Rep. Boyle to Host Congressional Briefing on PETA’s ‘Research Modernization Deal’
Rep. Boyle to Host Congressional Briefing on PETA’s ‘Research Modernization Deal’

U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle is hosting a congressional briefing on PETA scientists’ plan to modernize research and end animal experiments.

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PETA Mourns Passing of Longtime Primate Advocate Dr. Shirley McGreal
PETA Mourns Passing of Longtime Primate Advocate Dr. Shirley McGreal

PETA mourns the passing of Dr. Shirley McGreal, founder of the International Primate Protection League and a longtime champion for monkeys.

Used, Abused, and Traumatized: Meet Guinness, a Monkey Prisoner at NIH
Used, Abused, and Traumatized: Meet Guinness, a Monkey Prisoner at NIH

For over 12 years, Guinness has been held in solitary confinement inside a government laboratory. He is so distraught that he rips out his own hair.

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Feds Investigating Texas A&M’s Treatment of Golden Retrievers After PETA Complaints
Feds Investigating Texas A&M’s Treatment of Golden Retrievers After PETA Complaints

With the feds and PETA on its case, Texas A&M University should do itself and the dogs it holds captive a favor and put all of them up for adoption.

What a Surprise: Experiments on Mice Did Not Benefit Autistic Children
What a Surprise: Experiments on Mice Did Not Benefit Autistic Children

It’s clear that animal experimenters are still living in the dark ages, but wait until you find out how they’re “studying” autism. This recent clinical study says it all.

Scalded, Drowned, Dehydrated: Incompetence Kills Animals at OHSU
Scalded, Drowned, Dehydrated: Incompetence Kills Animals at OHSU

Federal records reveal ongoing incompetence and negligence inside Oregon Health & Science University’s laboratories, and PETA is calling for an end to it.

Pigs Aren’t Spare Parts! We Don’t Need ‘Frankenscience’ to Solve the Organ Shortage
Pigs Aren’t Spare Parts! We Don’t Need ‘Frankenscience’ to Solve the Organ Shortage

To talk about such procedures as though they were anything other than cruel—to animals and to humans waiting for organs—is hogwash.

Vivisectors’ Russian Roulette: The History of the Polio Vaccine
Vivisectors’ Russian Roulette: The History of the Polio Vaccine

University of Washington primate experimenters like to take credit for medical progress to justify their cruel practices, but the history of the polio vaccine doesn’t back up their claims.

A Life of Pain and Misery: Meet Beamish, a Monkey Prisoner at NIH
A Life of Pain and Misery: Meet Beamish, a Monkey Prisoner at NIH

NIH tried to keep PETA—and you—from learning about Beamish, a monkey experimenters have cut open and tormented and will eventually kill in worthless tests.

Reporter Who Exposed UW’s Filthy Monkey-Breeding Facility Wins Journalism Awards
Reporter Who Exposed UW’s Filthy Monkey-Breeding Facility Wins Journalism Awards

As reported in a series of scathing articles written by Rob O’Dell in The Arizona Republic, PETA uncovered a toxic, disease-ridden mess at the University of Washington’s breeding facility.

Casey Affleck and PETA Demand That UMass End Cruel Monkey Experiments
Casey Affleck and PETA Demand That UMass End Cruel Monkey Experiments

Casey Affleck was joined by his mother, Chris, when he spoke at a PETA news conference at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, protesting cruel experiments on monkeys.

New UW Primate Center Director Was Once Suspended for Violations
New UW Primate Center Director Was Once Suspended for Violations

Michele Basso is notorious for being one of the few primate experimenters ever to be suspended from using animals as a result of welfare violations. The problems didn’t end there.

Cleveland Clinic Cover-Up: PETA Reveals Violations of Federal Guidelines
Cleveland Clinic Cover-Up: PETA Reveals Violations of Federal Guidelines

Among other incidents, records obtained by PETA reveal that experimenters at the Cleveland Clinic caused mice skin lesions from hair-removal creams.

Tax Dollars at Work: 8 Animal Torture Devices Labs Buy With Your Money
Tax Dollars at Work: 8 Animal Torture Devices Labs Buy With Your Money

Laboratories are equipped with costly devices—many of which are paid for by tax money—that allow experimenters to carry out cruel and deadly experiments on monkeys.

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

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