Lion-Killing Physical Therapist From Missouri Lured Mopane From Hwange Park Using an Elephant Carcass (Report)
Lion-Killing Physical Therapist From Missouri Lured Mopane From Hwange Park Using an Elephant Carcass (Report)

In a murder hauntingly similar to Cecil’s, a Missouri physical therapist reportedly paid to lure Mopane from Hwange Park using an elephant carcass then maim and kill the beloved lion.

PETA Applauds Progress in South Africa as Officials Move to Protect Lions
PETA Applauds Progress in South Africa as Officials Move to Protect Lions

PETA, World Animal Protection, and other advocacy groups are recognizing the major progress being made for lions, who are used in South Africa’s trophy-hunting industry.

Joaquin Phoenix, a True ‘Brother Bear,’ Sticks Up for Bears in Traveling Show
Joaquin Phoenix, a True ‘Brother Bear,’ Sticks Up for Bears in Traveling Show

The “Bears of Bearadise Ranch” exhibitor is using the connection between bears she exploits and “Brother Bear” as advertising. But the film’s star has a different perspective, one of empathy.

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From Misery in Missouri to a Greater Life at True Sanctuaries—Find Out How PETA Won for THESE Chimpanzees!
From Misery in Missouri to a Greater Life at True Sanctuaries—Find Out How PETA Won for THESE Chimpanzees!

Where are Tammy and the other chimpanzees who were once suffering at the now-defunct Missouri Primate Foundation now? See for yourself!

Pocono Snake & Animal Farm Continues Its Legacy of Cruelty
Pocono Snake & Animal Farm Continues Its Legacy of Cruelty

Fred, a capuchin monkey, died at Pocono Snake & Animal Farm after wasting away for years. Even after several citations from the USDA, animals continue to suffer at this hellish roadside zoo.

PETA Exposes UMass Cruelty: Hamsters Kept in Total Darkness for Over 6 Months
PETA Exposes UMass Cruelty: Hamsters Kept in Total Darkness for Over 6 Months

UMass experimenters went rogue and kept young hamsters in constant, complete darkness for 200 days—even though they were approved to inflict the torture for only half that time.

PETA’s Community Animal Project: Don’t Miss Midnight’s Smile, Jaxon’s Snack-Time Fort, and More
PETA’s Community Animal Project: Don’t Miss Midnight’s Smile, Jaxon’s Snack-Time Fort, and More

Once upon a “Midnight” dreary? Not for this smiling pup! See how PETA’s field team helped ensure that no one was weak or weary, despite rising summer temperatures.

A Potential ‘Catastrophe’: PETA Comes for Butterball Over Whistleblower Revelations
A Potential ‘Catastrophe’: PETA Comes for Butterball Over Whistleblower Revelations

“Super tom” turkeys, “catastrophes,” and pointless prayers—a whistleblower report has PETA urging Butterball not to pile more pain on top of the systemic abuse already inflicted on birds.

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Big Pharma Corp. Eli Lilly Refuses to Ban the Forced Swim Test
Big Pharma Corp. Eli Lilly Refuses to Ban the Forced Swim Test

Why would Eli Lilly, the Big Pharma house behind Prozac, cling to a junk-science test its competitors have already abandoned? PETA dug into the company’s history to find out.

A Victory That’s Been in the Works Since the ’80s: Neiman Marcus Goes Fur-Free!
A Victory That’s Been in the Works Since the ’80s: Neiman Marcus Goes Fur-Free!

After decades of pressure from persistent grassroots activists and PETA, Neiman Marcus Group will stop selling fur at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman stores.

Slaughterhouse Escape: PETA Friend Diane Warren Rescues Final Missing Cow
Slaughterhouse Escape: PETA Friend Diane Warren Rescues Final Missing Cow

No stranger to saving animals, PETA pal Diane Warren stepped in after 40 cows escaped from a slaughterhouse. Thanks to her, the final missing cow—now found—will live at a sanctuary.

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Authorities Shoot and Kill ‘Pet’ Chimpanzee After Owner’s Daughter Is Attacked
Authorities Shoot and Kill ‘Pet’ Chimpanzee After Owner’s Daughter Is Attacked

PETA warned Tamara Brogoitti that she’d created a ticking time bomb by keeping Buck the chimpanzee as a “pet.” Now, her daughter is injured and Buck has been killed.

Famous Photographer Mike Ruiz Reminds Everyone ‘Leather Is Someone’s Skin’
Famous Photographer Mike Ruiz Reminds Everyone ‘Leather Is Someone’s Skin’

PETA unveiled a 70-foot-high billboard in the middle of New York City, reminding people that leather is someone else’s skin and urging everyone to shop vegan.

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Kate del Castillo to SeaWorld: Stop Sexually Abusing Dolphins
Kate del Castillo to SeaWorld: Stop Sexually Abusing Dolphins

Imagine being immobilized and forcibly impregnated. That’s the reality for female dolphins at SeaWorld, so Kate del Castillo is calling the company out.

Twitter’s Taking Out the Trash—Will It Bin Speciesist Language, Too?
Twitter’s Taking Out the Trash—Will It Bin Speciesist Language, Too?

Twitter gets it: Words matter. It banned hate speech that’s dehumanizing on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, disability, disease, and nationality. Will it consider species, too?

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