers are beaten with crude instruments, cut open, and left to die in the badger-hair industry, personal-care company Olivina Men and Penhaligon’s—a U.K. fragrance brand that holds the royal warrants to provide Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh with goods and services—agreed to ban badger-hair brushes. Now, we’re … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd., a major food company based in Japan, agreed to end animal tests used to make dubious health claims about its products. Previously, the company had funded and conducted cruel experiments on mice and rats, including one in which experimenters injected mice with a protein that causes … Read more »
