The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. announced the winner of its Early-Career Scientist Award, which aims to recognize young scientists’ work in animal-free science. Highly qualified applicants from around the world applied for the award, the winner of which will attend the Institute for In Vitro Sciences’ week-long workshop on non-animal testing methods. For his … Read more »
Following many meetings with PETA, Burlington Coat Factory—a retailer with 600 stores nationwide—agreed to ban fur.
After hearing from PETA that dogfighting is an illegal blood “sport” in which two dogs are pitted against each other and forced to rip each other to shreds as a form of entertainment, H&M quickly agreed to stop selling a sweatshirt that read, “dogfight in random alley,” which glorified dog fighting.
The Denver City Council voted unanimously on November 13, 2017 to ban declawing, a painful and traumatic procedure that involves partially amputating a cat’s toes, often causing lifelong physical and behavioral issues. The new ordinance makes Denver the first U.S. city outside California to ban the cruel practice.
After PETA India’s footage from inspections of farms on which thousands of sick and malnourished horses, donkeys, and mules are used as living factories to produce antitoxins and antivenoms went public, we asked the Indian government to rescind those facilities’ licenses and to invest in non-animal antitoxin production. One facility has already been closed, and … Read more »
Officials in Lawrence County, Alabama, seized Nosey the elephant after she was found confined to a trailer, standing in feces, and without proper shelter. She was placed at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee temporarily. There, she received daily veterinary care and had acres of rolling hills to roam, trees to scratch on, sand to dust … Read more »
The Philippines’ most popular entertainment show, Eat Bulaga!—which airs on the country’s top TV network, GMA7—has implemented a policy never to use animals on the show. The decision comes after eels and frogs were used in the “Bulagaan Olympics” portion of the show. A concerned citizen called PETA when he saw the animals being carelessly … Read more »
After learning from PETA that foie gras is made from the grotesquely enlarged livers of ducks and geese who’ve been force-fed, United Airlines quickly agreed to remove the dish from the menu at Classified, its invitation-only restaurant at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Notorious animal exhibitor Hawthorn Corporation—which made a business out of leasing elephants and tigers to circuses—closed! This came after years of PETA protests and lawsuits and fines for over $270,000 in penalties from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dozens of animals died on Hawthorn’s watch, including Tyke the elephant, who was shot and killed … Read more »
Few businesses have caused animals more pain and suffering than the notorious Hawthorn Corporation, which leased elephants and tigers to groups such as Carden Circus International, Royal Hanneford Circus, and Shrine circuses. This longtime PETA target had been under fire from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for years. Dozens of tigers had died on … Read more »
Animals are frequently used to test chemicals for skin irritation or corrosion, which means shaving the animals and then smearing chemicals onto their skin. In order to ensure that scientists have the information that they need in order to use non-animal methods, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. launched a free, easy-to-use online training tool … Read more »
PETA India collaborated with the University of Delhi to organize a two-day symposium titled “Replacing Regulatory Experiments on Animals: An Introduction to In Silico Models and In Vitro Test Methods” in order to teach students about alternatives to animal testing. More than 70 people attended the event.
About 150 greyhounds—most of whom had been used for racing—were imprisoned at a Texas blood farm known as The Pet Blood Bank, Inc., where they were trapped inside wire and dirt-floored kennels in an old shed and had nothing to do but spin in circles when they weren’t being bled. Many suffered from severe dental … Read more »
After more than 128,000 PETA members contacted more than 50 venues and sponsors of the Kelly Miller Circus about its contracts with abusive animal exhibitors, the circus just couldn’t fill seats, so its owner, John Ringling North II, was forced to sell it and retire. According to him, city officials and circus sponsors have been … Read more »
After being contacted by PETA, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, which owns six major airports (John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Atlantic City International, Teterboro, and Stewart International), confirmed that its airports and airport tenants will no longer use glue traps.
