Rescued Pigs Celebrate Thanksgiving
Rescued Pigs Celebrate Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving is extra-special for seven pigs rescued from slaughter.

Photo by Helga Tacreiter
Finally! Michael Vick’s Hometown Bans Chaining (Graphic)
Finally! Michael Vick’s Hometown Bans Chaining (Graphic)

A victory nearly 10 years in the making: Newport News, Virginia, restricts the chaining of dogs.

It’s Unanimous! Salt Lake City Council Bans Carriages
It’s Unanimous! Salt Lake City Council Bans Carriages

It’s official: Horse-drawn carriages are a thing of the past in Salt Lake City.

These Chimpanzees Spent 30 Years in a Garden Shed
These Chimpanzees Spent 30 Years in a Garden Shed

For three decades, Mimi and Dolly lived in a shack the size of a walk-in closet. Then PETA Germany stepped in.

Hopeless No More: Meet Some of the Animals PETA Helped Last Month (Graphic)
Hopeless No More: Meet Some of the Animals PETA Helped Last Month (Graphic)

From delivering doghouses to alleviating suffering to putting the brakes on animal births, it was a banner month for PETA’s fieldworkers and mobile clinics.

Thrown Away Like Garbage
Thrown Away Like Garbage

Think all racehorses are retired to bucolic farms in the country? Don’t bet on it.

© Bob Coglianese Photos
Photo of the Day: Chrissie Hynde Helps Holiday Shoppers Choose Kindly
Photo of the Day: Chrissie Hynde Helps Holiday Shoppers Choose Kindly

Thanksgiving shoppers who visited Salt Lake City’s Harmons Grocery weren’t expecting to get shopping advice from rocker Chrissie Hynde.

Dr. Jenn Berman: It’s Not the Monkeys Who Need Their Heads Examined
Dr. Jenn Berman: It’s Not the Monkeys Who Need Their Heads Examined

“Couples Therapy” host Dr. Jenn Berman wonders what cruel baby-monkey experiments say about the experimenters themselves.

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Big Cat Magician Dirk Arthur Needs to Do a Disappearing Act
Big Cat Magician Dirk Arthur Needs to Do a Disappearing Act

Protesters are betting that a Vegas casino didn’t count on this.

Boss ‘Hires’ New ‘Staff’
Boss ‘Hires’ New ‘Staff’

The dog who had the worst flea infestation we’ve ever seen is now living the high life in New York City.

Gun Violence and Young Hunters: The Irrefutable Connection
Gun Violence and Young Hunters: The Irrefutable Connection

A large number of U.S. mass shooters were exposed to hunting or other forms of violence against animals at an early age.

PETA Has Come to Minecraft!
PETA Has Come to Minecraft!

Animal-loving Minecraft builders, your wish has been granted! PETA is launching an animal utopia on the popular Minecraft system.

Boy Saves Chickens Today; Tomorrow, the World?
Boy Saves Chickens Today; Tomorrow, the World?

It’s looking bleak for two chickens purchased for a family’s dinner—until one family member is inspired by a PETA India protest.

CONSUMER ALERT: Don’t Be Fooled by Butterball’s ‘Humane’ Label
CONSUMER ALERT: Don’t Be Fooled by Butterball’s ‘Humane’ Label

PETA has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over misleading claims that are likely influencing consumers.

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Victory! U.S. Military Saves Countless Animals’ Lives
Victory! U.S. Military Saves Countless Animals’ Lives

In a PETA victory more than 30 years in the making, the U.S. military agrees to use simulators in many medical trainings.

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