Stuff Your Face With Plants and Still Lose Weight, Study Finds
Stuff Your Face With Plants and Still Lose Weight, Study Finds

New research has found that a diet of plant-based whole foods can shrink your waistline, reverse type 2 diabetes, and lower cholesterol levels.

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Actor Auggie Maturo Shows What It’s Like to Be an Orca at SeaWorld
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Actor Auggie Maturo Shows What It’s Like to Be an Orca at SeaWorld

In an important new video, Girl Meets World’s Auggie Maturo shows us how miserable it is to be an orca at SeaWorld.

Are Companies Illegally Marketing Cosmetics Tested on Animals?
Are Companies Illegally Marketing Cosmetics Tested on Animals?

Thanks to an appeal from PETA U.K. and a petition signed by more than 15,000 supporters, the British government has agreed to request an investigation.

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Couple Trashes Their Wedding Photos to Help Captive Elephants
Couple Trashes Their Wedding Photos to Help Captive Elephants

This couple gave up their wedding photos with elephants. The rest of us can certainly pass on elephant rides, selfies, and performances.

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Videos: It’s ‘Respect Your Cat’ Day, and These Cats WILL Be Respected
Videos: It’s ‘Respect Your Cat’ Day, and These Cats WILL Be Respected

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find out what it means to me right “meow.”

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This Angelic Little Dog Has Had a Devil of a Time
Cute Chihuahua wearing red hoodie with devil horns
This Angelic Little Dog Has Had a Devil of a Time

Earn your halo by giving this sweet Chihuahua a heavenly new home.

PETA Thanks Shore Excursions Group for Eliminating Elephant Rides
PETA Thanks Shore Excursions Group for Eliminating Elephant Rides

On behalf of elephants, PETA thanks Shore Excursions Group for pledging to remove elephant rides from its tour options.

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Pamela Anderson Gets TV Host to Stop Using Animals on His Show
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson Gets TV Host to Stop Using Animals on His Show

Following Pamela Anderson’s appearance on one of France’s most popular talk shows, the host pledged to stop using live animals.

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This Giant ‘Fish’ Is Saving Her Kind One Fishless Filet at a Time
This Giant ‘Fish’ Is Saving Her Kind One Fishless Filet at a Time

It’s not every day you see a giant “fish” teaching folks about compassion.

Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Is a Gift to Animal Abusers, but We Won’t Quit
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Arkansas ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Is a Gift to Animal Abusers, but We Won’t Quit

Arkansas should be ashamed that it has so much to hide, even from its own citizens.

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51 Million Shoppers Say ‘Ugh!’ to Ugg’s Cruelty to Sheep
51 Million Shoppers Say ‘Ugh!’ to Ugg’s Cruelty to Sheep

Did you know that UGG boots are made from the skin of terrified, abused sheep? That’s right, they’re made out of SKIN.

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Australia’s Last Captive African Elephant Dies
Elephant in zoo
Australia’s Last Captive African Elephant Dies

After spending almost 40 years in captivity at Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Cuddles the elephant has died.

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Gwyneth Paltrow Won’t Eat Octopuses Because They’re ‘Too Smart to Be Food’
Gwyneth Paltrow Won’t Eat Octopuses Because They’re ‘Too Smart to Be Food’

The Iron Man star had some wise words for her coworkers about the intelligence of octopuses. Here’s why she won’t be eating them anymore.

5 Ways You Can Save Water and the Planet on World Water Day
5 Ways You Can Save Water and the Planet on World Water Day

Here are five small changes you can make that will help save the planet and save you money.

Mother Opossums and Babies Are on the Move—Here’s What You Can Do
baby opossums on mother's back
Mother Opossums and Babies Are on the Move—Here’s What You Can Do

A viral image of baby opossums is showing people that there’s one unexpected place where animals may be hiding. You could help save a life.

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