Update: November 9, 2020 AirBridgeCargo Airlines is reportedly transporting monkeys for experimentation again, in apparent violation of the ban that it adopted after hearing from thousands of concerned PETA supporters. AirBridgeCargo Airlines has enacted a policy, effective immediately, that bans the transportation of monkeys to laboratories anywhere in the world. This new policy follows a … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 193,000 of our members and supporters, IBM confirmed that it will no longer sponsor the King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament in Thailand. PETA Asia had obtained shocking video footage showing trainers on the grounds of the 2018 event violently beating elephants with bullhooks—which are sharp steel-tipped weapons resembling … Read more »
After hearing from more than 186,000 PETA members and supporters and being the target of public protests for more than a year, Jack Daniel’s will no longer sponsor the Iditarod—which it had been doing for 15 years. The company joins Guggenheim Partners, State Farm, Wells Fargo, and others in ending its support for this egregiously … Read more »
In October 2017, soon after Gucci announced that it was banning fur—which often comes from terrified animals who are forced to spend their entire lives inside filthy, cramped wire cages before being gassed, electrocuted, or even skinned alive—PETA urged the Italian brand to extend its compassion to all rabbits by including angora in its fur … Read more »
After hearing from PETA that circuses force wild animals to perform through violence and domination, DP Management confirmed that it will no longer host circuses that use animals at any of its 44 properties. This is a victory for all animals who spend much of their lives in cages or on chains, are hauled across … Read more »
Thanks to efforts by PETA—including input provided to the Brazilian government’s National Council for Control of Animal Experimentation—and key local initiatives by leading biologist Dr. Róber Bachinski and the Brazilian Network for Humane Education, the Brazilian government has announced that by April 17, 2019, it will end the use of animals in cruel observational and … Read more »
Oregon’s Washington County Board of Commissioners voted to pass an ordinance prohibiting people from keeping exotic animals as well as direct contact between these animals and members of the public within the county. PETA submitted written comments supporting the ordinance and arranged for members and supporters to speak at meetings about it.
After learning from PETA about Loomis Bros. Circus’ use of elephants and big cats from exhibitor Brian Franzen—who’s been cited for beating an elephant, caging tigers outside in the rain without shelter, and failing to provide animals with veterinary care—the University of South Carolina–Aiken agreed never again to host an animal circus at its Convocation … Read more »
Rapid Fired Pizza added Follow Your Heart vegan cheese (for no extra charge) to its menu and made its pizza crust vegan by removing whey after conversations with and recommendations from PETA.
Thanks to PETA, more than 150 brands have made the compassionate decision to ban mohair after learning that it comes from terrified angora goats who are routinely pinned to the ground and scream during shearing. Thousands of these gentle, defenseless animals die slowly and painfully from exposure to the elements after they’re robbed of their … Read more »
After more than 85,000 PETA members and supporters told Gate 1 Travel that they oppose the use of elephants in the tourism industry, for which the animals are often forcibly separated from their mothers as babies, tied down, beaten mercilessly, and gouged with sharp weapons, the company stopped offering activities featuring captive elephants, joining dozens … Read more »
The U.S. Department of Agriculture fined primate dealer Alpha Genesis $12,600 for violations of federal animal-welfare laws, including failing to handle animals humanely and failing to cage monkeys safely and securely. The investigation and resulting fine were prompted by a complaint filed by PETA that negligence and incompetence at Alpha Genesis had resulted in numerous … Read more »
James White Drinks, the U.K. maker of Beet It nutritional products, adopted a policy urging all third-party researchers to avoid testing its products on animals. This decision came after talking with PETA about the invasive and deadly animal experiments conducted using Beet It products and the irrelevance of animal test data to humans.
More than 120 animals in Iraq and Sudan will no longer be cut apart and killed in medical training courses each year, thanks to PETA’s donation of four state-of-the-art TraumaMan surgical simulators, worth $100,000. This brings the total number of countries that have ended the use of live dogs, pigs, goats, and sheep for crude medical … Read more »
A special issue of the prestigious journal Applied In Vitro Toxicology—with Dr. Amy Clippinger, director of PETA’s Regulatory Testing Department and the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd., at the helm as guest editor—covers the scientific advances being made to replace animals in inhalation testing with more effective, non-animal methods.
