When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempted to circumvent requirements to reduce and replace animal use, PETA scientists pushed back, testifying in hearings, submitting official comments, and contacting various agency officials, and the EPA canceled its plans. See here.
After five dogs died during just one week of the 2017 Iditarod—a cruel and abusive race that’s killed more than 150 dogs since it began—PETA urged State Farm to stop sponsoring it and called on our supporters to help. After hearing from more than 95,000 PETA supporters, the insurance company confirmed to PETA that its … Read more »
For decades, PETA has led protests calling on New Yorkers to stay away from UniverSoul Circus, the now-defunct Ringling Bros. circus, and other traveling shows that use and abuse elephants, tigers, and other wild animals—and the New York City Council has now prohibited all traveling circuses from bringing wild animals into the city. Among the animals … Read more »
After learning from PETA that Carson & Barnes Circus has racked up more than 100 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act, the members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) chapter in Taos, New Mexico—which hosted the circus at LULAC Field in the spring of 2017—pledged not to host Carson & Barnes … Read more »
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission denied Hugo Liebel’s application to renew his captive wildlife permit, which is required for him to possess Nosey the elephant in his home state. The agency denied the permit because Liebel falsely claimed that he didn’t have a tour schedule for Nosey. He’s appealing the denial, but if … Read more »
PETA received a complaint that Young Living, a major essential oil company that sells worldwide, was using mink oil in its products. During conversations with the company, PETA explained that this oil is directly linked to the cruel fur industry and urged it to replace the oil with comparable, cruelty-free plant oils. The company looked … Read more »
The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. cohosted workshops and webinar series to develop replacements to using animals in inhalation toxicity testing and awarded $400,000 worth of in vitro inhalation exposure equipment to four international laboratories. See here.
Working with the company Good Clean Love, PETA persuaded the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to accept results from simple non-invasive skin tests on human volunteers instead of requiring that rabbits and guinea pigs be injected with personal lubricants. This precedent-setting ruling not only spared the lives of the specific animals who would have been … Read more »
After PETA asked officials with Hollywood Burbank Airport in California not to use glue traps, they reviewed the information that we had provided, conducted a months-long investigation of their facilities, and discussed the matter with their “pest”-control vendors. They no longer use glue traps in their facilities.
PETA recently contacted Norfolk International Airport in Virginia and asked it not to use glue traps. After learning about the traps, the airport said that its facilities staff and exterminator had collected the remaining ones and that this team will continue to look for glue traps as they perform their daily tasks. The airport’s executive … Read more »
In advance of performances by the notorious Garden Bros. Circus scheduled for Minneapolis and Little Falls, Minnesota, PETA contacted city authorities to inform them of the circus’s long history of public endangerment and animal abuse. In response, officials in both cities barred the circus from using animals in the scheduled shows.
After discussions with PETA, eco-conscious high-end boutique brand 1 Hotels agreed to start purchasing only down-free bedding for its New York hotels near the Brooklyn Bridge and in Central Park as well as its location in Florida’s South Beach. And all of its future hotels will feature down-free bedding exclusively.
For nearly three decades, Wells Fargo sponsored the Iditarod—a cruel and abusive race that’s killed more than 150 dogs since it began. After five dogs taking part in the 2017 event died in less than a week, PETA met with Wells Fargo executives, who were shocked and horrified to learn about the egregious cruelty that … Read more »
