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How Would You Feel if You Had to Watch Beloved Disney Characters Struggle Not to Drown?

Disturbed at the thought of beloved Disney characters drowning? Then take action for the sensitive mice and rats who are suffering right now in laboratories. Here’s how.

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Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (Livingstone), Animal Tormenter

Harvard experimenter Margaret Livingstone says she “can’t imagine having more fun” than ripping baby monkeys away from their mothers and sewing their eyelids shut.

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Negligent Brown U. Lab Staffer Abandons Animal During Surgery

PETA is demanding that Brown University administration crack down on cruelty and killing in its laboratories and hold its staffers accountable.

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Chaos and Cruelty: Inside Margaret Livingstone’s Harvard Laboratory

A baby monkey strangled to death on a “surrogate mother”—after being taken from her real one.

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VICTORY! Finished! Done! Over! Texas A&M to Release the 9 Healthy Golden Retrievers for Adoption!

We did it! We never gave up on the dogs from the canine muscular dystrophy lab. Now they’re going home.

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Holes Drilled in Her Skull, Her Body Threaded With Wires—This Is Xena’s Story

They opened up her abdomen and sewed a transmitter device into her flesh—and that was only the beginning. Help end her torment today.

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VICTORY! After Uproar From PETA, Plans Scrapped for Huge Monkey Warehouse in Florida

We got wind of this company’s plan to build a dangerous facility to house imported lab-bound monkeys—and we jumped into action.

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Cruelty Causes Cannibalism in Columbia University’s Laboratories

Federal records document that Columbia University labs are lawless hellholes, in which experimenters perform unapproved surgeries and mice eat each other to survive.

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How Did a Trip to the Big Apple Go for One British University’s President? Watch the Video to See

After the University of Bristol’s president crossed the pond, PETA delivered a loud-and-clear message regarding who the school needs to get out of the water.

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She’s Tormented Cats and Monkeys and Lied About It—Here’s the Truth

Margaret Livingstone downplays the cruelty of her experiments, but her papers document that she’s tormented and killed baby monkeys, cats, and other animals.

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The Agony-Filled Lives and Miserable Deaths of Monkeys in Murray’s Lab

Solitary confinement, constant thirst, infections, hair loss for more than a decade—this is life for monkeys in Elisabeth Murray’s lab.

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The World Is on Fire—Christine Lattin’s Plan? Scare Birds With Pink Puffs

While others do real science to address the climate catastrophe, Christine Lattin dithers away in her laboratory, piling more birds’ bodies onto her ever-growing mountain of carcasses.

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PETA Files Complaint With Feds After a Sheep Bleeds Out in Cornell Lab

PETA is calling for accountability after incompetence in a laboratory at Cornell University caused a sheep to bleed out after an experimental surgery was botched.

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‘Abduction’ Moving Beyond Campuses: Get Ready for a Home Invasion!

The premium, bone-chilling experience touring the nation just landed at the Meta Quest store. Download it FREE today!

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Actor Daisy Ridley Urges UMass to End Deadly Marmoset Experiments

Best known for her powerful portrayal of Rey in the “Star Wars” franchise, actor Daisy Ridley is lifting a pen instead of a lightsaber to defend marmosets at UMass.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind

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