Mondelēz International, the maker of Oreo cookies and other snack foods, has just closed loopholes in its animal testing policy after relentless campaigning from PETA and more than 63,000 supporters. After several meetings with PETA, the company has amended its public animal testing policy, which previously allowed myriad horrific and deadly experiments on animals, including … Read more »
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spared 1,600 animals from deadly chemical tests after successfully applying a scientific approach created by the EPA, PETA scientists, and other experts. The adoption of a scientific approach co-developed by PETA scientists to replace rats and mice in cancer tests saves hundreds of animals every time it’s implemented. This … Read more »
In a landmark win for animals, Congress and the Trump Administration banned all live-fire trauma training on live animals throughout the Department of War in 2026, sparing thousands of animals from being shot, grievously wounded, and killed for outdated military training exercises. The ban—stipulated in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes this historic … Read more »
After years of persuasion, evidence sharing, and recent meetings with Food and Drug Administration officials, PETA scientists commended the agency’s proposal that recommends pharmaceutical developers no longer use primates, dogs, and pigs who are routinely killed in certain antibody tests to meet FDA requirements.
In a seismic win for animals and science, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that it will phase out cruel experiments on monkeys in its laboratory—a long-overdue move that PETA has fought for relentlessly and follows our discussion with the Department of Health and Human Services. PETA thanks the administration for … Read more »
In a significant win for animals, Wisconsin-based Fromm Family Foods—a companion animal food company—has heeded PETA’s call to stop funding cruel experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute, joining numerous other corporate sponsors that have done the same or pulled funds entirely for the institute’s gruesome tests on animals after hearing … Read more »
The Health Effects Institute, which studies the effects of air pollution and is largely funded by the global automotive industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed to PETA that it has no plans to fund experiments on animals for the foreseeable future. The decision comes after PETA first contacted the institute in 2023, urging … Read more »
Thanks in part to funding provided by PETA Science Consortium International e.V., biology students at Technische Universität Berlin ditched fetal bovine serum and antibodies bled from animals in favor of cutting-edge, cruelty-free science. The team running this laboratory has published a paper that will help other universities adopt this graduate-level course, enabling even more students … Read more »
At international toxicology conferences around the world, PETA scientists made their mark among thousands of attendees, promoting state-of-the-art testing methods. Amongst an audience of government regulators, scientific experts, and budding young professionals, they gave 15 presentations and co-chaired 7 sessions, sharing groundbreaking developments in non-animal toxicity testing. With decades of experience amongst the team, PETA … Read more »
Jeneil Biotech—a Wisconsin-headquartered biotechnology company that makes natural flavors and fermentation-derived ingredients—has heeded PETA’s call to stop funding cruel experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute. Jeneil joins PepsiCo, Inc., Campbell Soup Company, and numerous other sponsors that have either directed their donations to the animal-free fund or cut off sponsorship … Read more »
In yet another legal win for PETA and public accountability, members of the University of Washington animal oversight committee will no longer hide their identities by using only their initials. The Washington State Attorney General’s office informed PETA that, rather than face Open Public Meetings Act litigation, committee members’ full names will now appear in … Read more »
After a relentless PETA campaign, the University of Massachusetts—Amherst marmoset laboratory of Agnès Lacreuse has closed, ending more than ten years of cruel and deadly experiments on marmosets. Local advocates with Western Massachusetts Animal Rights Advocates and Compassionate Alliance for Nonhumans helped keep the pressure on. In addition to ads, protests, disruptions, celebrity letters, and … Read more »
Health Canada released a strategy prioritizing the use of non-animal tests to protect humans and the environment from chemicals. PETA scientists submitted recommendations on the strategy’s initial draft to encourage stronger language and will continue to work with Health Canada to replace chemical tests on animals with reliable, human-relevant methods.
Two leading Midwest food companies—Wisconsin-based Winona Foods and Kemin Industries, of Des Moines, Iowa—have heeded PETA’s call to stop funding cruel experiments on animals at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Food Research Institute. They join numerous corporate sponsors that have done the same or pulled funds entirely for the institute’s gruesome tests on animals after hearing … Read more »
In an unprecedented move, the University of Washington’s animal oversight committee suspended the former head of the university’s Washington National Primate Research Center from all four of her own experiments on monkeys and other animals, citing Michele Basso’s blatant disregard of the rules, lack of responsibility, and loss of trust in the former leader of … Read more »
