Category: Trauma Training
Out of the Lab, Into the Light: PETA’s ‘Without Consent’ Honors Vivisection Victims
It’s moving viewers to tears—and action. Experience PETA’s bold new exhibit and see nearly 200 stories about animals used in experiments.
Training or Animal Abuse? U.S. Marines Behead Cobras, Drink Their Blood
Jungles are full of fruits and other nutritious, edible plants—so why are U.S. Marines slaughtering snakes, guzzling their blood, and calling it survival “training”?
How Does PETA End Animal Tests? Just Read Our 2019 Recap to Find Out
We’re starting 2020 with hope, because last year, we saved millions of living individuals who were being tormented and ultimately killed in laboratories.
Doctor Starts Cruelty-Free Medical Training Program to Save Animals
There is always a way to avoid hurting animals. Dr. Bryan Webb found a great one of his own.
Alleged Sexual Predator Who Abused Troops, Stabbed Animals Goes Out of Business
After PETA complaints, the alleged sexual predator and twisted mind behind the military’s cruel trauma training program is out of business.
New Simulator Could Replace Deadly Explosion Tests on Live Pigs
© iStock.com/foto-rolfAs the chief organization that will end animal testing, PETA salutes these scientists for working to replace animals in explosion experiments.
PETA, PETA U.K. Collaborate on New Book About Ending Animal Tests
Get the book—which includes chapters on public policy and animal-free biomedical simulation technology—for free.
PETA, Doctors Call for Ending Animal Tests in Johns Hopkins Book Launch
The groundbreaking book “Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change” was written by 51 experts, including a PETA vice president.
U.S. Coast Guard Is PETA’s First-Ever ‘Agency of the Year’
The U.S. Coast Guard has shown that concern for animals can and should be a factor in decision-making.
PETA Germany, PETA U.S. Just Saved Pigs From Deadly Chest-Surgery Trainings
PETA Germany—with support from PETA U.S.—has persuaded a major German hospital to stop cutting pigs apart in deadly training exercises for surgeons.
DOD Study Finds Human Simulators Work—Help End Trauma Drills on Animals
The new study reiterates what PETA has said for years—it’s irrational to mutilate and kill animals to train trauma medics.
PETA Co-Authors Medical Study, Ends Animal Use in 22 Surgical Programs
Twenty-two surgical programs around the world will no longer mutilate animals in trauma training, thanks to PETA’s donation of 119 simulators.
National Defense Authorization Act Includes Landmark Animal-Protection Provision
This progress comes on the heels of the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to end the use of animals in trauma training drills.
Remembering Ron Dellums, a Hero to Animals
Dellums was a Marine, a mayor, and a member of Congress for 13 terms, but to animals and their advocates, he was a hero.
PETA Protests Rat Abuser Who Shocks Babies and Force-Feeds Them Booze
Tania Roth has force-fed babies booze, electroshocked them, and taken them from their mothers—all for tests that are utterly useless to humans.
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— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind