Zachary Toliver

Zachary spent most of his life bouncing around various rural Midwestern towns before finally settling down in the Pacific Northwest—largely because of the region’s phenomenal vegan food. If he’s not writing or playing banjo for a captive audience (aka “the two dogs who live with him”), you can assume he’s hiking in the Cascade mountains, rock climbing, or reading about the complex social lives of fish.

A rack of badger-hair brushes and a badger in the wild

Victory! Companies Ban Badger-Hair Brushes After Shocking PETA Exposé

PETA Asia’s first eyewitness investigation of its kind reveals how badgers are violently killed for brushes sold around the globe.

A monkey named Nurmi in a cage, being frightened by a faux snake

Dr. Biruté Galdikas Tells NIH: Monkey Brain-Damage Surgeries Are ‘Pointless,’ Must End

“The world has marched on and left unimaginative repetitive studies of no particular value, like Dr. Murray’s, behind in the dust.”

Panda Express Beyond Original Orange Chicken Vegan

Food

Vegan Orange Chicken and Other Options at Panda Express

Is Panda Express going vegan? For a limited time, you can try the Beyond the Original Orange Chicken at a location near you. Don’t miss it!

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Barn Owl Look At You

Trailblazing Lawsuit Rejected on Technicality: PETA Fights On For Owls

The federal government’s speciesist arguments against our landmark suit on behalf of owls trapped in a Johns Hopkins University lab don’t hold up.

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Huge Progress! PETA’s Horse-Doping Investigation Changes Racing as We Know It

The first-ever federal oversight of medication dosage in horse racing just passed, and it all started with one PETA investigation.

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20 Times PETA Smashed Experiments and Saved Animals in 2020

2020 may have blown chunks, but PETA gutted animal testing like never before! Relive 20 of our favorite victories from this year that saved millions of animals.

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Greta Thunberg

Here’s How ‘I Am Greta’ Is a Call to Save Our Planet AND Animals

Greta Thunberg—climate activist, devoted vegan, and agitator to science deniers everywhere—is now the star of her own riveting documentary.

I Am Greta

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Speciesism Is Driving This Half-Billion-Year-Old Species Extinct

Horseshoe crabs have survived mass extinctions and ice ages. But they’ve never met a danger as big as the speciesist humans who want their blood.

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We Don’t Need a DeLorean to Fight Climate Change—We Need Vegans

When it comes to solving climate change, there’s no time machine to go back and fix the damage humans have done—unless the world goes vegan.

Guinea pigs with victory text reading, "750 animals to be spared yearly"

Victory! EPA Stops Requiring Use of Animals in Pesticide Test

Good news: The Environmental Protection Agency is reducing pesticide testing on animals! Find out how you can help end more cruel tests.

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Animal Companions

Progress for ‘Pet’ Snakes! Zoo Med Removes a Major Lie About Its Cramped Tanks After Landmark PETA Lawsuit!

Some dictionaries mistakenly define “snake” as “a treacherous or deceitful person,” but it was Zoo Med that lied to customers about the inadequate tanks it peddles for these sensitive animals.

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Police Bodycam Footage Shows Dead Pigs in Tyson Shed

Police Footage Reveals Pigs Suffering at Tyson Facility—PETA Seeks Charges

A renderer admitted that one pig “probably should be euthanized” but that Tyson was trying to sell the animal in an attempt to make “five bucks.”

PETA France Collage

France Ends Mink Farming, Dolphinariums, and the Use of Animals in Circuses

Thanks to activists like you, France has just ushered in a new compassionate era with three huge victories for animals suffering in captivity.

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‘Breaking the Chain’ Started a Movement—Help Dogs in Your Neighborhood

“Breaking the Chain” exposed a nationwide crisis of animal neglect. Here’s how you can help chained “backyard dogs” in your neighborhood right now.

Zoo Reviews

Appalling Visitor Reviews These Roadside Zoos Don’t Want You to See

Visitors, beware! Read these shocking reviews from disgruntled people who wish they’d never bought a ticket to a dingy roadside zoo.