2026 Is the Year of the Horse: How PETA Is Helping Real Horses
2026 Is the Year of the Horse: How PETA Is Helping Real Horses

From exposing cruelty to pushing institutions to tell the truth, PETA is working to turn the symbolic Year of the Horse into a year of progress for horses everywhere.

Majority of New Yorkers Across Every Major Demographic Support a Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages, New Poll Shows
Majority of New Yorkers Across Every Major Demographic Support a Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages, New Poll Shows

The results are in! A majority of New Yorkers and all leading mayoral candidates agree on THIS ban.

This Philly Icon Has Four Wheels, Not Four Legs
This Philly Icon Has Four Wheels, Not Four Legs

Beloved Philadelphia icon Caroline has transported city officials, national celebrities, and countless passengers. Learn more about her and how you can help!

Edie Falco to Adrienne Adams: Why Are You Blocking a Bill That Will Save Horses?
Edie Falco to Adrienne Adams: Why Are You Blocking a Bill That Will Save Horses?

“The Sopranos” star Edie Falco wants New York City to take action for horses. Here’s what she said in a letter to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Carriage Rides Are Killing Horses: How You Can Help PETA Pass Ryder’s Law
Carriage Rides Are Killing Horses: How You Can Help PETA Pass Ryder’s Law

Just days after another horse used for carriage rides died in NYC, PETA launched a sky-high message that’s impossible to miss.

PHOTOS: PETA India Rescues 150th Animal From a Cruel Industry
PHOTOS: PETA India Rescues 150th Animal From a Cruel Industry

Twenty-four former owners of bull and horse carts will be handed keys to new e-rickshaws. Learn how PETA India helped achieve this victory and how 150 animals have benefited so far.

4 Shocking PETA Investigations That Sparked Major Action for Animals in 2023
4 Shocking PETA Investigations That Sparked Major Action for Animals in 2023

With your support, PETA’s eyewitness investigators can expose—and ultimately end—the cruelty that animal abusers try so desperately to hide.

What Gunner’s West Side Highway Escape Should Mean for All Horse-Drawn Carriages
What Gunner’s West Side Highway Escape Should Mean for All Horse-Drawn Carriages

Gunner the horse was frightened during a carriage repair and fled to a busy street in New York. Read the breaking story and find out how to help horses now.

PETA Victory! Budweiser Agrees to Stop Amputating Clydesdales’ Tailbones
PETA Victory! Budweiser Agrees to Stop Amputating Clydesdales’ Tailbones

Budweiser has been brewing up a backlash all summer. But PETA is raising a toast to the beer brand after it agreed to stop amputating the tailbones of its iconic Clydesdales.

PETA Video Shows Disfigured Budweiser Clydesdales in Near-Constant Distress
PETA Video Shows Disfigured Budweiser Clydesdales in Near-Constant Distress

Budweiser has turned the iconic Clydesdales it exploits into insect buffets. PETA is calling on the beer brand to back off and let horses keep their tailbones.

Why FIFA Should Give the Red Card to Cruelty and Boot Budweiser as a Sponsor
Why FIFA Should Give the Red Card to Cruelty and Boot Budweiser as a Sponsor

FIFA should give the red card to cruelty and boot Budweiser as a sponsor. There’s nothing sporting about severing Clydesdales’ tailbones.

VICTORY! Travel Companies Take Action for Suffering Camels at Giza
VICTORY! Travel Companies Take Action for Suffering Camels at Giza

After hearing from PETA, many compassionate travel companies agreed not to promote animal rides at the Giza pyramids, helping camels forced to haul tourists all day under the scorching sun.

End Your Marriage to the Carriage: How Horses Endure Cruelty in Cartagena
End Your Marriage to the Carriage: How Horses Endure Cruelty in Cartagena

Confused about how horse-drawn carriages plus tourists in Cartagena, Colombia, equals equine abuse? PETA clears up the equation and gets you galloping to help.

Why Whisker Trimming and Mane Pulling Are Cruel to Horses
Why Whisker Trimming and Mane Pulling Are Cruel to Horses

Did you know that horses have whiskers? Horse whiskers are commonly shaved off, and their manes are often pulled just so they’ll look a certain way.

Celebrities Share Reactions to Collapse of NYC Horse Used to Pull Carriage
Celebrities Share Reactions to Collapse of NYC Horse Used to Pull Carriage

After a New York City horse collapsed while pulling a carriage in the street—likely due to illness and heat exhaustion—these celebrities took to social media to share their thoughts.

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