After discussions with PETA and after more than 260,400 PETA and peta2 members and supporters—over a span of almost three years—urged BCBG to stop selling fur and angora, executives announced today that the brand will no longer develop items containing fur or angora, which often comes from animals who endure a tremendous amount of pain … Read more »
Following letters from PETA, food delivery service Door To Door Organics agreed to remove all references to “humanely raised meat” from its website and marketing materials. The move comes after PETA informed the company that meat marked as “humanely raised” can—and likely does—still come from animals who were mutilated without painkillers, kept in crowded conditions … Read more »
More than 185,000 of you demanded that St. Mary’s University in San Antonio put an end to Marshall McCue’s twisted starvation experiments, and your voices were heard. PETA received a letter from the school’s president confirming that these experiments have ended. This torture masquerading as “research” should never have been allowed in the first place, … Read more »
In a monumental victory for animals, Gucci has announced that it will no longer use fur in any of its products, starting with its 2018 spring collection. This move follows nearly 20 years of pressure from PETA and means that countless rabbits, foxes, minks, and other animals will be spared a miserable life and a … Read more »
This fall, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers—one of the fastest-growing burger chains in the U.S.—switched from a vegetarian burger patty to a vegan one. The company has confirmed that the bun is now vegan as well. PETA previously gave the chain a “C” grade in our burger chain rankings in order to encourage it to … Read more »
After learning from PETA that glue traps are torture devices that often tear off parts of animals’ fur and flesh, Charlotte Douglas International Airport confirmed that it will stop using them.
New York–based travel company smarTours removed elephant rides from all 18 of its India tours after learning from PETA that elephants at Amber Fort in Jaipur are forced to carry tourists uphill for hours on end, even in scorching temperatures, under the constant threat of violence. smarTours joins more than three dozen other travel companies … Read more »
Scientists from PETA U.S., PETA U.K. and PETA Germany published an article in an important business journal detailing the ethical, scientific, and financial benefits of replacing animals used for drug and chemical testing with non-animal testing methods. See here.
After meeting with PETA and learning that circuses force animals to perform through violence and domination, the Hastings Civic Arena in Hastings, Minnesota, confirmed that it will no longer host circuses that use animals. It joins more than 620 venues nationwide that have prohibited cruel animal acts.
TGI Fridays launched the Beyond Burger at select locations, “with a national rollout date expected in early 2018.” In 2011, PETA began contacting the restaurant chain to encourage it to introduce vegan options, including vegan burgers specifically, and we’ve kept doing so through several leadership and ownership changes. Earlier this year, the company switched its … Read more »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California can prohibit the sale of foie gras made by force-feeding ducks and geese—a decision that echoes the thoughts and sentiments of kind people all over the world. This victory follows years of PETA protests against foie gras, during which we showed videos of … Read more »
PETA urged Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport not to use glue traps. After watching our video that shows small animals languishing in these indiscriminate devices, the airport—which was voted World’s Best Airport Serving 5–10 Million Passengers and the Best Regional Airport in North America in 2017—confirmed that it will no longer use glue traps.
For the first time in more than 20 years, Richard Melloni at Northeastern University isn’t receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health to give steroids or cocaine to hamsters in order to make them fight. This news follows PETA’s exposé of the cruel and useless experiments and a complaint filed with the Massachusetts attorney … Read more »
After learning that the Tarzan Zerbini Circus was headed to the Times Union Center in Albany, New York, PETA told the venue about the cruelty inherent in animal circuses, Tarzan Zerbini’s history of animal-welfare concerns, and details about the pending New York legislation that would prohibit the use of elephants in traveling shows statewide. Following … Read more »
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has introduced Califia Farms Almond Milk and Pacific Barista Series Coconut milk in all of its corporate stores and will slowly add them to its franchises, where you can still get the brand’s coconut-almond blend in the meantime. All the locations offer soy milk, so you’ll always have at … Read more »
