Another Elephant Collapses and Dies While Being Forced to Give Rides
Another Elephant Collapses and Dies While Being Forced to Give Rides

Despite the chains around him and his mahout’s sharp bullhook, Kanakota lay down while hauling his fourth load of tourists that day. He never got back up.

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Reality TV Star Smacks Horse With a Hammer—PETA Wants an Investigation
Reality TV Star Smacks Horse With a Hammer—PETA Wants an Investigation

On a recent episode of “River of No Return,” reality star Ron Ens shocked viewers when he struck a tethered horse with a hammer.

Video: James Cromwell Arrested, Cuffed Protesting Texas A&M Dog Lab
Video: James Cromwell Arrested, Cuffed Protesting Texas A&M Dog Lab

The Emmy winner, Oscar nominee, and badass defender of animals and the planet continued calling out TAMU and its atrocities even as authorities hauled him out.

Victory! Pharma Giant Pfizer Bans the Cruel Forced Swim Test
Victory! Pharma Giant Pfizer Bans the Cruel Forced Swim Test

Pfizer employees had used 1,270 mice and rats in forced swim test experiments since 1991. Here’s how pressure from PETA made the difference.

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PETA Takes On China for Smashing Animals in Bloody Car-Crash Tests
PETA Takes On China for Smashing Animals in Bloody Car-Crash Tests

These experimenters are fastening abused, frightened animals into car seats and crashing them into walls until their bodies are bloody and mangled.

Victory! New York City’s Foie Gras Ban Clears Major Hurdle
Victory! New York City’s Foie Gras Ban Clears Major Hurdle

The foie gras industry fought hard to stop it—but after years of advocacy from PETA and others, a major legal decision just changed everything for ducks in NYC.

PETA’s True Halloween Horror Stories About Cats Allowed to Roam Outdoors
PETA’s True Halloween Horror Stories About Cats Allowed to Roam Outdoors

Do you allow you cat to roam outdoors unsupervised? These true, gruesome stories about “outdoor cats” will certainly scare you straight.

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Dogs Eating Each Other, Others Dying in the Cold: This Is ‘No-Kill’
Dogs Eating Each Other, Others Dying in the Cold: This Is ‘No-Kill’

Having a low euthanasia rate but a sky-high rate of cases in which animals die in freezing temperatures, fight and injure each other, or suffer without vet care is not success. It’s cruelty.

Watch These Animals Shed Their Worries After Being Rescued by Animal Rahat
Watch These Animals Shed Their Worries After Being Rescued by Animal Rahat

Do you have time to watch formerly abused animals roll around in dirt baths of pure joy, as well as sharing kisses and quality cuddle time? Of course you do.

VIDEO: Children Scream As Bear Charges Abusive Circus Trainer
VIDEO: Children Scream As Bear Charges Abusive Circus Trainer

A bear forced to walk on his hind legs and use a prop attacked a handler at a crowded circus—more proof that animals aren’t meant to perform pointless stunts for humans.

Huge PETA Win! World’s Largest Retailer, Walmart, Ends Live Fish Sales
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Huge PETA Win! World’s Largest Retailer, Walmart, Ends Live Fish Sales

In a monumental win for often-overlooked animals, and following a decade-long PETA effort, the world’s largest retailer is ending the sale of live fish!

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PETA to NIMH: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is—End Animal Tests
PETA to NIMH: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is—End Animal Tests

The National Institute of Mental Health has called various animal tests all but worthless while spending millions in taxpayer dollars on these senselessly cruel experiments.

Hottest Reason to Go Vegan? Watch PETA’s ‘Last Longer’ Ad
Hottest Reason to Go Vegan? Watch PETA’s ‘Last Longer’ Ad

Turns out, the cholesterol in meat, eggs, and dairy products slows the flow of blood to all the body’s organs—not just the heart.

Will Dictionary.com Join PETA in Dismantling Speciesism?
Will Dictionary.com Join PETA in Dismantling Speciesism?

Dictionary.com has a responsibility to provide accurate and comprehensive definitions that serve people and don’t mislead them.

PETA Breakthrough! NIH Embraces Modern, Human-Relevant Sepsis Research
PETA Breakthrough! NIH Embraces Modern, Human-Relevant Sepsis Research

After more than a decade of PETA agitation, the National Institutes of Health has cancelled its cruel sepsis experiments on beagles.

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