Shunned Scouts Can Earn PETA’s Merit Badge
Shunned Scouts Can Earn PETA’s Merit Badge

After the Boy Scouts of America blacklisted one troop for having a gay leader, PETA is offering the Scouts a chance to earn our “PETA Pride” merit badge.

Video: Rescued Bear Nurtures Her Newborns at Sanctuary
Video: Rescued Bear Nurtures Her Newborns at Sanctuary

If PETA hadn’t freed Ursula before she gave birth, her cubs would have been torn away again. Watch her get to nurture her babies for the first time.

Electric Cars Aren’t Enough—Try Vegan for Earth Day
Electric Cars Aren’t Enough—Try Vegan for Earth Day

With Earth Day here, people are thinking about what they can do to combat climate change and help the environment. But the usual activities aren’t enough.

Photos of the Day: Liam Neeson’s Home Swarmed by Animal Advocates
Photos of the Day: Liam Neeson’s Home Swarmed by Animal Advocates

For horse foe Liam Neeson, home is where the protest is.

Small Town Takes Big Step for Dogs
Small Town Takes Big Step for Dogs

After citizens in Weldon, North Carolina, expressed concerns about the suffering of chained dogs in their community, town officials took decisive action.

How Billy Bob Thornton Saves More Than 100 Animals Every Year
How Billy Bob Thornton Saves More Than 100 Animals Every Year

Without looking for praise, Billy Bob Thornton quietly started saving animals.

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Owner of Preakness Track Implements Reform Program
Owner of Preakness Track Implements Reform Program

Following a meeting with PETA, the owner of Pimlico Race Course and other tracks announces that it’s implementing strict new reforms at all its tracks.

This Little ‘Piggy’ Can’t Believe You’d Eat Ham for Easter
This Little ‘Piggy’ Can’t Believe You’d Eat Ham for Easter

Thinking about having a honey-baked ham for Easter? This little “piggy” would like you to reconsider.

Victory! Kangaroos Will Not Be Forced to Fight
Victory! Kangaroos Will Not Be Forced to Fight

It’s hard to believe that something as barbaric as “kangaroo boxing” was ever even conceived of—or that it still goes on today.

© Ray Drew 2008
Update: Animal Trainer Who Starved Elephant Denied Another Exhibitor License
Update: Animal Trainer Who Starved Elephant Denied Another Exhibitor License

The USDA has denied an abusive animal trainer’s request for a new exhibitor license.

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Building Little Houses in the Big House
Champ and his new dog house
Building Little Houses in the Big House

People from all walks of life support PETA’s “Angels for Animals” doghouse delivery program—including people who are doing 20 years to life.

MoMA: PETA Pragmatic About Temple Grandin’s ‘Serpentine (Slaughter) Ramp’
MoMA: PETA Pragmatic About Temple Grandin’s ‘Serpentine (Slaughter) Ramp’

While we work to get the rest of the world to go vegan, we’ll also support reduced suffering, such as this ramp for cows headed to slaughter.

How to Lose a Girl in One Day: Buy Her a KFC Corsage
How to Lose a Girl in One Day: Buy Her a KFC Corsage

PETA has produced shocking artwork showing promgoers the rest of KFC’s disgusting chicken corsage.

Victory! More ‘Ag-Gag’ Bills Defeated
Victory! More ‘Ag-Gag’ Bills Defeated

Big Agriculture keeps pushing investigation-stifling “ag-gag” bills in numerous states, but animal advocates and others keep knocking them down.

© Susan Riley Photography
Motorists Get a Fill-Up From a Pin-Up
Motorists Get a Fill-Up From a Pin-Up

What’s even more effective in combating climate change than switching to a hybrid car?

© Jenn Pierce
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