The abusive traveling act The Great Bear Show has shut down after a vigorous PETA campaign, and all five bears formerly exploited by the show have been released to a reputable sanctuary. This victory follows eyewitness videos, complaints to authorities about the bears’ conditions, and nearly 200,000 e-mails from PETA members and supporters urging fairs … Read more »
PETA India scientists were accepted as members of a critical committee and successfully persuaded the Indian government to update its list of approved tests for drugs manufactured and sold in India. Companies can now use an animal-free test for drug contaminants rather than subjecting rabbits to painful injections, and certain vaccine tests on guinea pigs … Read more »
Express announced that it has no plans to sell mohair items! The company learned that, in the mohair industry, goats often endure a bloody and violent shearing process and most are ultimately killed, often by being cut with a dull blade while still conscious. Express joins Arcadia Group (including Topshop and its other seven brands), … Read more »
PETA urged Canadian dollar-store chain Buck or Two Plus! not to sell cruel glue traps, which ensnare small animals, causing them pain and a slow, agonizing death.
After hearing from over 18,000 PETA members and supporters, Anthropologie announced that it would phase all mohair out of its line in less than a year! It’s joining Arcadia Group (including Topshop and its seven other brands), Gap Inc. (including Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta), H&M Group, Inditex’s apparel brands (including Zara), and … Read more »
Five bears formerly forced to travel the country with The Great Bear Show started new lives at the Keepers of the Wild Sanctuary in Arizona. The traveling act was once the most prolific bear show in the country, forcing these animals to perform tricks for crowds at fairs and hunting shows for years. The rescue … Read more »
In 2016, a PETA fieldworker doing a routine visit to a property in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, found a dog named Krystal deceased on the end of her chain. Nearly two years later, the case was finally heard in court, and Krystal’s owner pleaded guilty to one count of cruelty to animals for starving her … Read more »
Following an appeal by PETA India, the government body responsible for overseeing pesticide registrations in India included the group’s scientists on an important committee, leading to reductions in the use of mice, birds, and other animals in pesticide testing.
PETA and Harvard University physicians published a paper in the medical journal Simulation in Healthcare urging the replacement of deadly trauma and biomedical skills training on animals for military service members, surgeons, and medical students with more effective, ethical, and economical human-simulation technology.
After more than 128,000 PETA supporters contacted venues and sponsors of the Kelly Miller Circus about its contracts with abusive animal exhibitors, the circus just couldn’t fill seats, so the previous owner, John Ringling North II, was forced to sell it and retire. Then, after PETA urged the new owner, James Kendrick Judkins, to ditch … Read more »
After having been urged by PETA since 2015 to eliminate its year-long pesticide poisoning tests on dogs, Japan decided to stop requiring this test, sparing hundreds of dogs.
Following discussions with PETA, White Castle is rolling out its vegan veggie and black bean sliders in the frozen-food aisles at many Kroger grocery stores across the country as well as at Kroger-owned brands, such as Ralphs.
After years of scientific input from PETA scientists on animal-free test methods, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will accept non-animal tests to determine whether pesticides and certain chemicals cause skin allergies in humans, sparing thousands of mice and guinea pigs from painful tests.
After learning from PETA that donkeys are confined to filthy concrete pens, beaten with sticks, and struck on the head with a sledgehammer so that their skins can be boiled down to make gelatin for a traditional Chinese “medicine” called ejiao, acupuncture-supply company Wabbo has committed to banning the sale of any products containing the … Read more »
Notorious animal exhibitor Jeff Lowe was arrested on April 4, 2018, after being charged with three counts of unlawful possession of wild animals in November 2017. The November charges came after local law-enforcement officials raided his Las Vegas home and confiscated two tiger cubs and a solitary lemur following complaints from PETA. Lowe was also … Read more »
