Harvard Laboratory Caught Tormenting and Decapitating Animals
Harvard Laboratory Caught Tormenting and Decapitating Animals

Experimenters at Harvard have been caught performing cruel surgeries on mice and rats and injecting animals with painful materials.

Daniel Berrigan: Peace Activist and Animal Defender
Daniel Berrigan: Peace Activist and Animal Defender

The Rev. Daniel Berrigan was dedicated to promoting peace, so it should come as no surprise that he was also a vocal opponent of violence against animals.

Victory! Rabbits to Be Spared in Taiwan
Victory! Rabbits to Be Spared in Taiwan

After pressure, the Taiwanese government has promised to end the use of rabbits in classical swine fever vaccine production by as soon as the end of this year.

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Terrified Rats Are Tormented in Antiquated Classroom Tests
Terrified Rats Are Tormented in Antiquated Classroom Tests

PETA is calling on the University of Houston–Clear Lake’s animal care committee to rescind its approval for the abuse of rats in cruel classroom experiments.

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Victory! Europe’s Largest Primate Testing Lab Told to Phase Out Experiments
Victory! Europe’s Largest Primate Testing Lab Told to Phase Out Experiments

The Netherlands is a step closer to ending cruel experiments on animals.

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Nothing Could Break Ponso’s Spirit
Nothing Could Break Ponso’s Spirit

Called the “loneliest chimp in the world,” Ponso was left alone on an island for years after being used in cruel experiments. His luck is finally changing.

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Scientist Trained on Animals Urges Schools to End Animal Use
Scientist Trained on Animals Urges Schools to End Animal Use

Dr. Frances Cheng was made to test on animals in school. Now at PETA, she is imploring schools to stop recently exposed experiments on dogs.

ING’s New Policy Signals That Animal Exploitation Is Bad Business
ING’s New Policy Signals That Animal Exploitation Is Bad Business

Banking conglomerate ING nets a PETA prize for recognizing that industries that exploit animals are a bad investment.

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UPDATE: NIH Sets Date for Workshop on Ethics of Experimenting on Primates
UPDATE: NIH Sets Date for Workshop on Ethics of Experimenting on Primates

After a push from PETA and demands from members of Congress, the National Institutes of Health set a date for its ethical review of experiments on primates.

PETA Warns Florida Residents of the Zika Threat on Their Doorsteps
PETA Warns Florida Residents of the Zika Threat on Their Doorsteps

With dozens of Zika cases confirmed in the state, Florida’s squalid monkey prisons have the potential to harm more than just the monkeys.

How You Can Help Monkeys in the Year of the Monkey
How You Can Help Monkeys in the Year of the Monkey

PETA is working hard to free monkeys from laboratories, and you can help us.

To Win the War on Cancer, Dishonorably Discharge Tests on Animals
To Win the War on Cancer, Dishonorably Discharge Tests on Animals

We must abandon ineffective tests on animals, which have hobbled cancer research since the war on cancer was declared nearly half a century ago

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Experimenters Perform Frankenstein-Like ‘Head Transplants’ on Animals
Experimenters Perform Frankenstein-Like ‘Head Transplants’ on Animals

Experimenters cut animals’ heads off and suture them onto the bodies of others. The bodies remain fully or partially paralyzed, and the animals soon die.

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This Is What Tests on Animals Get You: Drug Injures Five, Kills One
This Is What Tests on Animals Get You: Drug Injures Five, Kills One

A pain medication that was tested extensively on animals has left one person brain-dead and five others hospitalized in its first human clinical trial.

Progress: ‘Random-Source’ Cat and Dog Dealers Barred by POTUS
Progress: ‘Random-Source’ Cat and Dog Dealers Barred by POTUS

The 2016 spending bill was just signed into law—and will spare many cats and dogs a life of torture in laboratories.

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