The Dark Side of Monkey Business
The Dark Side of Monkey Business

When monkeys are viewed as little more than pieces of laboratory equipment, this is what happens.

Surfer Kelly Slater Prevented From Submitting Question During SeaWorld Meeting
Surfer Kelly Slater Prevented From Submitting Question During SeaWorld Meeting

Slater was prevented from confronting SeaWorld during the company’s online meeting.

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Photos: They Came, They Saw, They Adopted
Photos: They Came, They Saw, They Adopted

Dozens of potential adopters converge on PETA’’s Norfolk, Virginia, headquarters to have their hearts stolen by homeless dogs.

Four-Year-Old Horse Helwan Dies While Racing at Belmont
Four-Year-Old Horse Helwan Dies While Racing at Belmont

Even on one of the most elite days of racing, the horses aren’t safe. Four-year-old Helwan, a French horse, was racing on Lasix for the first time—something that is not allowed in Europe—and like more than 1,000 horses a year in the U.S., he died on the track. U.S. racing is about drugs, breakdowns, and … Read more »

What Are These Animals Doing on a Train?
What Are These Animals Doing on a Train?

Thousands of commuters get a reminder to spay, neuter, and adopt homeless animals from the shelter.

Food Fight: PETA Files False-Advertising Complaint Over Whole Foods’ ‘Humane Meat’
Food Fight: PETA Files False-Advertising Complaint Over Whole Foods’ ‘Humane Meat’

Shoppers are unaware that chickens, cows and pigs treated “humanely” may still be mutilated, starved and scalded alive. 

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Meat and Dairy Eaters Anonymous Launched in Nation’s Capital
A sheep, monkey, and cow with Every Animal Is Someone Please, Go Vegan text overlay
Meat and Dairy Eaters Anonymous Launched in Nation’s Capital

A new group called Meat and Dairy Eaters Anonymous is launched to help people kick the meat and dairy habit for good.

Emergency Call to Police: Protect K9 Officers from Dying in Hot Cars
How Does PETA Feel About ‘Police Dogs’?
Emergency Call to Police: Protect K9 Officers from Dying in Hot Cars

In the wake of least 20 K9 officers dying in hot patrol cars in the past three years, PETA issues urgent plea to police to install lifesaving heat-alert systems.

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Rescued Ducklings Harry and Houdini Escape to Magical New Life
Rescued Ducklings Harry and Houdini Escape to Magical New Life

Watching these two ducklings swim for the first time will leave you quacking with joy.

Eyewitness Exposé: Pain, Fear, and Death at Primate Products, Inc.
Eyewitness Exposé: Pain, Fear, and Death at Primate Products, Inc.

You’ve never seen anything like this before—and much of it is being paid for by U.S. taxpayers’ dollars!

Victory! Japan Airlines Stops Shipping Monkeys to Labs
Female Pig-tailed Macaque
Victory! Japan Airlines Stops Shipping Monkeys to Labs

Japan Airlines joins virtually every major airline in the world in banning these cruel shipments.

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‘I, Chicken’ Reaches Tens of Thousands of College Students
passerby experiencing PETA's virtual reality program called I, Chicken
‘I, Chicken’ Reaches Tens of Thousands of College Students

As virtual chickens, they saw their chicken selves in a mirror, socialized with other birds, and took dust baths—at least until the day the truck came.

See the Thought-Provoking PETA Ad That Just Won a Telly Award
See the Thought-Provoking PETA Ad That Just Won a Telly Award

This hard-hitting anti-circus PSA has been recognized as one of the best.

Emergency Ban Stops Wild Cat Exploiters in Their Tracks
Mountain lion photographed in profile
Emergency Ban Stops Wild Cat Exploiters in Their Tracks

Authorities slam the door shut on animal exploiters.

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Seven Virginia Animal Shelters to Bring Dogs to ‘Adopt-a-Thon’ at PETA Headquarters
Seven Virginia Animal Shelters to Bring Dogs to ‘Adopt-a-Thon’ at PETA Headquarters

Meet irresistible dogs like Xena, Callaway, Jodi, Hunter, and Tootie who are looking for their forever families.

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