The cinematic siren abandoned acting at the height of her fame to champion the cause closest to her heart: animal rights.
As the year comes to a close, we’re celebrating the animals who found safety, healing, and hope thanks to your compassion.
From rescued chimpanzees to dogs freed from laboratories, and countless others through our campaigning, see how PETA changed animals’ lives in 2025.
Katina, the last wild-captured orca at SeaWorld Orlando, has died after decades of exploitation. Learn about her and why the other animals need your help now.
A new era of accountability for animal abusers is coming! Find out why PETA is thanking the Trump administration.
What Secretary Kennedy just said may spare tens of thousands of monkeys and countless human lives.
Years of sustained pressure from PETA has forced the U.S. military to nix using live animals in live-fire trauma training drills in 2026 for all military branches.
Footage of workers beating, shooting, and urinating on cows was set to upbeat music and shared widely with other workers at this Georgia slaughterhouse.
It’s impossible to shell out enough praise for Eat Just, whose vegan eggs are helping to spare the lives of millions of egg-laying hens.
Nightmarish new video captured by PETA shows a fatal racehorse injury. PETA is calling on the California Horse Racing Board to halt racing at Los Alamitos.
Two orcas have spent their lives in tiny tanks, but recent developments in France could change everything. Could a new chapter be on the horizon for Wikie and Keijo?
Watch PETA’s undercover video and you’ll never think of goat cheese as fancy ever again.
From a landmark victory to bold commitments by regulatory agencies, 2025 marked a global shift toward smarter, humane toxicity testing.
On a bitter winter day in Onduwa, Iowa, Doug-Doug the dog plunged through the ice into a frozen-over pond. He couldn’t escape. Then, THIS happened.
With fur gone, a new frontier emerges — and the fashion world can’t afford to ignore it.
